14th Century
Year | Date | Event |
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1303 | 5 March | Daniel died. His oldest son Yury succeeded him as Prince of Moscow. |
1317 | Yury married the sister of Uzbeg Khan. Uzbeg deposed the Grand Prince of Vladimir and appointed Yury to that office. | |
1322 | Dmitriy the Terrible Eyes, the son of the last Grand Prince of Vladimir, convinced Uzbeg Khan that Yury had been stealing from the khan's tribute money. He was reappointed to the princedom of Vladimir. | |
1325 | 21 November | Yury was murdered by Dmitriy. His younger brother Ivan I Kalita succeeded him. |
1327 | 15 August | The ambassador of the Golden Horde was trapped and burned alive during an uprising in the Grand Duchy of Tver. |
1328 | Ivan led a Horde army against the Grand Prince of Tver, also the Grand Prince of Vladimir. Ivan was allowed to replace him in the latter office. | |
1340 | 31 March | Ivan died. His son Simeon succeeded him both as Grand Prince of Moscow and as Grand Prince of Vladimir |
1353 | Simeon died. His younger brother Ivan II, The Fair, succeeded him as Grand Prince of Moscow. | |
1359 | 13 November | Ivan died. His son, Dmitri Donskoi, succeeded him. |
1380 | 8 September | Battle of Kulikovo: A Muscovite force defeated a significantly larger Blue Horde army at Kulikovo Field. |
1382 | The Mongol khan Tokhtamysh reasserted his power by looting and burning Moscow. | |
1389 | 19 May | Dmitri died. The throne fell to his son, Vasili I. |
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