Red Turban Rebellions
A popular revolt drives the Mongols out of China
Labourers conscripted to repair the Yellow River dykes rose up under the banner of the White Lotus sect, recognisable by their red headbands. From their ranks came the former monk Zhu Yuanzhang, who founded the Ming dynasty in 1368.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1337–1453 Hundred Years' War — 14 years earlier
- 1346 Battle of Crécy — 5 years earlier
- 1347–1351 Black Death — 4 years earlier
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1337 Sergius of Radonezh founds his monastery — 14 years earlier
Middle East
- 1354 Ottomans take Gallipoli — 3 years later
Africa
- c. 1327 The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu — 24 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Timur (aged 15)
- Orhan (aged 70)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 47)
- Ashikaga Takauji (aged 46)
- Edward III (aged 39)
- Sergius of Radonezh (aged 37)
- Charles IV (aged 35)
- Murad I (aged 25)
- Ibn Khaldun (aged 19)
- Dmitry Donskoy (aged 1)