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THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| 1227. | Gregory IX Pope. |
| 1228. | Frederick II embarked upon the Sixth Crusade, and acquired Jerusalem. |
| 1234. | Mongols completed conquest of the Kin Empire with the help of the Sung Empire. |
| 1239. | Frederick II excommunicated for the second time. |
| 1240. | Mongols destroyed Kieff. Russia tributary to the Mongols. |
| 1241. | Mongol victory at Liegnitz in Silesia. |
| 1244. | The Egyptian Sultan recaptured Jerusalem. This led to the Seventh Crusade. |
| 1245. | Frederick II re-excommunicated. The men of Schwyz burnt the castle of New Habsburg. |
| 1250. | St. Louis of France ransomed. Frederick II, the last Hohenstaufen Emperor, died. German interregnum until 1273. |
| 1251. | Mangu Khan became Great Khan. Kublai Khan governor of China. |
| 1258. | Hulagu Khan took and destroyed Bagdad. |
| 1260. | Kublai Khan became Great Khan. Ketboga defeated in Palestine. |
| 1261. | The Greeks recaptured Constantinople from the Latins. |
| 1269. | Kublai Khan sent a message of inquiry to the Pope by the older Polos. |
| 1271. | Marco Polo started upon his travels. |
| 1273. | Rudolf of Habsburg elected Emperor. The Swiss formed their Everlasting League. |
| 1280. | Kublai Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty in China. |
| 1292. | Death of Kublai Khan. |
| 1293. | Roger Bacon, the prophet of experimental science, died. |
| 1294. | Boniface VIII Pope (to 1303). |
| 1295. | Marco Polo returned to Venice. |
| 1303. | Death of Pope Boniface VIII after the outrage of Anagni by Guillaume de Nogaret. |
| 1305. | Clement V Pope. The papal court set up at Avignon. |
| 1308. | Duns Scotus died. |
| 1318. | Four Franciscans burnt for heresy at Marseilles. |
