depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. .]]
As a means of recording the passage of Time , the was that Century which lasted from 1301 to 1400 .
- 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 Mexica found the city of Tenochtitlan in 1325
- Battle Of Kosovo in 1389 betwen Serbs and Otoman Turks, Prince Lazar , sultan Murat I and Miloš Obilić were killed
- 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 Pope s.
- 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 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-state s 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 .
- Wang Dayuan , the first Chinese to sail into the Mediterranean while visiting Egypt and North Africa from 1334 - 1339 .
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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 ).
- Jiao Yu , Chinese general and author of the ''Huo Long Jing'' military treatise
- Liu Zhi , an Chinese general, court advisor, philosopher, and co-editor of the ''Huo Long Jing''
- 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 ).
- Hongwu Emperor , founder of the Ming Dynasty in China ( 1328 - 1398 )
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