Timeline of Albanian History - 13th Century

13th Century

Year Date Event
1204 Fourth Crusade: Venice won control over most of Albania.
Fourth Crusade: The Byzantines regained control of the southern portion of Albania and established the Despotate of Epirus.
1258 Sicily seized the Albanian coast and much of the Epirus hinterland.
1272 Forces allied to Charles I of Naples occupied Durrës and established the Kingdom of Albania.
1280 Siege of Berat (1280–1281): An Angevin offensive against Constantinople was repulsed by the Byzantines.
1290 Albania began to come under Serbian attack.

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