Category: 14th Century

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The Fourteenth Century CE, i.e. 1301 to 1400

The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age.

In 1349, England suffered through a visitation by the Black Death.

Significant people

  • Ibn Battuta, Berber Muslim traveler (1304–1368/1377)
  • Chen Youliang, Chinese rebel leader and arch nemesis to Zhu Yuanzhang (aka Emperor Hongwu)
  • Jiao Yu, Chinese general and author of the Huolongjing military treatise
  • Liu Ji, a Chinese general, court advisor, philosopher, and co-editor of the Huolongjing
  • William of Ockham, English Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1285–1347)

Monarchs

Africa

  • Mansa Musa (d. 1337), King of the Mali Empire while it was the source of almost half the world's gold.

Asia

  • Timur (1336–1405) Central Asian warlord and founder of the Timurid Dynasty
  • Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398) founder of the Ming Dynasty in China.
  • Alauddin Khalji, Emperor of Northern India
  • Muhammad bin Tughluq, Emperor of India

Europe and Near East

  • Osman I (1258–1326, Osman Gazi or Osman Bey or I.Osman or Osman Sayed II) leader of the Ottoman Turks, founder of the dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire.
  • Robert the Bruce (1274–1329) King of Scotland, victor in the First War of Scottish Independence against invasion by the Kingdom of England.
  • Edward II (1284–1327?) of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327.
  • Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287–1330) an English nobleman, was for three years de facto ruler of England, after leading a successful rebellion against Edward II.
  • Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342) military, diplomatic and financial reformer, restoring the Kingdom of Hungary to power.
  • Ivan I of Moscow (1288–1340) called The Moneybag, was Prince of Moscow, who made his principality most powerful state in Russia.
  • Isabella of France (c. 1295–1358) queen consort and regent of the Kingdom of England.
  • Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (1308–1355) Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks.
  • Casimir III of Poland (1312–1377) expansionist and financial reformer.
  • Joan of the Tower (1321–1362) aka Joan of England, was the first wife and Queen consort of David II of Scotland. She was born at the Tower of London and was the youngest daughter of Edward II of England and Isabella of France.
  • David II of Scotland (1324–1371) King of Scots, son of King Robert the Bruce by his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh (d. 1327), was born at Dunfermline Palace, Fife.[1]
  • Edward III (1327–1377) King of England. His claim to the throne of France resulted in the Hundred Years' War.
  • Edward, the Black Prince (1330–1376) or Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, KG, was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and father to King Richard II of England.
  • Charles V (1338–1380), called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death and a member of the House of Valois.
  • Louis the Great of Hungary (king: (1342–1382) King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Jerusalem, Sicily and Poland from 1370. He led campaigns From Lithuania to Southern Italy, From Poland to Northern Greece. He had the greatest military potential of the century with his enormous armies (often over 100,000 men.)
  • Charles IV (1346–1378) King of Bohemia, one of most powerful men in Europe.
  • Dmitry I of Moscow (1350-1389), Grand Duke of Moscow. His nickname, "Donskoy" (i.e., "of the Don"), alludes to his great victory against the Tatars in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380) which took place on the Don River.
  • Richard II (1367–1400) was the King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399.
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A

1310 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 1347 photo
abt 1282 Beyssac, Kingdom of France - 12 Sep 1362 photo

B

abt 1330 - 27 Mar 1378 photo
abt 1240 Treviso, Republic of Venice - 07 Jul 1304 photo

C

bef 1230 Anagni, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire - 11 Oct 1303 photo
abt 1292 Paris, France - 22 Aug 1358 photo
1355 Tordesillas, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain - 23 Dec 1392 photo
abt 1369 Genazzano, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 20 Feb 1431 photo
1383 Venice, - 23 Feb 1447 photo
abt 1326 Venice, Republic of Venice - 18 Oct 1417 photo

D

31 Dec 1378 La Torreta, Kingdom of Valencia - 06 Aug 1458 photo
1264 Villandraut, Gascony, Kingdom of France - 20 Apr 1314 photo
abt 1383 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 19 Aug 1471 photo
abt 1244 Cahors, Kingdom of France - 04 Dec 1334 photo

E

27 Feb 1347 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 30 Jul 1393 photo
18 Jul 1333 Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 26 Sep 1381 photo
abt 1274 Bologna, Italy - 1326 photo
14 Sep 1335 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 02 Nov 1361
18 Mar 1337 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 12 Aug 1402

E cont.

14 Mar 1340 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 18 Sep 1349
18 Sep 1332 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 1387
25 Jul 1343 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 13 Feb 1391
1342 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 1356
17 May 1338 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 26 Mar 1388
09 Nov 1383 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 26 Dec 1441 photo
14 Jul 1294 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 20 Mar 1352 photo
10 Oct 1334 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 20 Jul 1348
18 Oct 1344 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 01 Aug 1370 photo

F

abt 1285 Saverdun, Kingdom of France - 25 Apr 1342 photo

G

abt 1382 Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland, England - aft 1454
abt 1310 Grizac, Languedoc, Kingdom of France - 19 Dec 1370 photo

H

abt 1314 Valenciennes, Flanders - 15 Aug 1369 photo

J

Somerleyton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

L

abt 1360 Raby With Keverstone, Durham, England - 05 Jan 1400 photo

M

1314 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England - 22 Jan 1349
abt 1290 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England - 16 Feb 1363
abt 1330 Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, England - 1373 photo

M cont.

abt 1339 Sulmona, Kingdom of Naples - 06 Nov 1406 photo
1330 Stobhall, Cargill, Perth, Scotland - 1424 photo
25 Apr 1287 Wigmore, Herefordshire, England - 29 Nov 1330 photo

P

13 Nov 1397 Sarzana, Republic of Genoa - 24 Mar 1447 photo
1290 Kildale,,Yorkshire,England - 06 Aug 1324
25 Apr 1284 Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales - 21 Sep 1327 photo
13 Nov 1312 Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England - 21 Jun 1377 photo
06 Jan 1367 St Andrew's Abbey, Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France - abt 14 Feb 1400 photo
abt 1318 Itri, Kingdom of Naples - 15 Oct 1389 photo

R

abt 1270 Reggio, Italia - 1325 photo
abt 1291 Rosiers-d'Égletons, Limousin, Kingdom of France - 06 Dec 1352 photo
abt 1210 Norfolk, England photo

S

abt 1299 Marston, Staffordshire, England - Dec 1361
abt 1308 Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
24 Sep 1301 Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England - 31 Aug 1372 photo
abt 1306 Tunbridge, Staffordshire. England

T

abt 1345 Siena, Toscana, Italy - abt 1405
abt 1350 Naples, Kingdom of Naples - 01 Oct 1404 photo




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