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★04 Dec 1370
Hundred Years' War: In two separate engagements in the Battle of Pontvallain, French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders.

★22 Feb 1371
Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stuart.

★10 Jul 1372
The Treaty of Tagilde was signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which remains in effect today.

★13 May 1373
English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness, during which she experienced a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ; later she described them in Revelations of Divine Love, the first known English language book written by a woman.

★17 Jan 1377
Pope Gregory XI entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city and effectively becoming the last Avignon pope.

★21 Jul 1378
Unrepresented labourers in Florence revolted and violently took over the city's government to grant them political office.

★14 Jun 1381
During the Peasants' Revolt in England, rebels entered the Tower of London, killing the Lord Chancellor and the Lord High Treasurer, whom they found inside.

★16 Oct 1384
Jadwiga was officially crowned as "King of Poland" instead of "Queen" to reflect the fact that she was a sovereign in her own right.

★01 Oct 1386
The Wonderful Parliament met in Westminster Abbey to address King Richard II's need for money, but soon changed focus to the reform of his administration.

★25 Mar 1387
Hundred Years' War: The English navy captured more than 80 ships and at least 8,000 tuns of wine from an allied French, Castilian and Flemish fleet at the Battle of Margate in the English Channel.

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