1360s1424

1360s1424 denotes a historical span beginning in the 1360s and ending in 1424, encompassing late medieval developments across Europe, Asia, and surrounding regions. During these decades, evolving dynastic powers, wars, plague aftermaths, and religious movements intersected with early signs of globalization that would shape the 15th century.

Europe experienced the aftershocks of the Black Death and ongoing conflict in the Hundred Years' War. The 1360 Treaty of Brétigny paused major hostilities for a time, but fighting resumed later. The period also saw social upheaval and reforms, and the Western Schism persisted until the Council of Constance (1414–1418), which resolved the papal split; Jan Hus was executed in 1415, fueling Hussite resistance in Bohemia into the 1420s.

In China, the Yuan dynasty fell and the Ming dynasty was established in 1368, centralizing authority and reviving administrative institutions. The Yongle era (from 1402) oversaw ambitious projects and naval expeditions, with Zheng He voyages beginning in 1405 and extending into the 1420s. Meanwhile, Timur (Tamerlane) conducted campaigns into Anatolia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Ottoman state endured after Bayezid I’s defeat at Ankara in 1402, with a civil interregnum until 1413.

In South and Central Asia, Timur’s campaigns disrupted Delhi and other polities; the Delhi Sultanate faced invasions around 1398, shaping the political landscape of northern India. Across regions, these events contributed to a gradually shifting balance of power and set the stage for later state-building and exploration.

Overall, 1360s–1424 mark a transition from late medieval political orders to more centralized states and expanding imperial ambitions, with religious reform movements, empire-building, and increased international contact foreshadowing the changes of the mid- to late 15th century.