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1088: In that year, one of the oldest universities in the world was founded. Which was it?
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1115: Which French scholastic philosopher was made canon of the Notre Dame Cathedral? |
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1142: Alfonso Henriques became the first king of which European country? |
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1162: Which of these English saints was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury in that year? |
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1218: St. Peter Nolasco, assisted by St. Raymond of Penyafort, founded what religious order? |
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1271: At what age did Marco Polo leave Venice, Italy and start to set out journeying for the Chinese mainland? |
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1273: Rudolf Habsburg (Rudolph I of Germany) became Holy Roman Emperor and remained on the imperial throne till what year? |
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A severe outbreak of the bubonic plague (later called the Black Death) that spread rapidly across most of Europe began in what year? |
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What year did the French heroine Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) lead the French forces and lift the siege of Orleans? |
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In what decade did Johannes Gutenberg produce the first printed books in Europe? |
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