The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy centred on the wealthy city of Milan. It was created when Gian Galeazzo Visconti obtained the title of duke from the German king Wenceslaus. The Visconti dynasty was succeeded in 1450 by the condottiero Francesco Sforza, whose family made Milan a leading centre of Renaissance art and science; Ludovico Sforza employed Leonardo da Vinci. The duchy became a prize in the Italian Wars between France and the Habsburgs, and after 1535 it passed to the Spanish crown and later to Austria. The French Revolution ended its independence when Napoleon's armies conquered it, and the old state was dissolved after Napoleon's early campaigns in Italy.
Before and after
- 1390Birth of Jan van Eyck
- c. 1390The Kingdom of Kongo is founded
- from 5 August 1392 to 12 October 1897Joseon
- 1395Construction of Gyeongbokgung
- from 11 May 1395 to 17 October 1797Duchy of Milan
- 6 June 1395Founding of Seoul
- 1397Construction of Kinkaku-ji Temple
- from 1397 to 1523Kalmar Union
- 15 November 1397Birth of Nicholas V
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The era
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