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Aug 16, 1042
POPE URBAN II
• Started the first crusade
• Had more power than the King
• Leader of the Church -
Aug 16, 1066
ROBIN HOOD
• Heroic outlaw
• Highly skilled archer and swordsman
• Stole from the rich to give to the poor
• Fellow outlaws known as the ‘Merry Men’ -
Aug 16, 1138
SALADIN
• First Sultan of Egypt and Syria
• His forces defeated the crusaders at Hattin
• Kurdish Muslim -
Aug 16, 1254
MARCO POLO
• Pioneer
• Influenced European cartography
• Wealthy merchant -
Aug 16, 1398
JOHANNES GUTTENBERG
• German blacksmith, printer and publisher
• His invention regarded as the most important event in the modern period
• Invented printing -
Aug 16, 1412
JOAN OF ARC
• ‘Maid of Orleans’
• Heroin of France
• Captured by Burgundians
