Middle Ages
Founding of Tenochtitlan (1325): Birth of the Aztec Capital
The Mexica established Tenochtitlan, which grew from a marshy settlement into the capital of the Aztec Empire and one of the largest cities in the world by 1519.
Era · c. 500 – 1500
Middle Ages
Kingdoms, crusades and plagues: the medieval world from the end of the Western Roman Empire to the fall of Constantinople.
Middle Ages
Deposition of Edward II (1327): Isabella and Mortimer's Coup
Edward II was forced to abdicate in favour of his son Edward III; he died in captivity at Berkeley Castle later in 1327.
Middle Ages
Muhammad bin Tughluq Moves the Capital to Daulatabad (1327)
Large parts of Delhi's Muslim elite were moved to Daulatabad, but the sultan later allowed them to return; the move spread Delhi's culture into the Deccan.
Middle Ages
Djinguereber Mosque (1327): Mansa Musa's Mosque in Timbuktu
Timbuktu gained its great Friday mosque, which survives as one of the oldest earthen mosques in West Africa and part of a World Heritage Site.
Middle Ages
Amda Seyon's Campaigns of 1332: Ethiopia Against Ifat
Amda Seyon defeated Ifat and its allies, making the Muslim states of the region tributaries of the Christian Ethiopian kingdom.
Middle Ages
Kenmu Restoration (1333): Emperor Go-Daigo Topples Kamakura
The Kamakura shogunate fell in 1333, but Go-Daigo's direct imperial rule collapsed by 1336 and Japan split into two rival courts.
Middle Ages
Casimir III the Great: The King Who Rebuilt Poland, 1333–1370
Casimir left Poland larger, richer, better fortified and governed by written law; as the last Piast king, he was succeeded by his nephew Louis I of Hungary.
Middle Ages
Ibn Battuta in India (1334-1342): Qadi at Tughluq's Court
Ibn Battuta served eight years as a qadi in Delhi before leaving as the sultan's envoy to China; his account is a major source on the Tughluq sultanate.
Middle Ages
Ashikaga Shogunate (1336): Muromachi Japan and Two Courts
A new warrior government based in Kyoto was founded, while rival Northern and Southern Courts fought until 1392.
Middle Ages
Gajah Mada and the Palapa Oath: Majapahit's Great Expansion
Majapahit extended its overlordship across much of the Indonesian archipelago and parts of the Malay Peninsula.
Middle Ages
Founding of the Vijayanagara Empire (1336) and Hampi
Harihara and Bukka established an independent kingdom that grew into the Vijayanagara Empire, dominating South India until 1565.
Middle Ages
Hundred Years' War (1337–1453): England and France at War
French victory; England lost all its lands in France except Calais, which it held until 1558.