1375. A general council of citizens of Florence declares "liberty paramount to every other consideration"; it appoints the "Seven Saints of War," which effectually resist aggression.
1376. Death of Edward the Black Prince. Gregory XI abandons Avignon as the papal residence.
1377. Rome again becomes the home of the papal court.
Gregory XI orders proceedings against Wycliffe, the English reformer.
Death of Edward III; his grandson, Richard II, succeeds to the English throne.
1378. Wenceslaus becomes emperor of Germany on the death of his father, Charles IV.
Rival popes elected. See "Election of Antipope Clement VII: Beginning of the Great Schism," vii, [201.]
1379. Pietro Doria, at the head of the Genoese fleet, defeats the Venetian fleet off Pola; Chioggia is captured and Venice threatened.
A poll-tax imposed on the people of England; this led directly to a revolution.