Battle of Poitiers (1356)
1356 · Event
Black Prince captures King John II of France in another disastrous French defeat to the longbow-and-dismounted-men-at-arms tactic.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), France, England
Around 1356
- Black Death (1346)
- Dante's Divine Comedy (1320)
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Forbidden City built (1406)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- Hundred Years' War (1337)
- Sultanate of Malacca founded (1400)
- Zheng He (1371)