14th century

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Millennium:	1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium

Centuries:	13th century - 14th century - 15th century
Decades:	1300s 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s 1360s 1370s 1380s 1390s

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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400.

1 Events
2 Significant people
3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions
4 Decades and years

[edit] Events

The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age
Beginning of the Ottoman Empire, early expansion into the Balkans
The Avignon papacy transfers the seat of the Popes from Italy to France
The Great Famine of 1315-1317 kills millions of people in Europe
Being forced out of previous locations, the Aztec found the city of Tenochtitlan in 1325
The Vijayanagara Empire is founded in South India by Harihara in 1336
The Hundred Years' War begins when Edward III of England lays claim to the French throne in 1337.
Black Death kills almost half of the population of Europe. (1347 - 1351)
The end of Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty (1368)
The heresy of Lollardy rises in England
The Great Schism of the West begins in 1378, eventually leading to 3 simultaneous popes.
An account of Buddha's life, translated earlier into Greek by St John of Damascus and widely circulated to Christians as the story of Barlaam and Josaphat, became so popular that Buddha (under the name Josaphat) was made a Catholic saint.
Singapore emerges for the first time as a fortified city and trading centre of some importance.
Reunification of Poland under Ladislaus I of Poland
Peasants' Revolt in England
Islam reaches Terengganu, on the Malay Peninsula.
The Hausa found several city-states in the south of modern Niger.
The Mali Empire expands westward and conquers Tekrur.
The poet Petrarch coins the term Dark Ages to describe the preceding 900 years in Europe, beginning with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 410 through to the renewal embodied in the Renaissance.
The Scots win the Scottish Wars of Independence.
Union of Krewo between Poland and Lithuania.
Work begins on the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe, built of uncemented, dressed stone. The city's population is now between 10 000 and 40 000.
Beginning of the Renaissance in Italy
The english word "abacus" used to describe the calculating device from China.

[edit] Significant people

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Dante Alighieri, Italian poet and writer (1265 - 1321).
King Robert the Bruce of Scotland, victor of the First War of Scottish Independence against the invading Kingdom of England (1274 - 1329).
Juan Manuel, Duke of Penafiel, Spanish author (1282 - 1349).
William of Ockham, English Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1285 - 1347).
Charles I of Hungary, military, diplomatic and financial reformer, restoring the Kingdom of Hungary to power (1288 - 1342).
Isabella of France, queen consort and regent of the Kingdom of England (c. 1295 - 1358).
Guillaume de Machaut, French composer and poet (c. 1300 - 1377).
Ibn Battuta, Arab Muslim traveler (1304 - 1368/1377).
Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet and writer (1304 - 1374).
Casimir III of Poland, expansionist and financial reformer (1310 - 1370).
Hafez Persian poet (c. 1310 - 1379.
Edward III, King of England. His claim to the throne of France resulted in the Hundred Years' War (1312 - 1377).
Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author (1313 - 1375).
Timur, Central Asian warlord and founder of the Timurid Dynasty (1336 - 1405).
Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet (c. 1343 - 1400).
Mansa Musa (d. 1347), King of the Mali Empire while it was the source of almost half the world's gold.
Christine de Pizan, French writer (1364 - 1430).

[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions

music of the Ars nova
The technique of knitting
Foundation of the University of Cracow

[edit] Decades and years

1290s	1290	1291	1292	1293	1294	1295	1296	1297	1298	1299
1300s	1300	1301	1302	1303	1304	1305	1306	1307	1308	1309
1310s	1310	1311	1312	1313	1314	1315	1316	1317	1318	1319
1320s	1320	1321	1322	1323	1324	1325	1326	1327	1328	1329
1330s	1330	1331	1332	1333	1334	1335	1336	1337	1338	1339
1340s	1340	1341	1342	1343	1344	1345	1346	1347	1348	1349
1350s	1350	1351	1352	1353	1354	1355	1356	1357	1358	1359
1360s	1360	1361	1362	1363	1364	1365	1366	1367	1368	1369
1370s	1370	1371	1372	1373	1374	1375	1376	1377	1378	1379
1380s	1380	1381	1382	1383	1384	1385	1386	1387	1388	1389
1390s	1390	1391	1392	1393	1394	1395	1396	1397	1398	1399
1400s	1400	1401	1402	1403	1404	1405	1406	1407	1408	1409