Medieval History

By tbuckney
  • Period: 450 to Dec 31, 1500

    Medieval History

  • 476

    Western Roman Empire ends.

  • Jul 30, 711

    Moors start raiding Spain

  • Jan 1, 1066

    William of Normandy wins the battle of Hastings.

    The Battle of Hastings, which took place on 14 October 1066, was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England. It was fought between the Norman army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army of King Harold II.[1] The battle took place at Senlac Hill, approximately 6 miles northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings
  • Jan 1, 1096

    Crusades start

    The Crusades were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Latin Christian Europe, particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years, between 1095 and 1291. Other campaigns in Spain and Eastern Europe continued into the 15th century.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Small towns start springing up across Europe

  • Jan 1, 1192

    Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first Shogun of Japan.

  • Jan 1, 1215

    King John of England signs the Magna Carta.

    Magna Carta of 1215 required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties, and accept that his will was not arbitrary, for example by explicitly accepting that no freeman could be punished except through the law of the land, a right which is still in existence today.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_carta
  • Jan 1, 1275

    First meeting of Parliament held in England.

  • Aug 2, 1291

    Crusades end.

  • Aug 2, 1337

    100 years war starts.

    The Hundred Years' War (French: Guerre de Cent Ans) was a series of separate wars lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne, which was vacant with the extinction of the senior Capetian line of French kings. The two primary contenders were the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet, also known as the House of Anjou.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Years_War
  • Aug 2, 1347

    Black death breaks out in Europe.

    The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. It is widely thought to have been an outbreak of bubonic plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, but this view has recently been challenged. Usually thought to have started in Central Asia, it had reached the Crimea by 1346.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_death
  • Aug 2, 1381

    Wat aTyler leads English peasants to win freedom from landowners.

  • Aug 2, 1429

    Joan of Arc drives out the English from Orleans.

  • Aug 2, 1453

    100 years war ends.

  • Aug 2, 1485

    Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned King of England.

  • Vikings start raiding Europe