Philip IV the Fair
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1268 – 1314 · 46 years · Paris · Europe
Reign: 1285 – 1314 (Franks and France)
He summoned the first Estates General (1302), defeated Pope Boniface VIII and saw the papacy move to Avignon. In 1307 he arrested the Templars and later burned their Grand Master Jacques de Molay.
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Europe
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Eastern Europe & Russia
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Middle East
Africa
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Asia
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The world in their lifetime
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- 1271–1295 Travels of Marco Polo — aged 3, Asia
- c. 1280 Polynesians settle New Zealand — aged 12, Oceania
- 1281 Kamikaze, the divine wind — aged 13, Asia
- 1293 Founding of Majapahit — aged 25, Asia
- c. 1300 Onset of the Little Ice Age — aged 32, Europe
- 1309–1377 Avignon Papacy — aged 41, Europe