None of the first clocks survived from 13th century Europe, but various mentions in church records reveal some of the early history of the clock.

Henry III continued his attempts to reclaim Normandy and Anjou until 1259, but John's continental losses and the consequent growth of Capetian power in the 13th century proved to mark a " turning point in European history ".

Borno's history is closely associated with Kanem, which had achieved imperial status in the Lake Chad basin by the 13th century.

The history of notaries is set out in detail in Chapter 1 of Brooke's Notary ( 13th edition ):

Rashīd al-Dīn Fadhl-allāh Hamadānī ( 1247 – 1318 ), was a Persian physician of Jewish origin, polymathic writer and historian, who wrote an enormous Islamic history, the Jami al-Tawarikh, in the Persian language, often considered a landmark in intercultural historiography and a key document on the Ilkhanids ( 13th and 14th century ).

The history of the Olympic Games is believed to reach as far back as the 13th century BC.

Although the Xia is an important element in early Chinese history, reliable information on the history of China before 13th century BC can only come from archaeological evidence since China's first established written system on a durable medium, the oracle bone script, did not exist until then.

The history of Portugal, in most of the 12th and 13th centuries, is chiefly that of its origin as a separate state, in the process of the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula.

Turku has a longer educational history than any other Finnish city – the first school in the city, the Cathedral School, was founded along with the Cathedral of Turku in the late 13th century.

Not much is known about the early history of John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, another Lancastrian commander ; the chronicles mention little about him until the Battle of Losecoat Field.

On May 5, 1978, Rose became the 13th player in major league history to collect his 3, 000th career hit, with a single off Montreal Expos pitcher Steve Rogers.

Seventh Heaven is the 13th highest grossing silent film in cinema history, taking in more than $ 2. 5 million at the box office in 1927.

The victory gave Sampras his 13th Grand Slam title, breaking the record of 12 by Roy Emerson and at that time giving Sampras the most Grand Slam titles in history, until his record was eclipsed by Roger Federer following the 2009 Wimbledon final.

The Kremlin and Red square were together recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990, due to their inextricable links to Russian history since the 13th century.

Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, housed in the King's House The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum is housed in the King's House, a Grade I listed building whose history dates back to the 13th century, just opposite the west front of the cathedral.

His book. presents in a nutshell the history of the ethnic German population which had settled in the early 13th century in large parts of what is nowadays Eastern Europe.

The history of Roosendaal goes back to the 12th and 13th century.

Vught has a castle, called Maurick ; its history dates to the 13th century.

The formation of the village Rijswijk took place in the 13th century, and its history was dominated by presence of mansions and estates of the nobility and affluent.

Genghis Khan, leader of the Mongols in the 13th century AD, united his people to eventually create the largest contiguous empire in human history.

* 13th Floor Elevators history interview

He finished his four-year stint at Notre Dame with 1, 366 points ( 19th in Notre Dame history ), 411 assists ( seventh ), 133 steals ( eighth ), 86 games started ( 13th ), and field goal percentage ( 20th ).

The Fagrskinna ( a 13th century history of the Kings of Norway ), has a similar account in respect to Svein Forkbeard, mentioning first ceremonial drinkings dedicated to the greatest of one's kindred, then to Thor or others of the gods.

In 1984, as part of an overall plan to highlight the base's long history, the 13th Air Force History Office received permission to move the gateposts once again.

Striking a superior officer could have led to a death sentence, so he deserted and enlisted in the 11th Chasseurs, concealing his history.

These existed alongside more flamboyant films like Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ), A Canterbury Tale ( 1944 ) and A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946 ), as well as Laurence Olivier's 1944 film Henry V, based on the Shakespearean history Henry V. The success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs allowed Disney to make more animated features like Pinocchio ( 1940 ), Fantasia ( 1940 ), Dumbo ( 1941 ) and Bambi ( 1942 ).

Rudyard Kipling, who wrote a history of the Irish Guards, in which his own son fought and was killed, noted that, " it is undeniable that Colonel Alexander had the gift of handling the men on the lines to which they most readily responded ... His subordinates loved him, even when he fell upon them blisteringly for their shortcomings ; and his men were all his own.

Northbridge claims to history include: Native American Nipmuc lands, Colonel John Spring, who led the Uxbridge militia training company in the American Revolution, Samuel Spring, Revolutionary War Chaplain, the Residence of Ezra T. Benson 1830-1832, the birthplace of President Millard Fillmore's mother, Phoebe, and home to the Whitin Machine Works from 1831 to 1964

Colonel Hill convinced the local ladies to name the town after the Greek goddess Clio, muse of history and poetry and daughter of Jupiter.

African Americans made important contributions to the history of the borough and the county from the Revolutionary Period ( Colonel Tye ) to the present day ( FBHS guidance counselor Lillie Hendry ).

Indian tribes, buffalo hunters, Colonel Mackenzie and his cavalry, cowboys with their cattle herds ... these and many others have used the canyon with its fresh water springs as an avenue through history.

Its name in turn, according to the Village of Chevy Chase's official history, can be traced to the larger tract of land called " Cheivy Chace " that was patented to Colonel Joseph Belt from Lord Baltimore on July 10, 1725.

Colonel Puller would lead the 1st Marines into the protracted battle on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history during September and October 1944, action where he was awarded his first Legion of Merit.

After a journey across the countryside, they meet the Colonel, an Old English Sheepdog who shows them Hell Hall and tells them its history.

* Motwani, Kewal: Colonel H. S. Olcott, a forgotten page in American history ; Ganesh, Madras 1955 ( English )

* Colonel Young Oak Kim, a highly-decorated U. S. Army combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War, was the first non-white to command an Army combat battalion in U. S. history.

Colonel Thomas Pride, the instigator of Pride's Purge – the only military coup d ’ état in English history – was stationed on the island in 1654.

) Manson, famed hunting guide and father of Tom ( William Martley ) and ' Colonel "( Donald Arthur ) Manson, also well-known hunting guides, and grand-son of Donald Manson, well known in the early history of the Hudson's Bay Company in BC.

A fan of his, Colonel Haki ( Kurt Katch ) of the Turkish police ( who appears in several Ambler books ), believes he would be interested in the history of one Dimitrios Makropoulos ( Zachary Scott ), whose body was just washed up on the beach.

* Lieutenant Colonel H. Moyse-Bartlett, The King's African Rifles: a study in the military history of East and Central Africa, 1890-1945, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1956.

Colonel By has had a history of strong math students who have performed well on national math contests administered by the University of Waterloo.

In the event that James Rickards is announced a member of the Canadian IMO team in the future, he will be the first Colonel By student in history to have received said honour.

Edward Garnier was born in Germany, the youngest son of Colonel William d ' Arcy Garnier ( 3rd son of Brigadier-General Alan Garnier CB MBE MC ) and the Hon Lavender née de Grey ( eldest daughter of the 8th Baron Walsingham ) and was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and Jesus College, Oxford where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in modern history in 1974, proceeding MA in 1976.

The Staffords can trace their history back to 1705 when a regiment known as the 38th Foot was raised at Lichfield by Colonel Luke Lillingstone.

The movie provided the first motion picture account of the Sand Creek massacre, one of the most infamous incidents in the history of the American frontier, in which Colorado Territory militia under Colonel John M. Chivington massacred a defenseless village of Cheyenne and Arapaho on the Colorado Eastern Plains.

Furthermore, in June 1863, Harriet Tubman became the first woman to plan and execute an armed expedition in United States history ; acting as an advisory to Colonel James Montgomery and his 300 soldiers, Tubman led them in a raid in South Carolina from Port Royal to the interior, some twenty-five miles up the Combahee River, where they freed approximately 800 slaves.

Existing data has been studied by several experts in the field, who have reconstructed an account of their existence and operation largely from surviving Confederate covers ( stamped-addressed envelopes ), and by researchers specializing in advanced studies of Confederate philately, notably Colonel Harvey E. Sheppard, United States Army, Fort Hood, Texas ; the late Van Dyk MacBride, Newark, New Jersey ; George N. Malpass, St. Petersburg, Florida ; Earl Antrim, Nampa, Idaho ; David Kohn, Washington, D. C., and a few others, each contributing material in the concerted effort to create an overall account of Confederate postal history .< ref name =" Express Covers "> </ span ></ font ></ ref >

There is a long history of drainage schemes and farming operations in the Lochwinnoch area, with co-ordinated attempts dating from about 1691 by Lord Sempill, followed by Colonel McDowal of Castle Sempil in 1774, James Adams of Burnfoot, and by others.

He and his successor as ' Recording Officer ' ( a Colonel Merewether ) later collaborated on an official history entitled The Indian Corps in France ( published 1917 ).