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 [Philip] 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 va.s.sal 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.

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1222.--Charter or decree of Andrew II., basis of the Hungarian const.i.tution.

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.--Enfranchis.e.m.e.nt 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 pa.s.ses 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 pa.s.ses 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.