2nd term By Emilian555 476 Fall of the Western Roman Empire Period: 476 to 1453 Middle Ages 493 Establishment of the Ostrogothic Kingodm by Theodoric the Great 527 Justinian I ascends as Byzantine Emperor 711 Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula 732 Battle of Poitiers, Charle Martel defeats the Islamic troops 800 Crowning of Charle Magne 843 Treaty of Verdun divides the Carolingian empire into Charlemagne’s grandsons 962 Otto I is crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1054 The great schism divides the Eastern and Western Christians 1066 Norman conquest of England 1095 The pope calls for the 1st Crusade 1099 Capture of Jerusalem during the first crusade 1122 End of controversies between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope 1147 Launch of the second crusade 1187 Saladin recaptures Jerusalem 1190 Beginning of the Third Crusade 1215 Signing of the Magna Carta in England, laying foundations for Constituional governance 1229 Albginasian crusade against Hieretichs in southern France 1241 Mongol invation of Eastern Europe 1265 First parliament in England 1274 Second council of Lyon discusses Church reforms and possible reunitement of Eastern and Western Christianity 1302 Pope Boniface VIII issues the papal bull Unam Sanctam, assuring papal supremacy 1315 Beginning of the Great Famine in Europe 1347 Outbreak of the Black Death in Europe 1378 Western Schism splits the Catholic Church between rival popes 1415 Execution of Jan Hus in Prague 1417 End of the western schism with the election of one pope 1453 Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) Period: 1453 to 1600 Renaissance 1455 Invention of Gutenberg’s printing press 1492 Cristopher Columbus journey begins the “discovery” of the America’s 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas divides the known world 1517 Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation 1521 The Diet of Worms codecs Martin Luther 1521 Cortez conquest of the Mexica empire 1527 Charles V sacks Rome 1534 Henry VIII funds the Anglican Church 1543 Copernicus publishes on “Celestial spheres” revolutionising science and astronomy. 1545 The council of Trent begins the Counter-Reformation 1555 The peace of Augsburg establishes free state religions in the Holy Roman Empire 1588 The Spanish Armada is defeated by England, ending the Spanish golden age and beginning the English golden Century Period: 1600 to 1760 Enlightenment 1618 The Defenestration of Prague begins the 30 years war 1648 The peace of Westphalia ends the thirty years war 1652 The English civil War changed the power in the UK 1688 The Glorious Revolution establishes a constitutional monarchy in England 1689 The English Bill of Rights reinforced parliamentary power 1707 Uniting of England and Scotland forming the UK 1713 End of the Spanish War os Succesion with the treaty of Utrecht 1715 Death of Louis XIV ending the absolute monarchy in France 1756 First global conflict with the 7 years war 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham ends the influence of New France in America 1760 Beginning of the Industrial Revolution Period: 1760 to 1821 Industrial Revolution 1775 Beginning of the American Independence War 1776 Declaration of American Independence 1776 Adam Smith creates the principles of Liberalism and Free Market 1783 End of the American Revolutionary War 1789 Beginning of the French Revolution 1791 French National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power in France 1804 Napoleon crowns himself Emperor 1805 Battle of Austerlitz marks Napoleon’s peak 1807 The British Parliament abolishes slave trade in the British Empire 1810 Beginning of the Mexican Independence Wad 1812 Napoleon’s failed invasion of Russia 1814 Napoleon abdicates and the Congress of Vienna redraws European borders 1815 Battle of Waterloo marks Napoleon’s final defeat 1821 End of the Mexican Independence War 1821 Greek war of Independence marks the beginning of the Ottoman Empire fall
