Events which occurred in Italy or Italian territory in 1300:
Political and military events Battle of Ponza (1300) was a naval battle that occurred on 14 June 1300 near the islands of Ponza and Zannone, in the Gulf of Gaeta (NW of Naples), when a galley fleet commanded by Roger of Lauria defeated an Aragonese-Sicilian galley fleet commanded by Conrad d'Oria. Sack of Lucera by a Christian army under the command of Charles II of Naples; the Muslim inhabitants were killed or sold into slavery.Muslims in Medieval Italy: The Colony at Lucera . Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. 2003.
Arts Duccio paints Stoclet Madonna The Metropolitan Museum of Art's page about Duccio's "Madonna and Child"
Religion February 22 – The Jubilee of Pope Boniface VIII is celebrated.
Births Birth of Taddeo Gaddi, painter and architect.
Deaths August 29 – Guido Cavalcanti, poet (born 1250) December 12 – Bartolo da San Gimignano, Italian beatified Catholic priest, member of Third Order of Saint Francis (born 1228)
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