1377 - Arts and Literature.
May 10 – A deputy is appointed to take charge of Chaucer’s duties at customs, Chaucer being busy with diplomatic business.
Geoffrey Chaucer makes two trips to France this year.
Nicholas Oresme is elected bishop of Lisieux. Oresme's French translations from Latin versions of Aristotle are an important contribution to the development of the French language.
Al-Jurjani returns to Shiraz from Constantinople to become a teacher.
...