The Medieval Period By scogodfreys10 476 Fall Of Rome, Visgoths sack rome The visigoths sack rome Jan 1, 633 Aidan founds the monastery of Lindisfarne, Northumbria Feb 1, 1066 End of Viking period/battle of Stanford bridge Sep 25, 1066 Harold II defeats and kills Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge Oct 14, 1066 William of Normandy defeats and kills Harold II at Hastings Dec 25, 1066 William of Normandy is crowned king of England Jan 1, 1077 Bayeux Tapestry illustrating the Battle of Hastings is completed Sep 18, 1087 William the Conqueror dies at Rouen, Normandy Jan 1, 1095 First Crusade 1095–1099 Jan 1, 1096 Oxford University is founded Jan 1, 1147 Second Crusade 1147–1149 Jan 1, 1187 Third Crusade 1187–1192 Jan 1, 1202 Fourth Crusade 1202–1204 Feb 15, 1215 The Magna Carta Jan 1, 1217 Fifth Crusade 1217–1221 Jan 1, 1228 Sixth Crusade 1228–1229 Jan 1, 1248 Seventh Crusade 1248–1254 Jan 1, 1270 Eighth Crusade 1270 Jan 1, 1271 Ninth Crusade 1271–1272 Jan 1, 1315 Millions die in the Great European Famine May 24, 1337 Hundred Years' War between England and France begins Jan 1, 1346 Black Death arrived from China from Venice Jul 7, 1348 'Black Death' enters Britain Aug 31, 1422 Henry VI becomes king of England and France before his first birthday May 22, 1445 Wars of the Roses begin with first Battle of St Albans Jan 1, 1477 William Caxton publishes the first printed book in England Aug 22, 1485 Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Mar 2, 2022 Vikings attack the monastery of Lindisfarne, Northumbria Mar 2, 2022 First recorded Viking attack happens in Dorset Mar 2, 2022 Vikings attack the island monastery of Iona, Scotland Mar 2, 2022 Augustine arrives in Kent and begins the conversion of England Mar 2, 2022 Edmund of England is stabbed to death in a brawl
