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Chronological Table: Avignon

The seat of the Popes transferred to Avignon for seventy years. 1310 Rhodes taken by the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. 1311 Pierce Gaveston, favorite of Edward II., put to death. 1312 The Knights Templars suppressed by Philip the Fair. 1314 The Scots under Robert Bruce defeat the English under Edward II. at - Bannockburn.

Louis V. (of Bavaria) Emperor of Germany.

Louis X. (Hutin) King of France. 1315 John King of France. 1316 Pope John XXII.

Philip V. (the Long) King of France. 1320 ANDRONICUS II. (Palæologus) Emperor of the East. 1321 Charles IV. (the Fair), King of France. 1327 Edward III. King of England. 1328 Philip VI. (of Valois) King of France. ‡ Orchanes or Urchan Emperor of the Turks. 1329 DAVID II. King of Scotland. - Randolph Earl Murray Regent. 1331 The Teutonic Knights settle in Prussia.

C 1332 Edward Baliol, assisted by Edward III., is crowned at Scone King of Scots, but is soon driven out of the kingdom. 1333 Casimir III. (the Great) King of Poland.

The Scots defeated by Edward III. at Halidoun Hill, July 19. 1334 Pope Benedict XII.

A. D. 1340 Gunpowder invented by Swartz, a monk of Cologne. Oil painting said to be invented by John Van Eyk. 1341 JOHN V. (Palæologus) Emperor of the East. 1342 John Cantacuzenos, his tutor, usurps the throne.

Pope Clement VI. 1346 Battle of Crecy, won by Edward III. and the Black Prince over the French. -- Battle of Durham, in which David II of Scotland is taken prisoner. 1347 CHARLES IV., Emperor of Germany. 1349 The Order of the Garter instituted by Edward III. Nicoli Rienzi assumes the Government of Rome. 1350 Peter (the Cruel) King of Castile. 1351 John II. King of France. 1352 Pope Innocent VI.

The Turks first enter Europe. 1356 The battle of Poitiers, in which John II. King of France is taken prisoner, and 1359 1362 afterwards brought to London.

Amurath I. Emperor of the Turks.

Pope Urban V.

The laws pleadings in England changed from French to English. 1364 Charles V. King of France. 1370 Pope Gregory XI.

ROBERT 11. King of Scotland. 1377 The Popes return from Avignon to Rome.

Richard II. King of England.

Wickliffe's doctrines propagated in England. 1378 The schism of the double Popes at Rome and Avignon begins, and continues thirty-eight years.

Pope Urban VI. Rome.

Pope Clement VII. Avignon.