• 1100  appearance of Gothic architecture
     decline of the Islamic sciences began
     Sinchi Roca civilization of Peru established
     Munich first mentioned in records
     probable colonization of Polynesia
  • 1101  accession of Emperor Hai-tsung
  • 1104  Acre taken by Crusaders
  • 1109  Anglo-French War
  • 1116  Aztecs left the mythical Azttan
  • 1117  first reference to compass being used at sea
    (China)
  • 1118  Thomas a Becket, Cantebury born
  • 1119  Bologna University founded
  • 1123  Byzantine Emperor John II defeated Serbs
     founding of St.Bartholomew's Hospital, London
  • 1125  beginnings of troubadour music in France
  • 1128  Order of the Templars recognized by pope
  • 1130  stained glass first is used in churches
  • 1137  Louis VI died, succeeded by Louis VII
  • 1138  Conrad III elected king, 1st of the Hohenstaufen
    line
  • 1139  Bavaria defeated by Austria
  • 1146  "Antidotarium Nictai", treatise on drugs composed
  • 1147  Crusaders perished in Asia Minor
     Moscow first mentioned
  • 1150  founding of Paris University
     Arabs in Spain manufacture paper
     Chinese developed first rockets
  • 1151  Golden age of Buddhist arts in Burma began
     1st fire & plague insurance sold in Iceland
     Chess arrived in England
     Chinese used explosives in warfare
  • 1155  Genghis Khan born
  • 1157  Eric of Sweden defeated Finland
  • 1158  Munich became center of salt trading
  • 1163  Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris construction began
  • 1166  Saladin built Cairo citadel
  • 1168  Milan rebuilt
  • 1172  Venice Grand Council restricted power of doges
  • 1173  1st authenticated influenza epidemic
  • 1174  construction of Campanile of Pisa began,
    Leaning Tower
     earliest recorded horse races in England
  • 1177  founding of Belfast
  • 1180  glass windows appeared in private homes
     1st windmills with vertical sails in Europe
  • 1182  Canute VI, King of Denmark
     St. Francis of Assisi born
     Jews banished from France
  • 1185  Knights Templars established in London
  • 1187  Saladin defeated Christians and takes Jerusalem
  • 1189  Richard I, the Lionhearted crowned
     Third Crusade
  • 1191  2nd era of Maya civilization began in C.America
     tea arrived in Japan from China
  • 1193  indigo & brazilwood imported from India to
    England for dying
  • 1194  Richard I crowned for second time
     erection of present day Chartres Cathedral began
  • 1196  Heidelberg mentioned in records
  • 1199  founding of Liverpool
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