Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan was born

Sep 23, 1215

Kublai was born on September 23. His dads name was Tule. He was the forth son in the family and he was born in Mongolia.(Kublai Khan 6)

Amiens Cathedral is burned

Dec 17, 1218

Amiens Cathedral is burned. Amiens Cathedral is the tallest Gothic church, and largest cathedral in France. After the cathedral was burned down, it was being rebuilt from 1220-1269. It took 49 years to rebuild the Cathedral! (The Timetables of History 167)

Danneborg was adopted

Dec 17, 1218

Danneborg was the oldest national flagin the world. In 1218 it was adopted by Denmark (The Timetables of History 167)

Giraffes

Dec 17, 1220

In 1220, the first giraffes were shown in Europe. Before this, no one even knew that giraffes existed. (The Timetables of History 167)

Cotton in Spain

Dec 17, 1225

Cotton was first manufactured in Spain. Cotton is a arable crop the is mainly used for fibre. Cottonweed is the remains for cotton after it is ginned and that is used for animal food. Spain grows 20 percent of Europe's cotton. Greece grows the other 80 percent of cotton.(The Timetables of History 168)

Coal Mine

Dec 17, 1233

Coal was mined for the first time in Newcastle, England. There is so many good uses of coal. Coal is used for power generation, cooking, heating, and making cement. That is only a few uses for coal but there is many more. (The Timetables of History 168)

Kublai got married

Dec 17, 1240

Kublai Khan got married to Chabis. She was his second wife. Chabis was the daughter of Alichi Noyan.
(Kublai Khan 8)

Kublai Khan receives a fief

Apr 20, 1253

Kublai received a fief. he receieved the district of Ch'ang-an which was in the Wei River Valley. He began to establish a permanent territorial administration. The Chinese were his administors. (Kublai Khan 24)

Great Khan

Dec 17, 1260

Kublai Khan became the Great Khan. He was proclaimed as a mongolian successor by the Mongolian Army. He was a very successful King and made the Yuan Dynasty strong and successful.
(Kublai Khan 10)

Kublai wins Mongolian civil war

Dec 17, 1264

Kublai Khan wins the Mongolian civil war. This was the first war that Kublai was in and it was against Arigbge. 2 years after the war, Arigbge died. (Empire of the Mongols 24)

Polo Brothers

Dec 17, 1266

Kublai entrusted the Polo brothers. The Polo brothers were 2 Venetian merchants. Kublai had them ask the Pope for 100 Christian scholars and technicians. (Biography for Kids)

Yuan Dynasty

Dec 17, 1271

Kublai Khan establishes the Yuan Dynasty. Kublai adopted alot of customs and beliefs from China and the Chinese. Also in 1271, the capital of China moved to Beijing. Kublai ordered the Mongols to create a new alphabet for the language and it closely resembled the Chinese writing. (Bio.com)

Invading Japan

Period: Dec 17, 1274 to Dec 17, 1281

Between 1274 and 1281, Kublai's armies tried to invade Japan twice. It failed both times. They lost either because of getting destroyed by a storm or by getting crushed by the Japanese because the Mongols did not have good fighting on the sea, and they had bad naval forces.

Glass Mirror

Dec 17, 1278

The glass mirror was invented. Glass mirrors were created for many reasons and were used for so many reasons including, decorations, scientific instruments, reflections, saftey, and entertainment. They were made out of all different materials like copper, iron, steel, and gold. (The Timetables of History 176)

Spectacles

Dec 17, 1290

Spectacles were invented. The main reason they were created was to correct presbyopia. Presbyopia is the inability tofocus on things that are close to you. Monks and schoolars were the type of people to usually wear them, and they would either hold them up close to thier eyes or balance then on thier nose. The middle and lower class started to wear spectacles mounted to leather,
steel, wood, horn, or bone. (The Timetables of History 179)

Expedition to Java

Dec 17, 1292

Kublai went on a overseas expedition to subjugate Java. Kublai's forces withdrew becuase of the hot temperature, the jungles, and the diseases. The Mongols were used to colder steppe climates. (KUblai Khan 34)

Naval Expedition

Dec 17, 1293

Near the end of Kublai's reign, he launched a nval expedition against the Javanese kingdom. This did not work out good for the Mongols. They had withdraw after losing so many times. (Kublai Khan 35)

Kublai Khan died

Feb 18, 1294

Kublai Khan died Febuary 18th, 1294 in Ta-tu. He was 78 when he died. He was burried in a secret place that was reserved for Mongolian rulers only. (Bio.com)