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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  | 1249  | - 1249—1249: HISTORY: Rodger Bacon invented his gunpowder formula.
 
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| 3  | 1250  | - 1250—1250: HISTORY: Gun invented in China..
 
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| 4  | 1269  | - 1269—1269: HISTORY: Invention of eyeglasses.
 
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| 5  | 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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| 6  | 1272  | - 1272—1307: ROYAL: Edward I Longshanks, Ruler of England .House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line -  Son of Henry III.
 
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| 7  | 1280  | - 1280—1280: HISTORY: Mechanical clocks invented..
 
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| 8  | 1290  | - 1290—1290: HISTORY: Windmills invented..
 
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