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Orvieto city in Italy announces it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples

Orvieto city in Italy announces it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples

Orvieto city in Italy announces it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples

Events Before

  1. Black Death Massacre: Between 100 and 3,000 Jews are killed in Black Death riots in Erfurt, Germany; part of a wave of p

    Black Death Massacre: Between 100 and 3,000 Jews are killed in Black Death riots in Erfurt, Germany; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe

  2. Jews of the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg are massacred during Black Death riots, part of a wave of pogroms across Wes

    Jews of the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg are massacred during Black Death riots, part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe

  3. Black Death Massacre: 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, are burnt to death in a specially constructed building on suspicion

    Black Death Massacre: 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, are burnt to death in a specially constructed building on suspicion of poisoning the community during the Bubonic Plague; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe

  4. Black Death Massacre: Jews (except pregnant women and children) are burnt to death on suspicion of poisoning the communi

    Black Death Massacre: Jews (except pregnant women and children) are burnt to death on suspicion of poisoning the community during the Bubonic Plague, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Strasbourg; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe

  5. Jews are expelled from Burgdorf, Switzerland, accused of spreading the Bubonic Plague

    Jews are expelled from Burgdorf, Switzerland, accused of spreading the Bubonic Plague

Events After

  1. Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam

    Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam

  2. Battle of the Thirty: 30 English and 30 Breton knights and squires square off using swords, maces, lances and daggers -

    Battle of the Thirty: 30 English and 30 Breton knights and squires square off using swords, maces, lances and daggers - considered one of the most chivalrous battles in history

  3. Sea battle at Zwartewaal: William, Duke of Bavaria, defeats the forces of his mother, Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut,

    Sea battle at Zwartewaal: William, Duke of Bavaria, defeats the forces of his mother, Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, and her English allies

  4. Lionel of Antwerp (14), son of Edward III marries Elizabeth de Burgh (20), Countess of Ulster and last legitimate descen

    Lionel of Antwerp (14), son of Edward III marries Elizabeth de Burgh (20), Countess of Ulster and last legitimate descendent of William de Burgh at the Tower of London

  5. French King Jean II introduces Order of the Star

    French King Jean II introduces Order of the Star

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