Timeline: Yuan Dynasty compared to Europe

Dec 3, 1273

Paper Money

The Yuan dynasty started using paper money instead of traditional coins

Dec 3, 1273

Yuan Dynasty begins

Period: Dec 3, 1273 to Dec 3, 1368

Yuan Dynasty

Period: Dec 3, 1273 to Dec 3, 1368

Europe

Dec 3, 1276

Kublai Khan captures the capital of the Southern Song

Yuan

Dec 3, 1279

The new Dynasty

Kublai Khan establishes a new dynasty called the Yuan Dynasty. Yuan means original or first. He becomes the first emperor for this dynasty.

Dec 3, 1280

Eyeglasses are invented and later improved in the late medieval period.

Europe

Dec 3, 1285

France

(Europe)
France becomes the strongest power in Europe due to the administration of St. Louis' grandson, Philip IV. He attempts to gain full control over the French Church from Rome and begins the process of governmental centralization.

Dec 3, 1294

Kublai's death

(Yuan)
Kublai Khan dies of gout.

Dec 3, 1303

Boniface VIII

(Europe)
Boniface VIII is captured in Anagni by local citizens and is abused beyond his capabilities to sustain the mistreatment. He dies in his seventies a month after his release. After his death, the Church witnesses many institutional crises.

Dec 3, 1305

Babylonian Captivity

(Europe)
The papacy is moved from Rome to Avignon, beginning the Church's "Babylonian Captivity." For most of the fourteenth century, the papacy is subordinate to French authority with the majority of cardinals and popes being French.

Dec 3, 1308

Yuan Wuzong became the new emperor.

(Yuan)

Dec 3, 1337

The Hundred Years War

(Europe)
The French retaliate against the English and initiate the Hundred Years' War, a series of battles lasting until 1453 CE. The three greatest battles of the war are fought at Crecy (1346), Poitiers (1356) and Agincourt (1415). Due to the military superiority of the English, the French are defeated in most of the battles.

Dec 3, 1368