Founding of Ayutthaya
Siam gains a capital and a kingdom for four centuries
By the traditional date, in 1351 (or 1350 by other reckonings) the ruler U Thong, who took the name Ramathibodi I, founded a city on an island where the Chao Phraya, Pa Sak and Lopburi rivers meet. Ayutthaya absorbed Sukhothai, sacked Angkor and traded with China, Japan, Persia and Europe; by the 17th century it was one of Asia's largest cities. The Burmese destroyed it in 1767.
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Europe
- 1337–1453 Hundred Years' War — 14 years earlier
- 1347–1351 Black Death — 4 years earlier
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1337 Sergius of Radonezh founds his monastery — 14 years earlier
Africa
- c. 1327 The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu — 24 years earlier
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