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Jan 1, 1300
Johann Gutenberg creates printing press
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Jan 1, 1316
Pope John XXII becomes pope
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Jan 1, 1320
The Shepherds' Crusade: a popular movement of reconquest takes fire in Normandy and leads to assaults on castles, priests, and Jews
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Jan 1, 1323
Louis IV sends an army to defend Milan against Naples
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Jan 1, 1348
the Black Death reaches Genoa, Venice, and Pisa