1351 - Deaths

1351 - Events. End of the reign of Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders May 1 Zürich joins the Swiss Confederation. King Ramathibodi I ascends the throne in Ayutthaya (now Thailand). He beings to propagate Theravada Buddhism as the state religion. King Gongmin ascends the throne in Goryeo. Battle of the Thirty Statute of Laborers ...

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Black Death - Depopulation. See also: Medieval demography. Information about the death toll varies widely by area and from source to source. Approximately 25 million deaths occurred in Europe alone, with many others occurring in northern Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Estimates of the demographic impact of plague in Asia are based on both population figures during this time and estimates of the disease's toll on population centers. The initial outbreak of plague in the Chinese province of ...

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Black Death, Black Death - Pattern of the pandemic, Black Death - Asian outbreak, Black Death - European outbreak, Black Death - Middle Eastern outbreak, Black Death - Recurrence, Black Death - Causes, Black Death - Bubonic plague theory, Black Death - Consequences, Black Death - Depopulation, Black Death - Socio-economic effects, Black Death - Persecutions, Black Death - Religion, Black Death - Other social effects, Black Death - Black Death in literature, Black Death - Contemporary, Black Death - Modern, Black Death - Selected sources and further reading, Black Death - Notes, Black Death - Primary sources, Black Death - Secondary sources, Black Death - Related events

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In the fall of 1351, Ibn Battuta set out from Fez, reaching the last Moroccan town (Sijilmasa) a bit more than a week later. When the winter caravans began a few months later, he was with one, and within a month he was in the Central Saharan town of Taghaza. A centre of the salt trade, Taghaza was awash with salt and Malian gold, though Ibn Battuta did not have a favorable impression of the place. Another 500 miles through the worst part of the desert brought him to Ma ...

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Ibn Battuta, Ibn Battuta - The Hajj with detours, Ibn Battuta - To Iran and the Silk Road, Ibn Battuta - Second Hajj and East Africa, Ibn Battuta - Turkey and India, Ibn Battuta - Southeast Asia and China, Ibn Battuta - Return home and the Black Death, Ibn Battuta - Andalus and North Africa, Ibn Battuta - Mali

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Isabeau of Bavaria was the daughter of Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Thadea Visconti. Her paternal grandparents were Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria and Elizabeth, Princess of Sicily, daughter of Frederick III of Sicily and his wife Eleonora. Eleonora was herself a daughter of Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary. Maria was a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth of Cumania. Elizabeth was daughter of Koteny or Kuthens, a chie ...

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Isabeau of Bavaria, Isabeau of Bavaria - Lineage, Isabeau of Bavaria - Career, Isabeau of Bavaria - Children

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The Lord Chancellor performs various functions relating to the established Church of England. He appoints clergymen in such of the ecclesiastical livings under the patronage of the Crown as are officially listed as being worth less than £20 per annum. Furthermore, he exercises the same prerogative in regard to the less valuable livings in the Duchy of Cornwall when there is no Duke of Cornwall, or when the Duke of Cornwall is a minor. (The heir-apparent to the Crown, if he is the Sovereign's eldest son, is automatically Duke of Cornw ...

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Lord Chancellor, Lord Chancellor - History, Lord Chancellor - The Office, Lord Chancellor - Legislative functions, Lord Chancellor - Executive functions, Lord Chancellor - Judicial functions, Lord Chancellor - Ecclesiastical functions, Lord Chancellor - Other functions, Lord Chancellor - Ceremonies, Lord Chancellor - Precedence and privileges, Lord Chancellor - Reform

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