(Feature Photo: An illustration of Acamapichtli, the first Aztec king, from the Tovar Codex, attributed to the fifteenth-century Mexican Jesuit Juan de Tovar; The codex contains details of the rights and ceremonies of the Aztecs, also known as the Mexicana; Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
1350
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edward III is king of England (House of Plantagenet) –Philip VI of France dies, and John II becomes king of France – Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe is flourishing (names of kings not recorded)
The Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe in southern Africa is flourishing from foreign trade with China, as well as with the Muslim Caliphates, but even with all this contact, the kingdom never becomes subject to direct Islamic influence like the rest of the Swahili Coast; At its peak, Great Zimbabwe will reach a population of 30,000 people (History of the World, Map by Map, Pg. 137) (Photo: Ruins of the passageway in the Great Enclosure of the walled city; Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
1356
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edward III is king of England (House of Plantagenet) –John II is king of France – Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe is flourishing (names of kings not recorded)
The University of Vienna is founded and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world
1362
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edward III is king of England (House of Plantagenet) –John II is king of France – Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe is flourishing (names of kings not recorded)
The Kensington Rune Stone is inscribed—possibly by knights of the Templar—and buried in what is now Kensington, Minnesota; The inscription reads:
“Eight Götalanders and 22 Norwegians on (this) reclaiming /acquisition journey, far to the west from Vinland. We had a camp by two (shelters?) one day’s journey north from this stone. We were fishing one day. After we came home, we found 10 men red with blood and death. Ave Maria. Save from evil. There are 10 men by the sea to look after our ships fourteen days journey from this island. Year 1362.”
(The Hooked X, Key to the Secret History of North America, Pg. 10)
The Inca peoples in Peru are growing and expanding their territory
The Chimu kingdom is in northern Peru
The first Aztec king will rule in Mexico in just 5 years
1363
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edward III is king of England (House of Plantagenet) –John II is king of France
1364
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edward III is king of England (House of Plantagenet) –John II of France dies and Charles V becomes king of France
1367
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edward III is king of England (House of Plantagenet) –Acamapichtli becomes the first king of the Aztecs in the city Tenochtitlan (near Mexico City) and founds the Aztec imperial dynasty, his name means “handful of arrows” or “handful of reeds”
1369
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edward III is king of England (House of Plantagenet) –Acamapichtli is the first king of the Aztecs
The Caroline War (second phase of The Hundred Years’ War) begins 1369-1389