"Wycliffe Translates the Bible into English." See vii, [227.]
Led by Philip van Artevelde the people of Ghent triumph over their ruler, Count Louis II; Bruges is captured and looted by them; Artevelde is acclaimed governor; a French army advances and defeats the forces of Artevelde, who is slain, and Louis is restored.
1384. Flanders is incorporated in the dukedom of Burgundy; Artois and Franche Comté are also acquired by Philip the Bold of Burgundy.
1385. Scotland fruitlessly invaded by Richard II of England.
John the Great ascends the throne of Portugal; he defeats the Castilians at Aljubarota.
1386. Victory of the Swiss over the Austrians at Sempach. See "The Swiss Win Their Independence," vii, [238.]
Hedvige, Queen of Poland, marries Duke of Jagellon, of Lithuania, uniting the states and establishing the Jagellon dynasty; as sovereign of Poland he is styled Ladislaus II. The Lithuanians abandon paganism.
Founding of the University of Heidelberg.
A regency, that of the Duke of Gloucester, is imposed upon Richard II of England.
1387. Consultation of Richard II at Nottingham with the judges; the regency commission is declared a criminal act.