Ioannina

City · c. 1356 CE · in Europe

Capital of Despotate of Epirus (1356–1430).

Jaunpur (1359 CE): Capital of Jaunpur Sultanate (1395–1479).
Prizren (c. 1352 CE): Capital of Serbian Empire (1352–1371).
Kalaburagi (c. 1352 CE): Capital of Bahmani Sultanate (1352–1491).
Ayutthaya (1351–1767 CE): Capital of the Siamese kingdom of Ayutthaya, founded in 1351, which became one of the largest and most cosmopolitan cities in Asia before it was destroyed by Burmese forces in 1767.
Grenoble (c. 1349 CE): Capital of Dauphiné (1349–1351).
Vidin (c. 1363 CE): Capital of Despotate of Vidin (1363–1396).
Luang Prabang (c. 1363 CE): Capital of Lan Xang (1363–1560), Kingdom of Laos (1956–1975).
Lutherstadt Wittenberg (c. 1363 CE): Capital of Electorate of Saxony (1363–1547).
Kavarna (c. 1363 CE): Capital of Despotate of Dobruja (1363–1394).
Donwun (c. 1363 CE): Capital of Hanthawaddy Kingdom (1363–1369).

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Black Death (1346–1353 CE): Bubonic plague pandemic that reached Europe through Mediterranean ports such as Messina in 1347 and killed an estimated third to half of Europe's population.
Dante Alighieri (1265 CE – 1321 CE): Florentine poet whose Divine Comedy, written in the Tuscan vernacular, is a masterpiece of world literature and helped establish the Italian language.
Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517 CE): Mamluk slave-soldiers seized power in Egypt, founding a sultanate that ruled Egypt and Syria until the Ottoman conquest.
Giotto (c. 1267 CE – 1337 CE): Florentine painter and architect whose naturalistic frescoes broke with Byzantine style and anticipated the Renaissance.
Petrarch (1304 CE – 1374 CE): Italian poet and scholar from Arezzo, an early humanist whose sonnets to Laura and revival of classical learning shaped the Renaissance.
Kastamonu (c. 1309 CE): Capital of Beylik of Sinop (1309–1332), Beylik of Isfendiyar (1309–1398).
Duccio’s Maestà (1311 CE): Duccio’s great altarpiece of the Virgin enthroned among saints was carried in procession to Siena Cathedral in 1311 amid ringing bells. Its back told Christ’s Passion in dozens of small scenes.
Manisa (c. 1314 CE): Capital of Beylik of Saruhan (1314–1412).