WORDS: events in and around 1300

The event pages are experimental; the OCR errors in the text mean this is incomplete and unreliable but I offer it in the hopes that it will be of some use. Events shown include births and deaths of people with their own entries, and also the publication dates of some of the works cited.

1300

Publication: “History of the Growth and Decay of the Ottoman Empire,” by Cantemir, Demetrius of an illustrious family in Tartary

Died: Cavalcanti, Guido scholar

Died: Cimabue, Giovanni painter

Publication: “The Vision,” by Ramsay, Allan one of the extraordinary instances of the power of uncultivated genius

Born: Villani, John historian

1303

Died: Abraham, Ben Chaila rabbi

Died: Benedict Xi., Pope was a native of Trevigi

Died: Dinus a native of Mugello in Tuscany

1304

Born: Petrarch, Francis one of the most celebrated characters in literary history

1305

Died: Henry The Minstrel poet

1307

Publication: “Historiae Anglicanoe,” by Vitringa, Campegius divine

1308

Publication: “Emperors,” by Leo D'Orvietto a native of that city

1310

Died: Baston, Robert poet

Died: Bek, Anthony bishop

Born: Dandolo, Andrew doge of Venice

1313

Died: Baldock, Ralph De bishop

Born: Bartolo lawyer

Born: Boccaccio, John one of the most eminent Italian poets and scholars

1314

Died: Clement V. one of the popes so called

Publication: “Chronicle” by Leo D'Orvietto a native of that city

1315

Died: Lully, Raimond was a native of Majorca

1316

Died: Ægidius, De Columna one of the most learned divines of the thirteenth century

Died: Apono, Peter astrologer

Born: Barbour, John poet

1318

Died: Gordon, Bernard physician

Died: Joinville, John, Sire De statesman

Died: Mundinus physician

1320

Died: Crescentius, Peter or

Born: Nicholas, Eymericus Dominican

1321

Publication: “Tekn-yni el Boldaan,” by Abulfeda, Ishmael historian

Died: Accorso, Francis was professor of law at Bologna

Died: Dante, Alighieri poet

1322

Publication: “the Master of the Sentences.” by Bassol, John a native of Scotland in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

1324

Publication: “Defensor pacis,” by Menandrino, Marsilio the place of his birth

Born: Wickliffe (?–1384)

Born: Wykeham, William the illustrious founder of New college

1325

Died: Petrarch, Francis one of the most celebrated characters in literary history

1327

Died: Aldobrandino a native of Florence

Died: Ptolemy of Lucca

1328

Publication: “Chester Mysteries,” by Higden, Ranulph the author of an old chronicle

Died: Menandrino, Marsilio the place of his birth

Publication: “De jurisdictione imperial! in causis matrimonialibus.” by Menandrino, Marsilio the place of his birth

Born: Spinello, Aretino painter

Died: Trivet, Nicolas Dominican

1330

Born: Coluccio, Salutato poet and philosopher

Died: Mussato, Albertin historian and poet

1331

Died: Abulfeda, Ishmael historian

1332

Born: Bonaventure Of Padua cardinal

Died: Brom, Adam De almoner to king Edward II. is allowed to have shared the honour of founding Oriel college

Born: Fabriano, Gentile Da painter

Died: Metochita, Theodore of Constantinople

1333

Died: Durand, De St. Poursain so called from a town in Auvergne

1335

Born: Sacchetti, Francis poet

Born: Tamerlane the great conqueror of the East

1336

Died: Benedict Xii., Pope whose name was James Fournier

Died: Giotto painter

Born: Tudeschi, Nicholas an eminent canonist

1337

Born: Froissart, John historian and poet

1339

Born: Zabarella, Francis cardinal (?–1417)

1340

Died: Buffalmacco, Buonamico painter

Born: Gwilym, David Ap the Ovid of Wales

Died: Lyra, Nicholas De a celebrated Franciscan

1341

Born: Courtney, William archbishop

Died: Nicephorus, Gregoras historian

1345

Died: Andrew architect

Died: Aungervyle, Richard commonly known by the name of Richard de Bury

Died: Hatfield, Thomas bishop

1346

Died: Baconthorp, John surnamed the Resolute Doctor

1347

Died: Bassol, John a native of Scotland in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

Born: Catherine, St. of Sienna

Died: Hemmingford, Walter De a regular canon of Gisborough-abbey

1348

Died: Andreas, John a famous canonist of the fourteenth century

Died: Barberino, Francis poet

Died: Barlaam monk

Died: Villani, John historian

1349

Died: Egglesfield, Robert the founder of Queen’s college

Born: Palladino, James known also by the name of James de Teramo

Born: Vergerius, Peter Paul one of the most learned men of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries

1350

Born: Ailli, Peter D' an eminent Romish ecclesiastic

Died: Donde, James physician

Born: Gascoigne, Sir William chief justice of the king’s bench in the reign of Henry IV. was descended of a noble family

Died: Grisaunt, William physician

1353

Born: Paul Of Burgos a learned Jew

1354

Died: Bateman, William bishop

1355

Born: Chrysoloras, Emanuel the principal of those learned men who brought the Greek language and literature into the West

1356

Publication: “Of the last age of the Church,” by Wickliffe (?–1384)

1358

Died: Gregory Of Rimini general of the Augustines 1357

1360

Died: Higden, Ranulph the author of an old chronicle

Died: Richard archbishop

1361

Died: Taulerus, John writer

1362

Died: Berchorius, Peter whose name we find disguised under Bercheure (1300–?)

1363

Born: Gerson, John by some called Charlier

Publication: “Doctor Christianissimus,” by Gerson, John by some called Charlier

Born: Niccoli, Niccolo, Lat. Nicolaus a very eminent contributor to the restoration of literature (?–1437)

Born: Pisan, Christina De an Italian by birth

1364

Died: Meun, John De was born at a little town of that name

1365

Publication: “Dissertatio de Cometis, utrum sint signa, an causae, an utrumque, an neutrum,” by Berckringer, Daniel who was born

1366

Born: Eyck, Hubert Van painter

Died: Wickliffe (?–1384)

Died: Wykeham, William the illustrious founder of New college

1367

Died: Albornos, Gilles Alvares Carillo cardinal

Born: Waldensis, Thomas monk

1369

Born: Aurispa, John was born at Noto

Died: Froissart, John historian and poet

1370

Born: Bruni, Leonard historian

Born: Gasparino, Banzizza one of the revivers of literature

Born: Guarino Of Verona surnamed Veronese

Born: Hoccleve, Thomas poet

Died: Uberti, Fazio poet

1372

Died: Cabassole, Philip De was a native of Cavaillon

Born: Francesca, Pietro Della commonly called Francesco Dal Borgo A San Sepolcro

1373

Born: Ambrose monk

Died: Brigit and by contraction Bride

Born: Harding, John one of our old English historians

Publication: “La Prosopographie, ou Description des personnes insignes, &c. avec les effigies d‘aucuns d’iceux, et braves observations de leur temps, annees, fails, et dits,” by Verdier, Antony, Seigneur De Vauprivas bibliographer