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★04 Dec 1370
Hundred Years' War: In two separate engagements in the Battle of Pontvallain, French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders.

★10 Jul 1372
The Treaty of Tagilde was signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which remains in effect today.

★13 May 1373
English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness, during which she experienced a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ; later she described them in Revelations of Divine Love, the first known English language book written by a woman.

★17 Jan 1377
Pope Gregory XI entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city and effectively becoming the last Avignon pope.

★16 Jul 1377
The ten-year-old Richard II was crowned King of England.

★16 Oct 1384
Jadwiga was officially crowned as "King of Poland" instead of "Queen" to reflect the fact that she was a sovereign in her own right.

★04 Mar 1386
Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila was crowned Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland, beginning the Jagiellonian dynasty.

★29 Apr 1386
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania decisively won the Battle of the Vikhra River, forcibly making the Principality of Smolensk a vassal state.

★01 Oct 1386
The Wonderful Parliament met in Westminster Abbey to address King Richard II's need for money, but soon changed focus to the reform of his administration.

★21 Nov 1386
Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur captured and sacked the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, forcing King Bagrat V to convert to Islam.

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