Ottomans take Gallipoli
An earthquake opens Europe to the Turks
In March 1354 an earthquake brought down the walls of Gallipoli, and troops under Süleyman Pasha, son of Sultan Orhan, occupied the town. Their first lasting foothold in Europe let the Ottomans conquer Thrace, Bulgaria and Macedonia within half a century.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1337–1453 Hundred Years' War — 17 years earlier
- 1346 Battle of Crécy — 8 years earlier
- 1347–1351 Black Death — 7 years earlier
- 1378–1417 Western Schism — 24 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1337 Sergius of Radonezh founds his monastery — 17 years earlier
Africa
- 1377 Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah — 23 years later
Asia
- 1333 Fall of Kamakura — 21 years earlier
- 1351 Founding of Ayutthaya — 3 years earlier
- 1351–1368 Red Turban Rebellions — 3 years earlier
- 1368 Founding of the Ming dynasty — 14 years later
- 1370 Timur makes Samarkand his capital — 16 years later
Alive at the time
- Timur (aged 18)
- Orhan (aged 73)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 50)
- Ashikaga Takauji (aged 49)
- Edward III (aged 42)
- Sergius of Radonezh (aged 40)
- Charles IV (aged 38)
- Murad I (aged 28)
- Ibn Khaldun (aged 22)
- Dmitry Donskoy (aged 4)