Greatest of Centuries 27 Jacques Maritain Center : Greatest of Centuries
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Greatest of Centuries 27 Jacques Maritain Center : Greatest of Centuries APPENDIX.

SO-CALLED HISTORY.

RULERS.

EMPERORS OF GERMANY.

Otho IV 1198-1218

Frederick II 1212-1250

Conrad IV 1250-1254

William of Holland 1254-1256

Richard Earl of Cornwall 1257-1273

Rudolph of Hapsburg.1273-1291

Adolph of Nassau 1292-1298

Albert of Austria 1298-1308

KINGS OF SCOTLAND.

William 1175-1214

Alexander II 1214-1249

Alexander III 1249-1286

Margaret 1286-1292

John Balliol 1292-1296

Interregnum 1296-1306

KINGS OF CASTILE AND LEON.

Alfonso IX 1188-1214

Henry I 1214-1217

St. Ferdinand III 1217-1252

Alfonso X 1252-1284

Sancho IV 1284-1295

Ferdinand IV 1295-1312 KINGS OF ENGLAND.

John Lackland 1199-1216

Henry III 1216-1272

Edward I 1272-1307

KINGS OF FRANCE.

Philip II 1180-1223

Louis VIII 1223-1226

Louis IX 1226-1270

Philip III 1270-1285

Louis IV 1314-1316

KINGS OF ARAGON.

Pedro II 1196-1213

James I., the Conqueror 1215-1276

Pedro III 1276-1285

Alfonso III 1285-1291

James II 1291-1327

KINGS OF NAPLES.

Conrad 1250-1254

Conradin 1254-1258

Manfred 1258-1266

Charles of Anjou 1266-1285

Charles 1285-1309

EVENTS.

1202. — Fourth great crusade under Boniface, marquis of Montferrat.

1204. — The English stripped of Normandy, etc., by Philip Augustus of France.

1206. — Jenghis-Khan: foundation of the great empire of the Moguls.

1212. — Battle of Ubeda: defeat and fall of Almohads of Africa.

1213. — John Lackland acknowledges himself vassal of the pope.

1213. — Battle of Bouvines won by Philip Augustus.

1215. — Magna Charta. The palatinate of the Rhine goes to the house of Wittelsbach.

1217. — Crusade of Andrew II., King of Hungary.

1218. — Extinction of the dukes of Zarringuia: Switzerland becomes an immediate province of the empire.

1222. — Charter or decree of Andrew II., basis of the Hungarian Constitution.

1226. — Renewal of the League of Lombardy to oppose the Emperor Frederick II.

1227. — Battle of Bornhoeved in Holstein: Waldemar II., King of Denmark, loses his conquests on the southern coast of the Baltic.

1228. — Crusade of the Emperor Frederick II.

1230. — The Teutonic order establishes itself in Prussia. Conquest of the Balearic islands by the King of Aragon.

1235. — Formation of the Duchy of Brunswick in favor of the house of the Guelphs.

1236. — Conquest of the Kingdoms of Cordova, Murcia and Seville by the Castilians.

1237. — Conquest of Russia by Baton-Khan: origin of the Mogul or Tartar horde of Kaptschak.

1241. — Invasion of Poland, Silesia, and Hungary by the Moguls.

1248. — Crusade of St. Louis King of France.

1250. — Beginning of the great interregnum in Germany.

1254. — Accessions of the emperors of different houses in Germany. End of the dominion of the Agubites in Egypt and Syria; beginning of the empire of the Mamelukes.

1256. — Enfranchisement of the serfs at Bologna in Italy.

1261. — Michel Paleologus, emperor of Nice, takes Constantinople; end of the empire of the Latins.

1265. — Accession of the house of Anjou to the throne of the Two Sicilies.

1266. — Admission of the Commons to the Parliament of England.

1268. — Corradino decapitated at Naples; extinction of the house of Hohenstaufen. Suabia and Franconia become immediate provinces of the empire.

1271. — The county of Toulouse passes to the King of France, and the Venaissin to the Pope.

1273. — Accession of the Emperor Rudolph of Hapsburg to the throne of the empire: first election by the seven electors.

1282. — Conquest of Wales by the King of England.

1282. — The Sicilian Vespers, the kingdom of Sicily passes to the King of Aragon. The Emperor Rudolph gives to his sons the duchies of Austria; foundation of the house of Hapsburg.

1283. — The Teutonic order completes the conquest of Prussia.

1289. — Extinction of the male line of the old race of Scotch kings.

Contest of Baliol and Bruce.

1290. — Decline of the republic of Piza. Aggrandizement of that of Genoa.

1291. — Taking of Ptolemais and Tyre by the Mamelukes. End of the crusades.

1294. — Decline of the Mogul empire at the death of Kublai-Khan.

1298. — Tntroduction of an hereditary aristocracy at Venice.

1300. — Foundation of the modern Turkish empire by Ottoman I. First Jubilee proclaimed by Pope Boniface VIII.

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