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| c. 1350 |
| | | Water power is used in England for the heavy work of fulling cloth, in mills which can be seen as a first step towards the Industrial Revolution | |
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| c. 1350 |
| | | William Tell, a figure of legend, epitomizes the struggle of the Swiss farmers against their feudal overlords, the Habsburgs | |
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| c. 1350 |
| | | Armies of mercenaries, led by condottieri, conduct Italian warfare at an often extortionate rate | |
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| c. 1350 |
| | | Humanism, or the study of classical literature as a living tradition, develops into one of the main strands of the Renaissance | |
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| 1350 |
| | | Boccaccio, visiting Petrarch in Florence, is inspired to devote himself to the pursuit of classical studies | |
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| c. 1350 |
| | | The classic Chinese underglaze blue is perfected in the imperial ceramic factory at Jingdezhen | |
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| 1354 |
| | | Gallipoli is taken by the Ottoman Turks, giving them their first foothold in Europe | |
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| 1356 |
| | | Chu Yüan-chang, leader of a peasant band, makes his headquarters in a town which he renames Nanking - 'southern capital' | |
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| 1356 |
| | | Charles IV establishes a permanent group of seven electors - four hereditary German rulers and the archbishops of Mainz, Cologne and Trier | |
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| 1356 |
| | | The battle of Poitiers ends, on the third day, with victory for the English and the capture of the French king, John II | |
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