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1347| 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. 1340–c. 1370 | Wales [poetry] | Welsh writer Dafydd ap Gwilym writes a body of poems – mostly love lyrics and nature poems – which are the highpoint of Welsh Medieval literature. | | 1347 | Europe [plagues and epidemics] | The Black Death (bubonic plague) breaks out in Europe. It first appears in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey), Sicily, Naples, Genoa, and the south of France, but quickly spreads over the whole continent. The disease is borne by bacteria carried by fleas and spread by rats. | | 3 August 1347 | India [administration] | Hasan, leader of the Muslim rebels in the Deccan, India, is proclaimed Bahman Shah and founds the Bahmani dynasty of Kulbarga, India. | | 4 August 1347 | France, England [Hundred Years War (1337–1453)] | Calais in France surrenders to King Edward III of England, who expels its citizens and establishes an English colony. | | 28 September 1347 | France, England [Hundred Years War (1337–1453)] | King Edward III of England makes a truce with King Philip VI of France. | | 11 October 1347 | Holy Roman Empire [political events] | King Ludwig IV of Bavaria, King of the Romans, dies. His successor Charles IV has already been crowned and now receives general recognition. |
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