History
1309
General
Population: 436 Million*
- Entertainment: Marchettus of Padua pleads for introduction of counterpoint into musical composition
Giotto de Bondone finishes painting frescoes
- Religion: Clement V (Frenchman) fixes papal residence at Avignon – start of "Babylonian Captivity" to 1377
Europe
- England: Gaveston returns from France
- France: Clement V (Frenchman) fixes papal residence at Avignon – start of "Babylonian Captivity" to 1377 - escaping Italian turmoil
Founding of Orleans U
- Italian States: Doge's palace in Venice built on site of earlier palaces
- Rhodes: Knights of St John capture Rhodes
- Scotland: Douglasses join with Bruce in Scotland to fight English