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| Dates | Gypsies in England | Arts and Literature | Politics | Science and Philosophy |
| 1100 | 1192 Last Gypsies leave for the west. | 1100 Henry I crowned king.
1135 King Henry I dies and is replaced by King Stephen. 1154 King Stephen replaced by King Henry II. 1189 King Richard I replaces King Henry II. 1199 King John replaces King Richard I. |
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| 1200 | 1290 Gypsy shoemakers on Mount Athos. | 1247 Traditional date for the death of Robin Hood.
1265 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, born. |
1212 Childrens' Crusade launched. More than 50,000
children sold into slavery.
1215 King John forced to sign the Magna Carta. 1216 King Henry III replaces King John. 1241 First person recorded to be hanged, drawn, and quartered in England. 1272 King Edward I replaces King Henry III. |
1208 First recorded witchcraft trial.
1216 Spanish theologian Dominic founded the Dominican order of monks. 1280 Eyeglasses were invented. |
| 1300 | 1322 Crete: Nomads (gypsies) reported on the island.
1347 Black Death reaches Constantinople. Gypsies move west again. 1348 Serbia: Gypsies reported in Prizren. 1362 Croatia: Gypsies reported in Dubroxvnik. 1378 Bulgaria: Gypsies reported living in villages near Rila Monastery. 1385 Romania: First recorded transaction of Gypsy slaves. 1399 Bohemia: The first Gypsy is mentioned in a chronicle. |
1321 Dante finished Divine Comedy.
1343 Geoffrey Chaucer born. 1380 Chaucer's Parliament of Fowls written to celebrate Richard II's marriage to Anne of Bohemie.. 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. |
1307 King Edward II replaces King Edward I.
1327 King Edward III replaces King Edward II. 1337 Officials state of the Hundred Years War. 1394 Queen Anne dies. 1396 King Richard II marries Isabelle of France. England and France sign a truce. |
1348 Black Death, an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague, begins to spread. |
| 1400 | 1416 Germany: Gypsies expelled from Meissen region.
1418 First Gypsies reported in France. 1453 Turks capture Constantinople; Gypsies move west again. 1471 Switzerland: Parliament banishes Gypsies. 1489 Hungary: Gypsy musicians play on Czepel island. 1493 Italy: Gypsies expelled from Milan. 1498 Germany, under the Holy Roman Empire expel Gypsies. |
1400 Chaucer dies.
1474 William Caxton prints the first book in England. 1475 Michelangelo Buonarotti born. 1476 William Caxton begins a business in London. He prints Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. 1483 Raphael born. |
1400 King Richard II dies.
1452 England loses the Hundred Years War with France. 1455 Richard, Duke of York captures Henry VI and begins War of the Roses. 1471 War of Roses ended. |
1455 Johann Gutenberg prints 42-line Bible at Mainz. |
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