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WENCESLAUS Emperor of Germany, deposed in 1400. 1380 Charles VI. King of France. - Tamerlane invades and subdues Chorassan. 1381 Wat Tyler's and Jack Straw's insurrection in England. - - Peace between Venice and Genoa.

Bills of exchange first used in England. 1383 Cannon first used by the English in the defence of Calais. 1384 Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, succeeds to the Earldom of Flanders. 1386 Tamerlane subdues Georgia. 1388 Battle of Otterburn between Percy (Hotspur) and Douglas. 1389 Pope Boniface, IX. 1390 ROBERT III. King of Scotland. ‡ Bajazet I. Emperor of the Turks.

A. D. 1391 MANUEL II. (Palæologus) Emperor of the East. 1392 The Cape of Good Hope discovered by the Portuguese. 1394 The Jews banished from France by Charles VI. - Pope Benedict XIII. 1395 Sigismund King of Hungary defeated by Bajazet I. 1398 Tamerlane subdues part of Hindostan, and takes Delhi. 1399 Henry IV. King of England. 1400 RUPERT of the Lower Palatinate Emperor of Germany. 1402 Bajazet is taken prisoner by Tamerlane in the battle of Angoria. -- ‡ Solyman I. Emperor of the Turks.

Battle of Homildon Hill, in which the Scots are defeated. 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury, in which Hotspur is killed. 1404 Pope Innocent VII. 1405 Death of Tamerlane. 1406 JAMES I. King of Scotland.

Pope Gregory XII. 1409 Council of Pisa, where Pope Gregory is deposed. ‡ Musa Emperor of the Turks.

Pope Alexander V. 1410 JOSSE (Marquis of Brandenburg) Emperor of Germany. ---- 1411 Pope John XXIII.

SIGISMUND Emperor of Germany.

The University of St. Andrew's in Scotland founded. 1413 Henry V. King of England. 1414 Council of Constance, in which two Popes were deposed, and the Popedom remained vacant near three years. ‡ Mahomet I. Emperor of the Turks. 1415 Henry V. defeats the French at Agincourt. --- John Huss condemned by the Council of Constance for heresy, and burnt. Pope Martin V. 1416 Jerome of Prague condemned by the same Council, and burnt. 1417 Paper first made from linen rags. 1420 The island of Maderia discovered by the Portuguese. 1422 Amurath besieges Constantinople. 1421 JOHN VI. (Palæologus) Emperor of the East. 1422 Amurath II. Emperor of the Turks.

Henry VI. King of England.

Charles VII. King of France.

Jame I. King of Scots liberated from captivity by the English. 1425 The Court of Session in Scotland instituted by James I. A. D. 1428 Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, compels the English to raise the siege of that town. 1431 Pope Eugene IV.

Rise of the Medici family at Florence. 1436 Paris recovered by the French from the English. 1437 JAMES II. King of Scotland. 1438 ALBERT II. Emperor of Germany. 1439 Re-union of the Greek and Latin churches.

The Pragmatic Sanction established in France. 1440 FREDERICK III. Emperor of Germany.

Invention of the art of printing by John Guttenberg at Strasburg. 1444 Ladislaus King of Hungary killed in battle with the Turks. 1445 CONSTANTINE (Palæologus) Emperor of the East. 1446 Great inundation of the sea in Holland. 1447 Pope Nicholas V.

Rise of the Sforza family at Milan. 1450 ‡ Mahomet II. Emperor of the Turks, 1453 Constantinople taken by the Turks. - EXTINCTION OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE --