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Reign.

61

THE SOUTHERN Sung Dynasty.

27 116363: 20

1190 | 63:47

25.

Year

No.

A. D.

of

Cycle.

1

36

1127

62:44

2

3

5

4

30

5

40

6

10

1265

7

1

1275

65:12

8

2

1276

65: 18

9

2

1278

65 : 1.

1195 | 63:52|

Cotemporary Events.

Accession of Stephen to the English crown, 1135.

The Teutonic order begins, 1164; the conquest of Egypt by the Turks, 1169.

Third crusade and siege of Acre, 1188; John succeeds to the English throne, 1199. Genghis khan's reign and conquests. The Magna Charta, 1215. Origin of the 1225 | 64:22 Ottomans, 1240.

65:02

The uncle and father of Marco Polo the Venetian traveler in China.

Edward I. on the English throne, 1272.

The famous Mortmain act passes in England, 1279.

No.

Reign

A. D.

1

15

1280

2

13

26. THE YUEN DYNASTY.

Year of Cycle.

Cotemporary Events.

65: 17 During the Sicilian vespers, 8000 French murdered, 1283. Wales annexed to Eng- 1295 65:32|land, 1233. Regular succession of En-

glish parliament begins, 1293.

4 1308 65:45

131265:49 The mariner's compass said to be invent-

ed or improved by Flaveo, 1302.

1321 65:52

1324 66:01 The Swiss cantons begin 1307. Edward

1. succeeds to the English crown.

Edward III. on the English throne,

4

9

5

3

6

5

7

1

8

3

1330 66:07

9

1329 | 66:06

1327.

The first comet observed, whose course is 35 1333 66: 10 described with exactuess, in June, 1337.

family, his embassy to the pope, his predilection to Christianity,- are narrated in the travels of Marco Polo,-an historian of no mean

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