1300 in Italy

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.^[1]

Arts

Duccio paints Stoclet Madonna ^[2]

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)