The Ottomans take Bursa
A long blockade gives the Ottomans their first capital
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After a blockade lasting years, Byzantine Prusa surrendered to Orhan, son of Osman. It became the first capital of the Ottoman state, and Osman and Orhan were buried there. Three decades later the Ottomans crossed into Europe and moved their capital to Edirne.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1309–1377 Avignon Papacy — 17 years earlier
- 1315–1317 Great Famine — 11 years earlier
- 1337–1453 Hundred Years' War — 11 years later
- 1347–1351 Black Death — 21 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1337 Sergius of Radonezh founds his monastery — 11 years later
Africa
- 1324 Hajj of Mansa Musa — 2 years earlier
- c. 1327 The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu — 1 year later
Asia
- 1351 Founding of Ayutthaya — 25 years later
Americas
- c. 1325 Founding of Tenochtitlan — 1 year earlier
Alive at the time
- Mansa Musa (aged 46)
- Orhan (aged 45)
- Emperor Go-Daigo (aged 38)
- Ivan Kalita (aged 38)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 22)
- Ashikaga Takauji (aged 21)
- Edward III (aged 14)
- Sergius of Radonezh (aged 12)
- Charles IV (aged 10)
- Murad I (aged 0)