Gun invented in China
Rodger Bacon invented his gunpowder formula
Charter granted to Oxford University by Henry II
Foundation of Bedlam (Bethleham Hospital), London by Simon Fitzmary
Treaty of York signed
Cambridge University organised and grantred Royal Charter
First recorded mention of the Royal Mint
Introduction of poll tax in England
Start of building of York Minster: Archbishop Walter de Gray started its construction (with transept) in 1220
Henry III
Magna Carta signed at Runnymede by King John PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
King Henry II
The Hindu-Arabic numbering system introduced to the west by Italian mathematician, Fibonacci
John Lackland
Clothing buttons invented
King John
Vladislav (III.) Jindrich (Vladislaus III Henry)
Premysl I. Otakar
Jindrich Bretislav (Henry Bretislaus)
Premysl I. Otakar (Ottokar I)
V clav II
'Early English' Gothic period in English architecture
Richard I 'Lionheart' becomes King of England. Dies 1199. -
King Richard I The Lion Heart
Konr d II. Ota (Conrad-Otto)
Richard I the Lionhearted
Magnetic compass invented
Bedrich
London Bridge construction in stone started (from tax on wool) completed 1209
Treaty of Falaise signed - William the Lyon surrenders Scottish crown to King Henry II of England
Sobeslav II
Murder of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
Pope decrees that Henry II of England is feudal lord of Ireland
Bedrich (Frederick)
Establishment of trial by jury
Danegeld tax abolished
Henry II
Nicholas Breakspear (Adrian IV) becomes only English Pope. Died 1.9.1159.
King Henry II
Vladislav II
Battle of The Standard
Stephen
King Stephen
Sobeslav I. (Sobeslaus)
First reference in Scotland to Burghs and Sheriffs
Vladislav I
Borivoj II
Introductions in England of Pipe Rolls, recording exchequer payments
Vladislav I. (Vladislaus)
Svatopluk Olomoucky (Sventopluk of Olomouc)
Synod of Westminster under St. Anselm forbids clergy to marry
Borivoj II
Henry I Beauclerc
King Henry I
Bretislav II
William II (Rufus)
King William II