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313
Roman Empire Constantine legalizes Christianity
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410
The Goths conquer Rome
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476
Roman Empire ends
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527
Justinian & Theodora start their rule of the Byzantine Empire
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570
6. Birth of prophet Muhammad
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May 12, 1066
William of Normandy conquers England (Battle of Hastings)
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May 12, 1070
End of the Viking raids
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May 12, 1096
The first Crusade begins
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May 12, 1169
Saladin becomes Sultan and starts winning the war against the Crusaders
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May 12, 1170
Murder of Thomas Beckett
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May 12, 1205
Eleanor of Aquitaine dies
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May 12, 1255
King John signs the Magna Carta
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May 12, 1255
Nicolo & Maffeo Polo completes their journey to China
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May 12, 1327
The Hundred Years’ War begins
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May 12, 1347
The Black Death strikes Europe
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May 12, 1400
Geoffrey Chaucer completes the Canterbury Tales
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May 12, 1415
The Battle of Agincourt
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May 12, 1427
Joan of Arc begins her campaign against the English
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May 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus sails across the Atlantic
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May 12, 1500
End of the Middle Ages
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Clovis becomes ruler of the franks
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The first Viking raid against England
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Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne
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Feudalism begins