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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 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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| 3 | 1182 | - 1182—1182: HISTORY: Magnetic compass invented..
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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 1200 | - 1200—1200: HISTORY: Clothing buttons invented..
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| 6 | 1202 | - 1202—1202: HISTORY: Hindu-Arabic numbering system introduced to the west by Italian mathematician Fibonacci..
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| 7 | 1211 | - 1211—1211: HISTORY: Genghis Khan.Invades China, captures Peking (1214), conquers Persia (1218), invades Russia (1223), dies (1227).
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| 8 | 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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| 9 | 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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| 10 | 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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| 11 | 1249 | - 1249—1249: HISTORY: Rodger Bacon invented his gunpowder formula.
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| 12 | 1250 | - 1250—1250: HISTORY: Gun invented in China..
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| 13 | 1269 | - 1269—1269: HISTORY: Invention of eyeglasses.
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| 14 | 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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| 15 | 1272 | - 1272—1307: ROYAL: Edward I Longshanks, Ruler of England .House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of Henry III.
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| 16 | 1280 | - 1280—1280: HISTORY: Mechanical clocks invented..
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| 17 | 1290 | - 1290—1290: HISTORY: Windmills invented..
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| 18 | 1295 | - 1295—1295: HISTORY: Modern glassmaking begins in Italy.
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| 19 | 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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| 20 | 1326 | - 1326—1326: WAR: First mention of a handgun.
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| 21 | 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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| 22 | 1328 | - 1328—1328: HISTORY: First sawmill.
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| 23 | 1337 | - 1337—1453: WAR: Hundred Years' War .English and French kings fight for control of France.
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| 24 | 1347 | - 1347—1349: EPEDEMIC: Bubonic Plague.Again in Europe. The Black Death reaches Constantinople, Turkey.
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| 25 | 1366 | - 1366—1366: HISTORY: Scales for weighing invented..
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| 26 | 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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| 27 | 1387 | - 1387—1387: LITERATURE: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales..Joan of Arc burned.
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1741 - 1817 (76 years)