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Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani

Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani

Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani

Events Before

  1. Battle of Velbuzd: Serbian forces defeat Bulgarian army

    The Battle of Velbazhd was fought by the Bulgarian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia on 28 July 1330, near the town of Velbazhd (present day Kyustendil). The growing power of the Serbian Kingdom from...

  2. Stefan Dušan declares himself King of Serbia

    Stefan Dušan declares himself King of Serbia

  3. Battle of Płowce: Kingdom of Poland defeats the Teutonic Order in a strategic victory

    Battle of Płowce: Kingdom of Poland defeats the Teutonic Order in a strategic victory

  4. Emperor of Ethiopia Amda Seyon I begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces

    Emperor of Ethiopia Amda Seyon I begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces

  5. Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scottish dynastic conflict

    The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns in the late 13th and 14th centuries in order to protect the independence and sovereignty of the Kingdom of Scotland which had...

Events After

  1. Bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, desi

    Bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by artist Giotto di Bondone

  2. St Clemens Flood: Storm surge overwhelms dikes along Flemish and Dutch North Sea coast, killing thousands; city of Osten

    St Clemens Flood: Storm surge overwhelms dikes along Flemish and Dutch North Sea coast, killing thousands; city of Ostend moves church inland to higher ground (an effort repeated twice more over the next two centuries)

  3. Henry II of Castile is born

    Henry II of Castile is born

  4. Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia

    Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia

  5. Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) becomes a Zen priest

    Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) becomes a Zen priest

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Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani

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