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Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the first Archbishop of Prague (and the last bishop of Prague)

Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the first Archbishop of Prague (and the last bishop of Prague)

Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the first Archbishop of Prague (and the last bishop of Prague)

Events Before

  1. Petrarch crowned a poet on the Capitoline Hill in Rome

    Francis Petrarch, born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters...

  2. Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo

    Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo

  3. Count Hartmann II becomes the ruler of Vaduz, Liechtenstein

    Count Hartmann II becomes the ruler of Vaduz, Liechtenstein

  4. Fictional character of "The Hobbit" Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, Shire Reckoning

    Fictional character of "The Hobbit" Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, Shire Reckoning

  5. Pope Clement VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht

    Pope Clement VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht

Events After

  1. Holy Spirit glides above fire in "The Miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)

    Holy Spirit glides above fire in "The Miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)

  2. "Quaden Maendach" in Ghent: battles between fullers & weavers

    "Quaden Maendach" in Ghent: battles between fullers & weavers

  3. Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners

    Alexios Apokaukos, also Latinized as Alexius Apocaucus, was a chief minister and head of the navy in the Byzantine Empire, during the reigns of emperors Andronikos III Palaiologos and John V...

  4. Blanche of Lancaster is born

    Blanche of Lancaster is born

  5. Battle of Crécy: Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army south of Calais in northern France; cannons are u

    Battle of Crécy: Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army south of Calais in northern France; cannons are used for the first time in battle

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