Politics Timeline
1302 Treaty of Caltabelotta ends the War of the Sicilian Vespers
1307 Edward II becomes king of England
Trial of the Templars in France
1308 Henry of Luxembourg becomes Holy Roman Emperor
1312 Pope suppresses the Order of the Temple
1313 Lewis of Bavaria becomes Lewis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
1314 Battle of Bannockburn
Louis X becomes king of France
1316 Philip V becomes king of France
1322 Charles IV becomes king of France
1328 Philip VI becomes king of France
1330 Edward III becomes king of England
1337 Hundred Years War begins
1343 Amadeus VI becomes count of Savoy (known as the Green Count)
1346 Battle of Crecy
1354 Edward III of England defaults on his loans; bankruptcy of the Bardi and Peruzzi
1356 Battle of Poitiers
The Golden Bull is issued for the Holy Roman Empire
1357 The Jacquerie – peasant rebellions across France
1358 Jean I becomes king of France
1360 Trety of Brétigny
1364 Charles V becomes king of France
1377 Richard II becomes king of England
1378 The Ciompi Revolt in Florence
1378-1381 War of Chioggia between Venice and Genoa
1380 Charles VI becomes king of France
1381 Peasant Revolt in England
1395 Gian Galeazzo Visconti becomes the first duke of Milan
1399 Henry IV becomes king of England
1402 Death of Gian Galeazzo Visconti
1405 Venice conquers Verona, marking her expansion onto the mainland of Italy
1407 Assassination of Louis, Duke of Orleans
1413 Henry V becomes king of England
1414 Queen Giovanna of Naples begins her rule
1415 Battle of Agincourt
1419 Assassination of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy
1420 Treaty of Paris
1422 Henry VI becomes king of England
Charles VII succeeds Charles VI in France
1429 Charles VII crowned king of France
1434 Cosimo de' Medici returns from exile; beginning of Medici rule in Florence
1442 Alfonso II becomes king of Naples
1450 Cade's Rebellion in England
Francesco Sforza becomes duke of Milan, ending the Republic of St Ambrose
1451 Amadeus VIII becomes count of Savoy
1454 Peace of Lodi
1455 First Battle of St Albans; Wars of the Roses begins
1458 Genoa invites French rule of the city
1459 Ferrante I becomes king of Naples
1461 Louis XI becomes king of France
1464 Rebellion in France: le bien publique
1471 King Henry VI dies; Edward IV becomes undisputed king of England
1477 Charles the Bold dies in the Battle of Nancy
1480 Ludovico Sforza becomes duke of Milan
1483 Richard III becomes king of England
Charles VIII becomes king of France
1485 Richard III killed at Battle of Bosworth Field; Henry Tudor becomes king Henry VII of England
1494 Charles VIII of France invades Italy
1498 Death of Savonarola in Florence
1499 Louis XII of France invades Italy
1501 Louis XII of France invades Italy a second time
1508 League of Cambrai formed
1515 Battle of Marignano
1525 Battle of Pavia
1527 Sack of Rome