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2 days ago · The Little Ice Age, by the anthropologist Brian Fagan of the University of California at Santa Barbara, describes the plight of European peasants from 1300 to 1850: famines, hypothermia, bread riots and the rise of despotic leaders brutalizing an increasingly dispirited peasantry.
- River Thames Frost Fair
Thames Frost Fair, 1683–84, by Thomas Wyke. The River Thames...
- 1257 Samalas Eruption
In 1257, a catastrophic eruption occurred at Samalas, a...
- River Thames Frost Fair
4 days ago · The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500. The late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Europe, the Renaissance). Around 1350, centuries of prosperity and growth in Europe came to a halt.
2 days ago · Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (1298–1315) 5 Earls of Kent South-East Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent (1227–1243) 6 Earls of Hereford West Midlands Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1119–1220) Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford (1220–1275) Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford (1275–1297)
3 days ago · Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies.
4 days ago · 1315–1317: Great Famine of 1315–1317: Europe: 7,500,000: 1319-20: Great Bovine Pestilence: England: 1321: Famine: England: 1328–1330: Famine in Italy, Spain and Ireland: Europe: 1330–1333: Famine: France: 1333–1337: Chinese famine of 1333–1337: China: 6,000,000: 1339–1340: Famine in Italy, Spain and Ireland: Europe: 1344–1345
1 day ago · Japan portal. v. t. e. The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. [1] The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia.
May 13, 2024 · Bonne of Bohemia. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bonne of Luxemburg (also Boner) (May 20, 1315 – September 11, 1349), was born Jutta, the daughter of John the Blind of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia and his first wife Elisabeth of Bohemia.
