The Kingdom of Naples was the state that governed the southern part of the Italian peninsula after the War of the Sicilian Vespers split the former Kingdom of Sicily, with Sicily itself falling to the house of Aragon, and the mainland remaining with the Angevin dynasty. Over the following centuries, the kingdom passed from the Angevins to Aragonese, Spanish and Austrian rulers, and was then ruled by a branch of the Spanish Bourbons. Naples became one of the largest cities in Europe, a major centre of art and music. The kingdom was invaded by the French during the Napoleonic Wars, and in 1816 it was merged with Sicily as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Before and after
- c. 1280Eruption of Quilotoa
- 1281The Mongol invasions of Japan
- 29 October 1281Second Battle of Homs
- from 1282 to 1302War of the Sicilian Vespers
- from 30 March 1282 to 12 December 1816Kingdom of Naples
- 30 March 1282Sicilian Vespers
- from 1283 to 1410Lithuanian Crusade
- 1283Origins of Caernarfon Castle
- 1283Origins of Harlech Castle
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The era
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