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| 1 | 1333 | - Edward III invades Scotland on Balliol's behalf and defeats the Scots at battle of Halidon Hill
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| 2 | 1336 | - Edward III places an embargo on English exports of wool to Flanders.
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| 3 | 1337 | - Philip declares Edward's fiefs forfeit and begins harassing the frontiers of Aquitaine; Edward III, provoked by these attacks on his territories in France, declares himself king of France; The Hundred Years' War begins, English and French kings fight for control of France to 1453
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| 4 | 1338 | - Treaty of Koblenz: alliance between England and the Holy Roman Empire; Edward III formally claims the French crown.
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| 5 | 1340 | - Naval victory at Sluys gives England the command of the English Channel; English Parliament passes four statues providing that taxation shall be imposed only by Parliament
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| 6 | 1346 | - Edward III of England invades France with a large army and defeats an even bigger army under Philip VI at the Battle of Crécy
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| 7 | 1347 | - The English capture Calais
- At least 25 million people die in Europe's 'Black Death' (bubonic
plague) to 1351
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| 8 | 1348 | - Black Death (bubonic plague) reaches England, half of Europe 50m die; Edward III establishes the Order of the Garter
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| 9 | 1351 | - The English remove the Pope's power to give English benefices to foreigners
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| 10 | 1353 | - Statue of Praemunire: English Parliament forbids appeals to Pope
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| 11 | 1356 | - Edward the Black Prince, son of Edward III, defeats the French at the battle of Poitiers, capturing King John II
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| 12 | 1358 | |
| 13 | 1360 | - Peace of Bretigny ends the first stage of the Hundred Years' War. Edward III gives up claim to French throne
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| 14 | 1366 | |
| 15 | 1368 | - Ming Dynasty begins in China
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| 16 | 1369 | - Second stage of the Hundred Years' War between England and France begins
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| 17 | 1370 | - French troops commanded by Bertrand du Guesclin; Edward, the Black Prince, sacks Limoges
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| 18 | 1372 | - French troops recapture Poitou and Brittany; Naval battle of La Rochelle: French regain control of English Channel
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| 19 | 1373 | - John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, son of Edward III, leads new English invasion of France
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| 20 | 1374 | - John of Gaunt returns to England and takes charge of the government; Edward III in his dotage, the Black Prince is ill
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| 21 | 1375 | - Truce of Bruges ends hostilities between England and France
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| 22 | 1376 | - The Good Parliament in England, called by Edward the Black Prince, introduces many reforms of government; Death of Edward the Black Prince, aged 45; The Civil Dominion of John Wyclif, an Oxford don, calling for Church reforms
- John Wycliffe, pre-Reformation religious reformer, and followers translate
Latin Bible into English to 1382
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1330 - 1376
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