Kassel

City · 1330 CE · in Europe

Capital of Kingdom of Westphalia (1809–1813), Electorate of Hesse (1814–1866).

Darmstadt (1330 CE): Capital of Grand Duchy of Hesse (1806–1870).
Dole (c. 1333 CE): Capital of Free County of Burgundy (1333–1384).
Antalya Province (c. 1326 CE): Capital of Beylik of Teke (1326–1423).
Sagaing (c. 1326 CE): Capital of Sagaing Kingdom (1326–1364).
Siret (1326 CE): Capital of Principality of Moldavia (1363–1388).
Visegrád (c. 1323 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Hungary (1323–1408).
Trakai (c. 1321 CE): Capital of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1321–1323).
Carpentras (c. 1320 CE): Capital of Comtat Venaissin (1320–1790).
Royal court in Sutjeska (1342–1463 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Bosnia (1385–1463).
Kahramanmaras (c. 1344 CE): Capital of Beylik of Dulkadir (1344–1515).

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Hundred Years' War (1337–1453 CE): Series of wars between England and France over the French throne, ending with England losing all its French lands except Calais.
Hanseatic League (1356 CE): Confederation of merchant guilds and market towns that dominated Baltic and North Sea trade; its first general diet met in Lübeck in 1356.
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