1301–1500
Late Middle Ages
Plague, papal schism, and the seeds of nation-states.
893 events across 200 years
Turning points
1305EuropeReligion
Clement V elected, papacy pulled toward France
June 1305Late Middle Ages
1307EuropeCulture
Dante begins the Divine Comedy in exile
1307Late Middle Ages
1324AfricaPolitics
Mansa Musa reaches Cairo on hajj
July 1324Late Middle Ages
1325North AmericaPolitics
Mexica found Tenochtitlán in Lake Texcoco
1325Late Middle Ages
1332Central AsiaDisaster
Plague breaks out in the Issyk-Kul region of Central Asia
1332Late Middle Ages
1332AfricaCulture
Ibn Khaldun born in Tunis
1332Late Middle Ages
1336East AsiaPolitics
Ashikaga Takauji enters Kyoto and ends the Kenmu Restoration
July 1336Late Middle Ages
1346Central AsiaDisaster
Plague reaches Crimea via Mongol siege
1346Late Middle Ages
1347EuropeDisaster
Black Death reaches Sicily
October 1347Late Middle Ages
1363Central AsiaPolitics
Timur emerges in Transoxiana
1363Late Middle Ages
1368East AsiaPolitics
Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims the Ming dynasty
January 1368Late Middle Ages
1377AfricaCulture
Ibn Khaldun writes the Muqaddima
1377Late Middle Ages
1398South AsiaWar
Timur sacks Delhi
December 1398Late Middle Ages
1402Middle EastWar
Battle of Ankara
July 20, 1402Late Middle Ages
1405East AsiaExploration
Zheng He's First Treasure Voyage Departs
July 11, 1405Late Middle Ages
1428Central AsiaScience
Ulugh Beg's Samarkand Observatory Built
1428Late Middle Ages
1431Southeast AsiaWar
Ayutthaya Sacks Angkor
1431Late Middle Ages
1438South AmericaPolitics
Pachacuti Becomes Sapa Inca
1438Late Middle Ages
1441AfricaExploration
First African Slaves Arrive in Portugal
1441Late Middle Ages
1443East AsiaCulture
Sejong the Great Proclaims Hangul
1443Late Middle Ages
1448South AmericaTechnology
Machu Picchu Construction Begins
1448Late Middle Ages
1450EuropeTechnology
Gutenberg Prints First Trial Pages
1450Late Middle Ages
1453Middle EastWar
Siege of Constantinople Begins
April 6, 1453Late Middle Ages
1453Middle EastWar
Fall of Constantinople
May 29, 1453Late Middle Ages
1455EuropeTechnology
Gutenberg Bible Published
1455Late Middle Ages
1469South AsiaReligion
Guru Nanak Born in Talwandi
April 15, 1469Late Middle Ages
1473EuropeScience
Copernicus Born in Torun
February 19, 1473Late Middle Ages
1492North AmericaExploration
Columbus Makes Landfall
October 12, 1492Late Middle Ages
1498South AsiaExploration
Vasco da Gama Reaches Calicut
May 20, 1498Late Middle Ages
1500South AmericaExploration
Cabral Stumbles on Brazil
April 22, 1500Late Middle Ages
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