Ivan Kalita becomes Prince of Moscow
Backed by the Horde and the Church, Moscow begins its rise
In 1325 Ivan Kalita became Prince of Moscow, and Metropolitan Peter moved his seat to the city. Gaining the Horde's patent for the grand princely title and the right to collect tribute, Ivan I laid the basis of Moscow's rise.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- c. 1300 Onset of the Little Ice Age — 25 years earlier
- 1309–1377 Avignon Papacy — 16 years earlier
- 1315–1317 Great Famine — 10 years earlier
- 1337–1453 Hundred Years' War — 12 years later
- 1347–1351 Black Death — 22 years later
Africa
- 1324 Hajj of Mansa Musa — 1 year earlier
- c. 1327 The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu — 2 years later
Americas
- c. 1325 Founding of Tenochtitlan — same year
Alive at the time
- Mansa Musa (aged 45)
- Orhan (aged 44)
- Emperor Go-Daigo (aged 37)
- Ivan Kalita (aged 37)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 21)
- Ashikaga Takauji (aged 20)
- Edward III (aged 13)
- Sergius of Radonezh (aged 11)
- Charles IV (aged 9)
- Giotto (aged 58)