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A Tale from the Decameron by John William Waterhouse, 1916[/caption]
In the year 1350, supporters of William V, Count of Holland, found the Cod League (May 23), an English fleet commanded by King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet at Winchelsea, but trouble along the English coast is ongoing (Aug 29), conservative noblemen in the County of Holland found the Hook League (Sep 5), the Hook and Cod wars in Holland go on until 1490, the Black Death (peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351) first appears in Scotland, Giovanni Boccaccio starts writing the Decameron - and all these fine people were born:
1350-0123 Vincent Ferrer* Dominican friar/canonised in 1455 - Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia (1419/69)
1350-1012 Dmitri Donskoi* Prince of Moscow - Moscow, GD of Moscow (1389/38)
1350-1227 John I of Aragon* King of Aragon - Perpignan (1396/45)
1351 Individual post
In the year 1352, Zug joins the Swiss Confederation (Jun 27), Cimpe Castle on the Gallipoli peninsula becomes the first European territory held by the Ottoman Empire - and all these fine people were born:
1352-xxxx Vytautas the Great* Grand Duke of Lithuania - Senieji Trakai (1430/)
In the year 1353, Bern signs an alliance with the Swiss Confederation (Mar 3), the Decameron is finished by Giovanni Boccaccio - and all these fine people were born:
1353-0315 Margaret I of Denmark* Queen of Haakon VI of Norway - Søborg Castle, Denmark (1412/59)
1354-xxxx John Purvey* scholar and Bible translator - Lathbury, Buckinghamshire, England (c.1414)
1354-0816 Philippa of Clarence* Countess of Ulster - Eltham Palace, Kent (1382/26)
1355-0107 Thomas of Woodstock* earl/the thirteenth and the last child of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault - Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England (1397/42)
1356-0729 Martin of Aragon*was King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 - Girona (1410/53)
1357 Individual post
In the year 1358, King Haakon VI of Norway designates the city of Skien as a city with trading privileges, making it the 6th town with city status in the Norway (Mar 16).
1358-0220 Eleanor of Aragon* Queen of Castile by marriage to John I - Santa Maria del Puig (1382/24)
1358-0824 King John I of Castile* - Épila, Spain (1390/32)
1358-0925 Ashikaga Yoshimitsu* the 3rd shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate - Japan (1408/49)
1359 Individual post
Updated 30.5.2021
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