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( 13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries)As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400.
1 Events
- The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age
- Beginning of the Ottoman Empire
- The Avignon papacy transfers the seat of the Popes from Italy to France
- Black Death kills about one third of European population ( 1347 - 1351Events End of the reign of Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders May 1 Zurich joins the Swiss Confederation. King Ramathibodi I ascends)
- the end of Mongol Yuan DynastyThe Yuan Dynasty ( Mongolian: Dai On Yeke Mongghul Ulus; Chinese: ) ( 1271- 1368), also called the Mongol Dynasty was a significant ruling family in Asia. Invading and ruling, during it's hundred year life, over the Mongol Empire, Korea, Japan and China. in ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute and the beginning of the Ming DynastyThe Ming Dynasty ( Chinese: ; Pinyin: ming chao was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, though claims to the Ming throne (now collectively called the Southern Ming survived until 1662. The dynasty followed the Yuan Dynasty and preceded the Qing ( 1368Events Timur ascends throne of Samarkand. Restoration of the Great Wall of China. Hongwu establishes the Ming Dynasty in China. Some Chinese scholars consider this the end of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. Emperor Chokei ascends to the throne of Japan Births Fe)
- The heresyHeresy according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a "theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the ‘catholic’ or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church of LollardyLollardy or Lollardry was the political and religious movement of the Lollards in late 14th century and early 15th century England. Its demands were primarily for reform of the Catholic Church. It taught that piety was a requirement for a priest to be a " 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 in to Greek by St John of Damascus and widely circulated to Christians as the story of Barlaam and Josaphat had become so popular that Buddha was made a Catholic saint ( Josaphat).
- Singapore emerges for the first time as a fortified city and trading centre of some importance.
- Peasants' Revolt in England
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