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| 1 | 1216 | - 28 Oct 1216—16 Nov 1272: ROYAL: Henry III, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of John, acceded at 9, under regency until 1227.
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| 2 | 1231 | - 1231—1231: RELIGION: Spanish Inquistion.The Inquisition begins as Pope Gregory IX assigns Dominicans responsibility for combating heresy. Torture used (1252). Ferdinand and Isabella establish Spanish Inquisition (1478). Tourquemada, Grand Inquisitor, forces conversion or expulsion of Spanish Jews (1492). Forced conversion of Moors (1499). Inquisition in Portugal (1531). First Protestants burned at the stake in Spain (1543). Spanish Inquisition abolished (1834).
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| 3 | 1249 | - 1249—1249: HISTORY: Rodger Bacon invented his gunpowder formula.
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| 4 | 1250 | - 1250—1250: HISTORY: Gun invented in China..
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| 5 | 1269 | - 1269—1269: HISTORY: Invention of eyeglasses.
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| 6 | 1271 | - 1271—1271: HISTORY: Marco Polo of Venice.Travels to China, in court of Kublai Khan (1275n1292), returns to Genoa (1295) and writes Travels.
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| 7 | 1272 | - 1272—1307: ROYAL: Edward I Longshanks, Ruler of England .House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of Henry III.
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| 8 | 1280 | - 1280—1280: HISTORY: Mechanical clocks invented..
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| 9 | 1290 | - 1290—1290: HISTORY: Windmills invented..
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1220 - 1290 (~ 69 years)
