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Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1000
Early Middle Ages
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520
1st monastry established by St. Benedict at Monte Cassino, Italy.
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527
Justinian I becomes Byzantine emperor.
He also declares wife Theodora empress. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 1500
High Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 1066
William invaded and conquered England.
He also brought feudalism and culture from France to England. -
Jan 1, 1096
First Crusade began.
The Crusaders were armies of Christians from all over Europe who marched to the Holy Land to regain lands captured by the Turks. The First Crusaders took the city of Jerusalem but paid a very heavy price in lives. -
Jan 1, 1147
Second Crusade was launched.
This Crusade is generally considered to have been a failure. -
Jan 1, 1189
Thrid Crusade lauched.
This was one of the more successful Crusade. In it King Richard the Lion-Hearted obtained certain privileges for Christians from the Turkish ruler, Saladin -
Jan 1, 1202
Forth Crusade launched.
In this Crusade the original purpose of the Crusades was abandoned, and the Crusaders burned and sacked many cities and villages on their route. They never reached the Holy Land. -
Jan 1, 1215
King John of England signs the Magna Carta.
The Magna Carta gave some basic rights to the people and also said that the king was not above the law. -
Jan 1, 1219
Fall of Acre marked end of Crusades.
Acre was the last Christian city in the Near East, was lost to the Turks. -
Jan 1, 1311
Great Famine began.
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Jan 1, 1315
Great Famine ended.
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Jan 1, 1337
The Hundred Years War begins.
England and France struggle for dominance of Western Europe -
Jan 1, 1348
The Black Plague swept England and Europe.
It was estimated that one out of every five people in England died. Spread by fleas which infested a huge rat population, the disease is characterized by the victim turning dark purple in the last hours of life due to respiratory failure, hence the name, black plague. Killing most of Europes population. An estimated 20% - 40% of the population is thought to have perished within the first year -
Jan 1, 1381
Peasants Revolt in England
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Jan 1, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci is born
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. -
Jan 1, 1453
The Hundred Years War ends.
Calais is the only English possession on Continental Europe. -
Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans.
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Vikings sack London.
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Vikings found Dublin in Ireland.
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China prints first book
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Otto I crowned Holy Roman emperor by Pope John XII
Beginning of the Holy Roman Empire. -
Venice gains independence from Byzantine Empire
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Gregory the Great becomes Pope
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Muslim takes over Carthage.
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Vikings attack Paris