History
1370
General
Population: 360 Million*
- Entertainment: Geoffrey Chaucer writes Book of the Duchess
Japanese playwrights Kanami Kiyotsugu and Zeami Motokiyo established
- Linguistics: First use of the word "million"
- Religion: Death of Pope Urban V – Pope Gregory XI elected (Pierre Roger de Beaufort Limoges) (French)
John Wycliffe and Lollards make early Bible translation – by hand
- Science: Theologian Nicole Oresme publishes book detailing natural phenomena discouraging attribution to God or demons
- Technology: Steel crossbow used as weapon of war
- Deaths: Casmir III of Poland, Pope Urban V
Americas
- Acamapitchtli chosen as king of Aztecs
- Sicán state (Andes) conquered by Chimú
Asia
- India: Kingdom of Vijayanagara dominates southern India
- Japan: Japanese playwrights Kanami Kiyotsugu and Zeami Motokiyo established
Europe
- General: Edward the Black Prince sacks Limoges
- England: Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London
Perpendicular phase of English Gothic architecture starts to 1540
- Holy Roman Empire: Peace of Stralsund establishes power of Hanse towns with right to veto Danish kings
- Ireland: Plague
- Poland: Death of Casmir III last of the House of Piasts dies – Louis of Hungary elected king
Middle East
- Turkish/Turkestan leader Timur the Lame terrorizes Middle East (Tamerlane)