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1377| 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. | | 1377 | England [statistics and demography] | The population of England is estimated at 2 million; before the Black Death (a form of bubonic plague) it was between 3.5 and 5 million. | | 1377 | Dai Viet, Champa [wars] | Tran Due-tong, Emperor of Dai Viet (modern northern Vietnam), is killed in his unsuccessful invasion of the kingdom of Champa (southern Vietnam). Che Bong Nga, King of Champa, subsequently again sacks Hanoi, Dai Viet. | | 1377 | Southeast Asia [wars] | Hayam Wuruk, Emperor of Majapahit (Java), destroys the last remains of the Hindu empire of Srivijaya (Sumatra). | | 27 January 1377 | England [law and government] | The ‘bad parliament’ meets in England and reverses the acts of the ‘good parliament’, and grants a poll tax of four shillings on everyone over the age of 14 to fund the continuation of the French wars. | | 21 May 1377 | Germany, Holy Roman Empire [revolution] | Ulm and thirteen other German towns that are members of the Swabian League defeat the forces sent by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV to suppress their organization, at Reutlingen, Germany. | | 21 June 1377 | England [administration] | Richard II succeeds to the English throne following the death of his grandfather, King Edward III of England, and begins his rule with a council of regency. |
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