When Prince Igor marched against the Polovtsians in 1185, Notre-Dame had been under construction for 22 years.
It would not be finished until the mid-14th century.
The events
- Notre-Dame de Paris begun1163–1345 · Paris. The first stone of Notre-Dame de Paris was laid in 1163 under Bishop Maurice de Sully. Construction lasted nearly two centuries and was completed around 1345.
- Prince Igor's campaign1185 · Cuman steppe. In spring 1185, Prince Igor Svyatoslavich of Novgorod-Seversky attacked the Cumans, was defeated and captured. The campaign is the subject of The Tale of Igor's Campaign, the masterpiece of Old East Slavic literature.
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