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Milan Cathedral

1386 CE – still standing

Largest Gothic cathedral in Italy, took nearly six centuries to complete

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Milan Cathedral on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1300 CE)
  2. Holy Roman Empire (1400 CE–1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Milan (1530 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Milano (Austria) (1783 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. Lombardy (1800 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. Italy (1880 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. Kingdom of Italy (1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Italy (1920 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

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1299 CE – 1922 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War I

1914 CE – 1918 CE

Trade route · Europe

Venice–Constantinople Route

800 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · Europe

Butrint

800 BCE – 1800 CE

Polity · Europe

Holy Roman Empire

962 CE – 1806 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Trade route · Europe

Viking North Atlantic Route

870 CE – 1400 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1386 CE and 2026 CE.

1389 CE Battle of Kosovo 1400 CE Antwerp 1402 CE Battle of Ankara 1410 CE Battle of Grunwald 1415 CE Battle of Agincourt

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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