eth; an attempt is made to murder him.

Marco Polo sets out on his travels. See "HEIGHT OF THE MONGOL POWER IN
CHINA," vi, 287.

1272. Prince Edward concludes a truce with Beibars for ten years; he
leaves Palestine. End of the crusades.

Death of Henry III of England; his son, Edward I, succeeds.

A patent of nobility is granted to his silversmith by Philip III, King
of France.

1273. Election of Rudolph as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
See "FOUNDING OF THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG," vi, 298.

1274. After a long stay in France Edward I lands in England; is
crowned with his Queen, Eleanora, at Westminster.

Fourteenth general council, Second of Lyons, presided over by Pope
Gregory IX.

Death of Thomas Aquinas, the "Angelic Doctor," while on his way to
attend the council of Lyons.

1275. Edward I persecutes the Jews in England.

Marriage between the doges and foreigners prohibited by the Venetians.

1276. Ottocar II, of Bohemia, is vanquished by Rudolph of Hapsburg.
See "FOUNDING OF THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG," vi, 298.

Lombardy distracted by civil wars, earthquakes, floods, famine, and
pestilence, followed by a severe winter of four months.

Death of Beibars, Sultan of Egypt and Syria; succession of Kaldoun.

Edward I subdues Wales as far as Snowdon. See "EDWARD I CONQUERS
WALES," vi, 316.

1278. Prussia submits to the Teutonic Knights.

Ghibellines allowed to return to Florence.

Rudolph defeats Ottocar II at Marchfeld; he is slain. See "FOUNDING OF
THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG," vi, 298.

1279. Edward I, of England, gives up Normandy to Philip III of France.
The English Parliament passes the first statute of mortmain; it
forbids the alienation in mortmain of real property to religious
houses or other corporations.

1280. Kublai Khan, grandson of Ghengis Khan, completes the Mongol
conquest of China.

1281. Tartars attempt the conquest of Japan. See "JAPANESE REPEL THE
TARTARS," vi, 327.

A vacancy of six months in the papal chair; Martin IV ultimately
elected pope.

Edward I further extends his conquest in Wales. See "EDWARD I
CONQUERS WALES," vi, 316.

1282. Rudolph of Hapsburg invests his sons, Albert and Rudolph, with
the duchies of Austria, Styria, and Carniola, founding the house of
Austria. See "FOUNDING OF THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG," vi, 298.

A great inundation of the sea forms the Zuyder Zee, a large gulf in
the Netherlands, formerly covered with forests and towns; thousands of
lives are lost and