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| 1 | 1272 | - 1272—1307: ROYAL: Edward I Longshanks, Ruler of England .House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of Henry III.
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| 2 | 1290 | - 1290—1290: HISTORY: Windmills invented..
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| 3 | 1295 | - 1295—1295: HISTORY: Modern glassmaking begins in Italy.
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| 4 | 1307 | - 1307—1327: ROYAL: Edward II, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Eldest surviving son of Edward I, deposed by Parliament 1327.
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| 5 | 1326 | - 1326—1326: WAR: First mention of a handgun.
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| 6 | 1327 | - 1327—1377: ROYAL: Edward III of Windsor, Ruler of England .House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Eldest son of Edward II.
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| 7 | 1328 | - 1328—1328: HISTORY: First sawmill.
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| 8 | 1337 | - 1337—1453: WAR: Hundred Years' War .English and French kings fight for control of France.
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| 9 | 1347 | - 1347—1349: EPEDEMIC: Bubonic Plague.Again in Europe. The Black Death reaches Constantinople, Turkey.
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| 10 | 1366 | - 1366—1366: HISTORY: Scales for weighing invented..
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| 11 | 1377 | - 1377—1399: ROYAL: .Richard II. Ruler of England. House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of the Black Prince, grandson of Edward III, minor until 1389, deposed 1399 by Parliament.
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| 12 | 1387 | - 1387—1387: LITERATURE: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales..Joan of Arc burned.
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| 13 | 1399 | - 1399—1413: ROYAL: Henry IV, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line - Son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 4th son of Edward III. Chosen by Parliament as successor to Richard II.
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| 14 | 1400 | - 1400—1400: HISTORY: .First piano called the Spinet invented.
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| 15 | 1411 | - 1411—1411: HISTORY: .Trigger invented.
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| 16 | 1413 | - 1413—1422: ROYAL: Henry V, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line - Eldest son of Henry IV, victor of Agincourt.
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| 17 | 1420 | - 1420—1420: HISTORY: Oil painting invented..
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| 18 | 1421 | - 1421—1421: HISTORY: In Florence, hoisting gear invented..
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| 19 | 1422 | - 1422—2 Feb 1461: ROYAL: Henry VI, Ruler of England. .House of Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line - 9-month old only son of Henry V, deposed 1461 by Edward IV (Duke of York) after defeat of Lancastrians at Mortimer's Cross on Feb 2, 1461. Died in Tower.
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| 20 | 1431 | - 1431—1431: POLITICAL: Joan of Arc burned.Some Englishmen see Joan of Arc as truly a witch and as an agent of the devil - a common response to adversity in this age. Joan is captured. The English turn her over to ecclesiastic authorities - the Inquisition -- and at the French town of Rouen, then under English rule, Joan is burned at the stake.
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| 21 | 1455 | - 1455—1455: HISTORY: Printing Press.Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press with metal movable type.
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| 22 | 1461 | - 1461—1483: ROYAL: .Edward IV. Ruler of England. House of York - Great-great-grandson of Edward III, son of Duke of York.
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| 23 | 1462 | - 1462—1505: POLITICAL: Ivan the Great .Rules Russia until 1505 as first czar; ends payment of tribute to Mongols.
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| 24 | 1465 | - 1465—1465: HISTORY: In Germany, drypoint engravings invented..
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| 25 | 1475 | - 1475—1475: HISTORY: .Muzzle-loaded rifles invented in Italy and Germany.
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| 26 | 1483 | - 9 Apr 1483—25 Jun 1483: ROYAL: .Edward V. Ruler of England. House of York - Eldest son of Edward IV, murdered in Tower of London.
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| 27 | 1485 | - 1485—1485: HISTORY: Leonardo DaVinci designed the first parachute.
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| 28 | 1486 | - 1486—1486: HISTORY: First known copyright granted.In Venice, the first known copyright granted.
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| 29 | 1487 | - 1487—1487: HISTORY: .Bell chimes invented.
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1390 - 1487 (~ 96 years)