14th century: Difference between revisions

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The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age
Beginning of the Ottoman Empire
Black Death kills about one third of European population (1347 - 1351)
the end of Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty (1368)
The heresy of Lollardy rises in England
The Great Schism of the West begins in 1378, eventually leading to 3 simultaneous popes.

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 * The transition from the [[Medieval]] Warm Period to the Little Ice Age
 * Beginning of the [[Ottoman Empire]]
-* [[Black Death]] kills about one third of European population ([[1347]] - [[1351]])
+* [[Black Death]] kills about one third of [[Europe]]an population ([[1347]] - [[1351]])
-* the end of [[Mongol]] Yuan Dynasty in [[China]] and the beginning of the [[Ming Dynasty]] ([[1368]])
+* the end of [[Mongol]] Yuan [[Dynasty]] in [[China]] and the beginning of the [[Ming Dynasty]] ([[1368]])
-* The heresy of Lollardy rises in [[England]]
+* The [[heresy]] of [[Lollard]]y rises in [[England]]
 * The [[Great Schism of the West]] begins in [[1378]], eventually leading to 3 simultaneous [[pope]]s.
 == Significant people ==
-* [[Giovanni Boccaccio]], Italian author
+* [[Giovanni Boccaccio]], [[Italy|Italian]] author
-* [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], English poet
+* [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], [[England|English]] [[poet]]
 * [[Francesco Petrarch]], Italian poet and writer
 == Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions ==
-* Iron Needles
+* [[Iron]] Needles
-* Mechanical Clocks
+* Mechanical [[Clock]]s
 ==See also:==