From this time onwards, the Forgill family faithfully serves the country of Scotland. On his 25th birthday, Marco Polo is given an appointment in Kublai Khan's service. 1350 Rudolf de Nuremberg develops a method of wire-drawing which makes use of waterpowered machinery. The Aztec high priest Yetaxa dies. After Barbara, posing as the reincarnation of a dead high priest, Yetaxa, unsuccessfully tries to put an end to human sacrifice, the group manages to get back to the ship and escape.
Exact date is conjecture.
Adding 20 years for a generation to pass after Yetaxa's death in 1430 arrives at this date. Leonardo Da Vinci is born in the small Tuscan town of Vinci, near Florence, Italy. The Meddling Monk discusses the possibility of powered flight with Leonardo Da Vinci. The Time Meddler. Exact date is conjecture.