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The Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge is completed in Lombardy, and becomes the longest single-arch bridge in the world to be built for four centuries. A sermon by a German monk states "the game of cards has come to us this year", and prohibitions against cards are issued by Prince John of Castile , and the cities of Florence and Basel .
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
16 June – the Treaty of London between England and Portugal is signed and is the oldest active treaty in the world. [1] August – Hundred Years' War: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, launches an invasion of France. [1] Bristol is made a county corporate, the first city outside London to be granted this status. Merton College Library is ...
Mansa Musa I of Mali, described as the wealthiest individual in history [5] [6]. The Little Ice Age was a period of widespread cooling which, while conventionally defined as extending from around the 16th to the 19th centuries, is dated by some experts to a timespan from about 1300 to about 1850, during which average global temperatures dropped by as much as 2 °C (3.6 °F), particularly in ...
1377: Du Guesclin takes Bergerac. 1377: Edward III dies. His grandson Richard II becomes King of England. 1380: Earl of Buckingham commanded an expedition to France to aid England's ally the Duke of Brittany. The French refused battle so Buckingham forces continued a chevauchée and laid siege to Nantes.
1377 20 February: Riots in London after John of Gaunt attacks the privileges of the City. [9] The Royal Mews is based at Charing Cross. 1378 – Staple Inn becomes one of the Inns of Chancery. 1380 – Sir William Walworth, a member of the Fishmongers Guild, becomes Lord Mayor of London for the second time. 1381 – The Peasants' Revolt takes ...
Strikes between Hezbollah and Israel are ramping up, fuelling fears of an all-out war
For a timeline of events from 1801 to 1900, see Timeline of the 19th century; For a timeline of events from 1901 to 1945, see Timeline of the 20th century. For 1914–1918, see Timeline of World War I; For 1939–1945 see Timeline of World War II