Evolution of The World's tallest Building

Name all the buildings that held the title of tallest in the world. Some heights will drop, due to malfunctions that made the building shorter

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Height	Location	Year Claimed	Answer
149m	London	1240	Old St. Paul's Cathedral
160m	Lincoln	1311	Lincoln Cathedral
151m	Stralsund	1549	St. Mary's Church
153m	Beauvais	1569	St. Pierre's Cathedral
151m	Stralsund	1573	St. Mary's Church
142m	Strasbourg	1647	Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg
147m	Hamburg	1874	Church of St. Nicholas
151m	Rouen	1876	Rouen Cathedral
157m	Cologne	1880	Cologne Cathedral
300m	Paris	1889	Eiffel Tower
319m	New York	1930	Chrysler Building
381m	New York	1931	Empire State Building
417m	New York	1971	World Trade Center
442m	Chicago	1973	Sears (Willis) Tower
452m	Kuala Lumpur	1998	Petronas Towers
508m	Taipei	2004	Taipei 101
828m	Dubai	2010	Burj Khalifa