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Supported by Edward I of England, John de Balliol becomes the successor to Alexander III (died 1286) after a long dispute over the Scottish throne.
Marco Polo leaves China and reaches Venice three years later. Soon thereafter he is taken prisoner during a sea battle and is imprisoned in Genoa, where he begins dictating the story of his travels to a fellow prisoner.
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