Christiana's World History Timeline

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  • Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1500

    500-1500

  • 511

    Clovis unites Franks under Christian rule.

  • 527

    Justinian becomes ruler of the Byzantine Empire.

  • Jan 1, 630

    Muhammad returns to Mecca after making the Hijrah to Medina

  • Jan 1, 732

    Charles Martel defeats the Muslims at Tours.

  • Jan 1, 732

    Charles Martel stops Muslim invasion.

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Muslim Scholars, who preserved Greek medical works, share them with Europeans.

  • Jan 1, 1066

    Norman invasion of England.

  • Jan 1, 1095

    First crusade begins.

  • Jan 1, 1100

    Muslim litterature flourishes.

  • Jan 1, 1190

    Holy Roman Empire weakens

  • Jan 1, 1192

    Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan.

  • Jan 1, 1215

    King John approves Magna Carta

  • Jan 1, 1240

    Mongols destroy Kiev.

  • Jan 1, 1279

    Kublai Khan conquers China.

  • Jan 1, 1347

    Bubonic plague strikes Europe.

  • Jan 1, 1429

    Joan of Arc leads the French to victory over the English at Orleans.

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Constantinople falls to Ottoman Turks.

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Hundred Years' War ends with French victory.

  • Al-Khawarizmi writes the first algebra textbook.

  • Byzantine culture spreads to Russia

  • Tang Dynasty begins 289-year rule in China.

  • Heian period begins in Japan.

  • Koryu Dynasty controls Korea.

  • Song Dynasty established in China.

  • Pope Leo III crowns the Frankish king Charlemagne emperor.

  • Treaty of Verdun divides Charlemagne's empire.

  • Outside invasions spur growth of feudalism.

  • Otto the Great becomes emperor

  • Capetian dynasty begins in France.