There are just certain years that seem to have fostered unparalleled creative freedom. Find three of the greatest years in music history below.

Topping the charts as an artist is one achievement, but holding off others for long periods of time, well that's greatness.

1187: Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, destroys Jerusalem’s crusader army. 1250: Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars’ Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur in Egypt during the Seventh Crusade ...