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The English defeat a Scottish army at Halidon Hill and restore Edward de Balliol to the Scottish throne. David II flees to France.
Richard of Wallingford describes his astronomical clock at the monastery of St. Albans. It shows the movement of stars, the sun, and planets, as well as striking hours on a bell.
Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan successfully overthrows the Kamakura shogunate, but his subsequent actions provoke civil war.
Togon-temur becomes the last Yuan (Mongol) emperor of China. During his reign his anti-Chinese policies result in frequent rebellions, and in 1368 he is forced to flee to the steppes of inner Asia, clearing the way for Ming dynasty rule of China (1368-1644).
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