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1350| 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. | | 1350 | England [earth sciences] | The ‘Gough Map’, an early map of England, is drawn by an unknown cartographer. | | 1350 | Scotland [plagues and epidemics] | The Black Death (a form of bubonic plague) spreads to Scotland, when forces invading England return with the disease. | | 1350 | Europe [weapons] | Cannon of cast bronze are in use by this date across Europe. | | 22 August 1350 | France [political events] | Following the death of King Philip VI of France, he is succeeded by his son John II. |
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