[caption id=“attachment_5400” align=“alignleft” width=“375”]A Tale from the Decameron by John William Waterhouse, 1916[/caption] In the year 1350, supporters of William V, Count of Holland, found the Cod League (May 23), an English fleet commanded by King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet at Winchelsea, but trouble along the English coast is ongoing (Aug 29), conservative noblemen in the County of Holland found the Hook League (Sep 5), the Hook and Cod wars in Holland go on until 1490, the Black Death (peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351) first appears in Scotland, Giovanni Boccaccio starts writing the Decameron - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading