14th century

1301 – 1400 · 23 events

What happened around the world

1309–1377 Avignon Papacy — For nearly 70 years the popes live under the French king's wing
1315–1317 Great Famine — Three years of rain rot the harvest across northern Europe
1337–1453 Hundred Years' War — A fight over France's throne forges two nations
1347–1351 Black Death — Plague kills a third to half of Europe's people
1362 Grote Mandrenke — A storm breaks the dikes and drowns the town of Rungholt
1385 Union of Krewo — Jogaila weds Poland's queen, joining Lithuania and Poland

1325 Ivan Kalita becomes Prince of Moscow — Backed by the Horde and the Church, Moscow begins its rise
c. 1337 Sergius of Radonezh founds his monastery — A forest hermitage becomes Moscow's spiritual centre
c. 1362 Battle of Blue Waters — Lithuania wins Kiev and the Dnieper lands from the Horde
1380 Battle of Kulikovo — Rus' wins its first major victory over the Horde
1382 Tokhtamysh burns Moscow — Two years after Kulikovo, the Horde's tribute returns
1395 Timur crushes Tokhtamysh on the Terek — A blow from which the Golden Horde never recovered

1324 Hajj of Mansa Musa — Chroniclers say his gold sank its value in Cairo
1325–1354 Travels of Ibn Battuta — Nearly 30 years on the road, from Mali to China
c. 1327 The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu — A mud masterpiece that townsfolk re-plaster every year
c. 1390 Rise of the Kingdom of Kongo — One of Central Africa's largest states takes shape

1336 Founding of the Vijayanagara Empire — South India gains one of the world's richest capitals
1368 Founding of the Ming dynasty — Mongols expelled — a native dynasty rules China again
1370 Timur makes Samarkand his capital — Conquests from Delhi to Anatolia adorn a new capital
1377 Jikji, printed with movable metal type — Movable metal type nearly 80 years before Gutenberg
1392 Founding of Joseon — A dynasty that would rule Korea for over 500 years
c. 1400 Founding of Malacca — A port with its hand on the throat of the spice trade

c. 1325 Founding of Tenochtitlan — Legend says an eagle on a cactus marked the spot

Rus and Russia: Daniel of Moscow 1263 – 1303, Yury of Moscow 1303 – 1325, Ivan Kalita 1325 – 1340, Simeon the Proud 1340 – 1353, Ivan II the Fair 1353 – 1359, Dmitry Donskoy 1359 – 1389, Vasily I 1389 – 1425
England and Britain: Edward I Longshanks 1272 – 1307, Edward II 1307 – 1327, Edward III 1327 – 1377, Richard II 1377 – 1399, Henry IV 1399 – 1413
Franks and France: Philip IV the Fair 1285 – 1314, Louis X the Quarreller 1314 – 1316, Philip V the Tall 1316 – 1322, Charles IV the Fair 1322 – 1328, Philip VI 1328 – 1350, John II the Good 1350 – 1364, Charles V the Wise 1364 – 1380, Charles VI the Mad 1380 – 1422
Holy Roman Empire & Austria: Albert I 1298 – 1308, Henry VII 1308 – 1313, Louis the Bavarian 1314 – 1347, Charles IV 1347 – 1378, Wenceslaus 1378 – 1400, Rupert of the Palatinate 1400 – 1410
Ottoman Empire: Osman I 1299 – 1324, Orhan 1324 – 1362, Murad I 1362 – 1389, Bayezid I the Thunderbolt 1389 – 1402
China: dynasties: Yuan 1271 – 1368, Ming 1368 – 1644
Japan: shoguns & emperors: Hōjō regents (Kamakura shogunate) 1199 – 1333, Emperor Go-Daigo 1333 – 1336, Ashikaga Takauji 1338 – 1358, Ashikaga Yoshiakira 1358 – 1367, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu 1368 – 1408
India: empires: Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526
Rome and Byzantium: Palaiologoi 1261 – 1453