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Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch famously climbs Mont Ventoux

Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch famously climbs Mont Ventoux

Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch famously climbs Mont Ventoux

Events Before

  1. Bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, desi

    Bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by artist Giotto di Bondone

  2. St Clemens Flood: Storm surge overwhelms dikes along Flemish and Dutch North Sea coast, killing thousands; city of Osten

    St Clemens Flood: Storm surge overwhelms dikes along Flemish and Dutch North Sea coast, killing thousands; city of Ostend moves church inland to higher ground (an effort repeated twice more over the next two centuries)

  3. Henry II of Castile is born

    Henry II of Castile is born

  4. Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia

    Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia

  5. Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) becomes a Zen priest

    Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) becomes a Zen priest

Events After

  1. Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent

    Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent

  2. The six Electors of the Holy Roman Empire signed the Agreement of Rhense confirming Emperor Louis IV.

    The six Electors of the Holy Roman Empire signed the Agreement of Rhense confirming Emperor Louis IV.

  3. Battle of Rio Salado (or Tarifa): King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile defeat Sultan Abu al-Hasan '

    Battle of Rio Salado (or Tarifa): King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile defeat Sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of Morocco and Yusuf I of Granada in the last Marinid invasion of the Iberian Peninsula

  4. Danish squire and national hero Niels Ebbesen kills German prince Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 133

    Danish squire and national hero Niels Ebbesen kills German prince Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332 to 1340 interregnum in Denmark

  5. Rotterdam is founded in the Netherlands

    Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands by population and the largest by area (319.4 km2).

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