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| 1 | 1028 | - 25 Dec 1028—9 Sep 1087: ROYAL: William I the Conqueror, Ruler of England.Norman - Second cousin to Edward the Confessor, by conquest. Defeated Harold at Hastings.
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| 2 | 1087 | - 26 Sep 1087—2 Aug 1100: ROYAL: William II (Rufus), Ruler of England.Norman - 3rd son of William I, accidentally killed by arrow while hunting.
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| 3 | 1096 | - 1096—1099: WAR: First Crusade.A military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem. It was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia. An additional goal soon became the principal objective--the Christian reconquest of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and the freeing of the Eastern Christians from Islamic rule.[more]
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| 4 | 1100 | - 5 Aug 1100—1 Dec 1135: ROYAL: Henry I Beauclerc, Ruler of England.Norman - Youngest son of William I.
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| 5 | 1135 | - 22 Dec 1135—25 Oct 1154: ROYAL: Stephen, Ruler of England.Norman - Son of Adela, daughter of William I, and Count of Blois.
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| 6 | 1144 | - 1144—1144: WAR: Second Crusade begins..
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| 7 | 1154 | - 19 Dec 1154—6 Jul 1189: ROYAL: Henry II, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of Godfrey Plantagenet (Angevin) by Matilda, daughter of Henry I.
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| 8 | 1157 | - 8 Sep 1157—6 Apr 1199: ROYAL: Richard I the Lionhearted, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Eldest surviving son of Henry II, crusader.
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| 9 | 1182 | - 1182—1182: HISTORY: Magnetic compass invented..
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| 10 | 1189 | - 1189—1189: WAR: Third Crusade.Richard I (the Lionhearted) succeeds Henry II in England, killed in France (1199), succeeded by King John.
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| 11 | 1200 | - 1200—1200: HISTORY: Clothing buttons invented..
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| 12 | 1202 | - 1202—1202: HISTORY: Hindu-Arabic numbering system introduced to the west by Italian mathematician Fibonacci..
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| 13 | 1211 | - 1211—1211: HISTORY: Genghis Khan.Invades China, captures Peking (1214), conquers Persia (1218), invades Russia (1223), dies (1227).
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| 14 | 1215 | - 1215—1215: ROYAL: John Lackland, Ruler of England .John Lackland. Ruler of England. House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Youngest son of Henry II, signed Magna Carta[more]
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| 15 | 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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| 16 | 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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| 17 | 1249 | - 1249—1249: HISTORY: Rodger Bacon invented his gunpowder formula.
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| 18 | 1250 | - 1250—1250: HISTORY: Gun invented in China..
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1977 - (48 years)
