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1328| 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. | | 7 January 1328 | Italy, Holy Roman Empire [administration] | King Ludwig IV of Bavaria enters Rome, Italy, and is crowned emperor by the ‘four syndics of the Roman people’. Pope John XXII declares a crusade against Ludwig who retaliates by declaring John deposed. | | 17 March 1328 | Scotland, England [Anglo–Scottish Wars 1296–1371)] | Under the Treaty of Edinburgh, King Edward III of England makes peace with Scotland, recognizing Robert the Bruce as king of Scotland. | | 22 May 1328 | Italy, Holy Roman Empire [administration] | Having deposed Pope John XXII when the Pope declares a crusade against him, King Ludwig IV of Bavaria elects the Italian clergyman Pietro Rainalducci (Peter of Corvara) as the antipope Nicholas V. | | 24 May 1328 | Byzantine Empire [administration] | Andronicus II, co-emperor of Byzantium, is forced to abdicate, leaving his grandson Andronicus III as sole Greek emperor. | | 21 October 1328 | China [births and deaths] | Hongwu or Hung-wu, Chinese emperor 1368–98, founder of the Ming dynasty, born in Hao-chou, China (–1398). |
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