The spire of Lincoln Cathedral
The cathedral that took the height record from the Great Pyramid
Around 1311 a spire some 160 m tall was raised on the central tower of Lincoln Cathedral. It was the first structure in millennia to top the Great Pyramid, and it stood until a storm brought it down in 1548.
Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 14th century
Did you know
The Great Pyramid was the tallest structure on Earth for almost 3,900 years. Only around 1311 did the spire of Lincoln Cathedral in England top it; the spire fell in 1548. Share →
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- 1324 Hajj of Mansa Musa — 13 years later
- c. 1327 The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu — 16 years later
Asia
- 1293 Founding of Majapahit — 18 years earlier
Americas
- c. 1325 Founding of Tenochtitlan — 14 years later
Alive at the time
- Marco Polo (aged 57)
- Dante Alighieri (aged 46)
- Osman I (aged 53)
- Philip IV the Fair (aged 43)
- Mansa Musa (aged 31)
- Orhan (aged 30)
- Emperor Go-Daigo (aged 23)
- Ivan Kalita (aged 23)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 7)
- Ashikaga Takauji (aged 6)