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Clovis conquers France and Belgium.
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Heraclius becomes Emperor in Constantinople as the Persian Empire is attempting the takeover of Byzantine civilization.
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Benedictine missionaries complete the conversion of England begun by St. Gregory the Great.
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The first great English epic poem, Beowulf, is written in Old English.
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Richard the Lionhearted, son of Henry II, assumes the English crown.
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Frederick II, leader of the Sixth Crusade, begins a diplomatic negotiation with Islam for control of Jerusalem.
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Bad weather and crop failure result in famine across northwestern Europe.
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Henry VIII succeeds his father, Henry VII, for the English crown. End of medieval period.
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On Christmas Day, Charlemagne is crowned emperor by the pope in Rome.
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King Alfred the Great of England constructs a system of government and education which allows for the unification of smaller Anglo-Saxon states in the ninth and tenth centuries.
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Otto the Great is crowned king in Germany and is responsible for Germany's strength through part of the eleventh century.
