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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1301
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This Florentine poet is sent as an emissary to Rome
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Dante Alighieri
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1302
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The end of the Crusades, as the final European garrison on this island falls
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Ruad
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1303
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This European sea unusually freezes over entirely, as the Little Ice Age begins
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Baltic
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1304
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English forces capture this Scottish castle
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Stirling Castle
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1305
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This iconic Scottish leader is hung, drawn and quartered in London
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William Wallace
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1306
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This claimant to the Scottish throne murders his rival John Comyn at Greyfriars
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Robert the Bruce
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1307
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Members of this Catholic military order are arrested across France
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Knights Templar
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1308
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This Hapsburg monarch is assassinated by his nephew
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Albert I
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1309
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The seat of the papacy moves from Rome to this French city
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Avignon
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1310
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The Knights Hospitaller complete their conquest of this Mediterranean island
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Rhodes
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1311
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Completion of this cathedral's spire makes it the tallest building in the world, surpassing the Great Pyramid
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Lincoln Cathedral
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1312
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Genoese explorer Lancelotto Malocello becomes the first European to visit these islands since antiquity
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Canary Islands
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1313
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This briefly-reigning Holy Roman Emperor dies of malaria while campaigning
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Henry VII
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1314
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The English are defeated at this battle, the most celebrated in Scottish history
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Bannockburn
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1315
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Almost all of Europe is afflicted by the Great ______
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Famine
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1316
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This French king and tennis aficionado dies of pleurisy or pneumonia
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Louis X
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1317
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King Berger of Sweden imprisons his brothers at the _________ Banquet
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Nykoping
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1318
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The Scots recapture this border town from the English
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Berwick-upon-Tweed
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1319
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This three-year-old becomes King of Sweden
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Magnus IV
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1320
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Dante Alighieri completes this long narrative poem
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The Divine Comedy
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1321
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A conspiracy theory spreads that sufferers of this disease are poisoning wells
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Leprosy
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1322
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Major victory for the Scots over the English at this battle in Yorkshire
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Battle of Old Byland
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1323
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The last remnants of this building, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, are destroyed in an earthquake
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Lighthouse of Alexandria
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1324
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This Italian scholar publishes Defensor pacis, a treatise promoting the secular state
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Marsilius of Padua
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1325
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According to popular myth, Bologna and Modena go to war over the theft of this object
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Bucket
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1326
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A treaty is ratified in the ongoing Flemish _______ revolt
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Peasant
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1327
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This English king is deposed and, allegedly, sodomised to death with a hot poker
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Edward II
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1328
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This English philosopher is excommunicated after fleeing Avignon
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William of Ockham
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1329
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The Pope condemns the teachings of this German philosopher as heretical
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Meister Eckhart
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1330
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This regent is arrested and executed by Edward III, accused of assuming royal power
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Roger Mortimer
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1331
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Poland defeats the ________ Order at the Battle of Plowce
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Teutonic
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1332
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This claimant to the throne mounts an invasion of Scotland
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Edward Balliol
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1333
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Flooding destroys this famous bridge in Florence
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Ponte Vecchio
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1334
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The first foundations are laid for the tower of this cathedral
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Florence Cathedral
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1335
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Sweden outlaws this practice
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Slavery
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1336
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This influential Central Asian conqueror is born near Samarkand
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Tamerlane
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1337
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Beginning of the _______ _____ War
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Hundred Years'
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1338
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First definitive evidence of this timekeeping device
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Hourglass
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1339
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Every street in this city is paved, the first European city to do so since Roman times
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Florence
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1340
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Construction begins on this palace in Venice
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Doge's Palace
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1341
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A war of succession begins in this region of France
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Brittany
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1342
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Central Europe is devastated by St Mary Magdalene's _____
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Flood
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1343
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This part of Italy is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami
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Amalfi Coast
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1344
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Castillian forces capture this city from the Moors
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Algeciras
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1345
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Turkish forces drive Christian crusaders from this recently captured Greek city
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Smyrna
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1346
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This blind Bohemian king is killed in Battle of Crecy
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John of Bohemia
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1347
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This deadly pandemic arrives in Europe
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Black Death
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1348
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Blamed for the pandemic, these people are violently persecuted across Europe
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Jews
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1349
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A papal bull officially condemns these Catholic radicals who whip themselves
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Flagellants
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1350
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This English king personally leads a fleet to victory in a naval battle against Castile
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Edward III
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1351
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This crime against the state or monarch is codified in England
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Treason
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1352
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Foundation of Corpus _______ College at the University of Cambridge
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Christi
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1353
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Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio completes this collection of stories
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The Decameron
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1354
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This Muslim scholar and explorer begins writing an account of his travels
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Ibn Battuta
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1355
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Dozens are killed in a violent conflict between students and townspeople in this city
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Oxford
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1356
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This city is devastated by the deadliest earthquake in Central European history
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Basel
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1357
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First use of this Italian word for a common viral illness
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Influenza
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1358
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Foundation of the Republic of Ragusa, centred on this city in modern-day Croatia
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Dubrovnik
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1359
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Full power is restored to this Swedish king after his son and co-ruler dies
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Magnus IV
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1360
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Signing the Treaty of Bretigny, Edward III relinquishes his claim to the ______ throne
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French
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1361
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Edward the _____ Prince marries Joan of Kent
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Black
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1362
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This extratropical storm kills 25,000 in Western Europe
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Grote Mandrenke
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1363
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The Battle of Lake ______ in China, one of the largest naval battles in history
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Poyang
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1364
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The foundation of this university, the oldest in Poland
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Jagiellonian University
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1365
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The foundation of this university in Austria
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University of Vienna
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1366
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The death of this German mystic
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Henry Suso
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1367
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This prince ascends to the Portuguese throne
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Ferdinand I
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1368
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The Ming dynasty drives the ____ dynasty out of China and back into Mongolia
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Yuan
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1369
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The sinking of its only supply ship leaves this European colony isolated
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Greenland
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1370
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Construction begins on this fortress in Paris
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The Bastille
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1371
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First appearance of these instruments for playing games
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Playing cards
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1372
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This soldier launches a fleet to recapture the Welsh throne
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Owain Lawgoch
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1373
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An alliance, remaining in force today, is signed between England and this country
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Portugal
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1374
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The king grants this English writer a gallon of wine a day for the rest of his life
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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1375
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The English cede large amounts of territory to the French in the Treaty of ______
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Bruges
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1376
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The governors of this Italian city are excommunicated by the Pope
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Florence
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1377
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This office returns to Rome from Avignon
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Papacy
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1378
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Beginning of the _______ Schism in the Catholic Church
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Western
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1379
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After raiding a nunnery, this Lord Marshal of England is drowned at sea
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John FitzAlan
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1380
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The Battle of Kulikovo, deadliest of the century, takes place near this Russian river
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Don
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1381
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The ________ Revolt breaks out across England
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Peasants'
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1382
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This religious reformer translates the Bible into English
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John Wycliffe
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1383
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Supposed foundation of this famous Munich brewery
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Lowenbrau
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1384
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This 10-year-old girl, Poland's first female ruler, ascends to the throne
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Jadwiga
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1385
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Poland joins with this country in the Union of Krewo
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Lithuania
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1386
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The foundation of this university, the oldest in Germany
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Heidelberg University
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1387
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Geoffrey Chaucer begins writing this collection of stories
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The Canterbury Tales
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1388
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The royal court in England is convicted of treason by the _________ Parliament
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Merciless
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1389
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A civil war breaks out in this country, the largest in Europe at the time
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Lithuania
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1390
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This king of Castile dies after falling from his horse
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John I
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1391
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Anti-Jewish pogroms erupt in this Spanish city
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Seville
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1392
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Foundation of the ______ Dynasty, which will rule Korea for 500 years
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Joseon
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1393
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Four French nobles are accidentally burned to death at this masquerade ball
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Bal des Ardents
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1394
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Adherents of this religion are expelled from France
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Judaism
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1395
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John Rykener is arrested in London for this crime
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Sodomy
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1396
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King Richard II, aged 29, marries this 6-year-old
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Isabella of Valois
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1397
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Sweden, Denmark and Norway are joined together in the ______ Union
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Kalmar
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1398
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According to fringe theorists, this Scottish explorer visits North America
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Henry Sinclair
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1399
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This king of England is crowned after deposing Richard II
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Henry IV
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1400
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Richard II starves to death while held in this Yorkshire castle
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Pontefract
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