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Sep 15, 1254
Marco Polo is born in Venice
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Mar 31, 1262
Norway annexes Iceland and Greenland
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Mar 31, 1269
Father Niccolo Polo returns from China
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Mar 31, 1270
Louis IX of France dies
Louis IX of France dies on the Eighth Crusade to the Middle East -
Mar 31, 1271
Marco Polo sets off for China with father and uncle
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Mar 31, 1273
The Hapsburg Dynasty is established in Austria
It would last until 1918 -
Mar 31, 1275
Polo begins service at the court of Kublai Khan
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Mar 31, 1286
Eyeglasses are invented in Italy
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Feb 18, 1294
Kublai Khan dies
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Mar 31, 1295
The Polos return to Venice
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Mar 31, 1297
Venice and Genoa at war
Polo is captured -
Mar 31, 1298
The Chinese develop the cannon for use in battle
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Mar 31, 1299
Marco Polo is released from imprisonment
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Mar 31, 1302
Marco Polo marries Donata Badoer
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Period: Mar 31, 1314 to Mar 31, 1317
Famine strikes Europe
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Jan 8, 1324
Marco Polo dies in Venice
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Mar 31, 1326
The Ottoman Empire is funded
