14TH CENTURY

14th century[edit]

Year	Date	Event
1302	18 May	Bruges Matins: The exiled citizens of Bruges, in Flanders, returned to their hometown and killed every Frenchman.
	11 July	Battle of the Golden Spurs: Flemish insurrectionists soundly defeated a French occupation force.
1314	29 November	Philip IV died. He was succeeded by his eldest son Louis X, the Headstrong.
1316	5 June	Louis X died, possibly of poisoning. His wife was pregnant with their first child; his brother Philip V was appointed regent.
	15 November	Louis X's son was born John I, the Posthumous. He died 5 days later so Philip V was crowned king of France.
1322	3 January	Philip V died. With no heir, his younger brother Charles IV succeeded him.
1328	1 February	Charles IV died. He was succeeded by his cousin Philip VI.
1350	22 August	Philip VI died. He was succeeded by his son John II.
1356	19 September	Battle of Poitiers a major battle of the Hundred Years' War between England and France.
1357		The States-General passed Étienne Marcel's Great Ordinance in an attempt to impose limits on the monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters.
1364	8 April	John II died. He was succeeded by his son Charles V.
1380	16 September	Charles V died. He was succeeded by his son Charles VI.