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1320| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | c. 1320 | France, Italy [music] | The French composer Philippe de Vitry publishes Ars nova/The New Art, a treatise on the ‘new style’ of music that developed in France and Italy in the 14th century. He also writes Ars contrapunctus/Art of Counterpoint. | | 26 April 1320 | Scotland [Anglo–Scottish Wars 1296–1371)] | The Declaration of Arbroath is signed, in which the earls and barons of Scotland announce to Pope John XXII their rejection of English rule and their loyalty to Robert I the Bruce, King of Scotland, stating that ‘it is not for glory, riches nor honours that we fight, but for freedom alone’. |
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