CHAUCER CHRONOLOGY
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1340 (?) Chaucer's birth
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1348-50 Black death in England
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1357 Chaucer at Prince Lionel's court
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1359-60 Chaucer fights in French war, is captured and ransomed
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1360-65 Chaucer studies law at Inner Temple (?)
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1366 Chaucer travels to Spain on king's business
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1366 (?) Chaucer marries Phillipa Roet
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1367 Chaucer at King Edward III's court; birth of Chaucer's daughter
Elizabeth
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1369 Death of Blanche of Lancaster; Book of the Duchess
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1370 Chaucer is sent abroad in the king's service
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1371 Birth of Chaucer's son Thomas
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1372-3 Diplomatic mission to Italy
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1374 Chaucer appointed Comptroller of Customs and Subsidies
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1376-7 Diplomatic missions abroad
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1377 Death of Edward III, accession of Richard II at 10 years old
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1378 Second mission to Italy
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1381 Peasants Revolt
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1382-4 The House of Fame
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1385 Chaucer appointed Justice of the Peace in Kent
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1385-7 Troilus and Criseyde (?)
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1386 Chaucer becomes a Member of Parliament
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1387 Chaucer dismissed as Comptroller; death of Phillipa
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1387-8 Begins writing Canterbury Tales
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1388 Chaucer appointed Clerk of the King's Works
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1390 Chaucer appointed Forester of Parks
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1391 Treatise on the Astrolabe
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1391 Chaucer dismissed from Clerkship
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1398 Travels in England on king's business
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1399 Deposition of Richard II; Henry IV becomes king
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1400 Death of Geoffrey Chaucer, October 25 (?)