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1337| 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. | | 1337 | Mali [administration] | Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali empire, dies. Under his rule, the empire achieved its greatest range, including Gao and Timbuktu. | | January 1337 | Japan [political events] | Go-Daigo, the deposed emperor of Japan, escapes from Kyoto, the capital, and flees to Yoshino, where he sets up a rival imperial court. | | 21 January 1337 | France [births and deaths] | Charles V the Wise, King of France 1364–80 who led France to recovery after the first phase of the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453), born in Vincennes, France (–1380). | | 24 May 1337 | France [Hundred Years War (1337–1453)] | King Philip VI of France announces the confiscation of Gascony as a reaction to the ‘rebellion’ of King Edward III of England. Its seizure begins the Hundred Years' War. | | 15 July 1337 | France, Holy Roman Empire, England [treaties] | Under the Treaty of Valenciennes King Ludwig IV of Bavaria and King Edward III of England become allies against France. | | 7 October 1337 | France [Hundred Years War (1337–1453)] | King Edward III of England claims the French crown through his mother, Isabella of France, daughter of Philip IV. | | 28 December 1337 | Flanders, England [political events] | James van Artevelde becomes the accepted leader of the Flemings, who are in revolt against the Count of Flanders because of the hardship caused by the English embargo on the export of wool to Flanders. |
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