| Year | Event |
| c. 1300 | Foundation of Ottoman Empire |
| 1300 | Rise of Benin Empire in Nigeria |
| 1302 | First meeting of French Estates General |
| 1306 | Scots revolt under Robert Bruce |
| 1309 | Papacy moves to Avignon (to 1377) |
| 1311 | Guild of Mastersingers founded at Mainz |
| c. 1313 | Invention of Cannon |
| 1314 | Scots defeat English at Bannockburn |
| 1321 | Death of Alighieri Dante |
| 1337 | Hundred Years War begins between France and England |
| 1339 | Building of Kremlin in Moscow |
| c. 1344 | Aztecs build captial at Tenochtitlan |
| 1346 | Edward III defeats French at Crécy |
| 1347 | Black Death arrives in Europe (to 1351) |
| 1353 | Ottoman invasion of Europe begins |
| 1356 | English defeat French at Poitiers |
| 1368 | Ming dynasty in China |
| 1369 | Timur (Tamerlane) begins conquest of Asia |
| 1371 | House of Stewart ascends to Scottish throne |
| 1374 | Death of Francesco Petrarch |
| 1377 | Poll tax first introduced in England |
| 1378 | Great Schism begins in West |
| 1380 | John Wycliffe's translation of the Bible into English appears |
| 1381 | Peasants' Revolt in England |
| 1389 | Union of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden |
| 1399 | Death of John of Gaunt |
| 1399 | Henry IV deposes Richard II |
D. Crystal, The Cambridge Factfinder (Cambridge University Press, 1998)