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Period: 570 to Feb 23, 632
The life of Muhammed
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Jun 7, 622
The Hegira
Muhammed flees from Mecca to Medina ( Year one in Muslim reckoning. ) -
Oct 9, 630
Muhammed and his followers occupy Mecca
Muhhamed belived Islam teachings should be forced, so he took followers to enforce the religion. -
Period: Oct 17, 632 to Sep 3, 661
Caliphs conqer Persia and the Near East
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Oct 21, 661
Umayyad dynasty of caliphs established in Damascus
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Dec 20, 711
Umayyad caliphs invade and and conquer spain
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Period: Jan 14, 714 to
Life of Pepin "the short"
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Aug 29, 732
Charles Martel halts Islam expasion
Charles Martel halts the expansion of Islam into Europe during the Battle of Tours ( Also known as the Battle of Poitiers. ) -
Period: Aug 15, 742 to
life of Charlemange
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Jan 1, 750
Muslim empire at its largest
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Period: Jan 1, 756 to Dec 31, 1031
Muslim Umayyad dynasty rules over Spain
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Aug 15, 756
Pepin confirms his donation
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Aug 15, 774
Charlemange confirms Pepin's donation
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Period: Aug 15, 775 to
Egbert the Saxon
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Aug 22, 1016
Leif " The Lucky " Ericson leads the expidition in discovering North America
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Period: Sep 5, 1020 to Sep 5, 1085
Life of Hidebrand of Soana
Later named Pope Gregory VII -
Sep 5, 1059
The College of Cardinals is created to elect popes
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Aug 22, 1066
William the coqueror invades and takes over England in the great battle of Hastings
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Period: Sep 5, 1073 to Sep 5, 1085
Pope Gregory VII Reforms the church
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Sep 5, 1076
Emperor Henry IV submits to Gregory VII
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Period: Sep 5, 1084 to Sep 5, 1106
Henry IV is Holy Roman Emperor
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Sep 26, 1093
Anslem becomes archbishob of Canterbury
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Sep 26, 1095
Urban II calls for crusades to Holy Lands
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Period: Sep 26, 1096 to Sep 26, 1099
First Crusades
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Sep 26, 1150
Universities of Paris and Oxford are founded
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Sep 5, 1170
Thomas a Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral
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Period: Sep 26, 1179 to Sep 26, 1223
Philip II Augustus
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Period: Sep 26, 1189 to Sep 26, 1192
Richard I rules England
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Period: Sep 26, 1189 to Sep 26, 1192
Third Crusade
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Period: Sep 26, 1198 to Sep 26, 1216
Inocent III brings Papal power to its height
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Period: Sep 26, 1199 to Sep 26, 1216
John I rules England
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Period: Sep 26, 1202 to Sep 26, 1204
Fourth Crusade
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Feb 28, 1206
Genghis Khan declared supreme monarch of the Mongols
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Oct 3, 1215
Mongols defeat the Ch'in empire in northern China and capture Peking
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Aug 13, 1245
Pope Innocent IV sends monks to convert the mongols
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Apr 2, 1254
Marco Polo is born in Venice, Italy
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Sep 30, 1256
Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire
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Period: Nov 5, 1260 to Jun 29, 1269
First trading journey of Niccolo and Mafeo Polo
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Period: Oct 18, 1268 to Oct 18, 1314
Philip IV of France
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Oct 3, 1271
Pope Gregory X is elected
The Polo brothers bring Marco with them. -
Period: Oct 3, 1275 to Oct 3, 1292
The Polos are members of the court of Kublai Khan
Marco serves as a Roving ambassador -
Period: Oct 18, 1294 to Oct 18, 1303
Pope Boniface VIII
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Oct 3, 1295
Polos return to Venice after 24 years' absence
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Period: Oct 3, 1298 to Oct 3, 1299
Marco is captured at the naval battle of Curzola
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Period: Oct 18, 1305 to Oct 18, 1314
Pope Clement V
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Period: Oct 18, 1305 to Oct 18, 1377
Babylonian captivity
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Oct 3, 1307
Pope Clement V forbids all trading with the Muslims
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Period: Oct 26, 1320 to Oct 26, 1384
Life of John Wycliffe
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Oct 3, 1324
Marco dies in Venice at age 70
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Period: Oct 18, 1327 to Oct 18, 1377
Edward III of England
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Period: Oct 18, 1328 to Oct 18, 1350
Philip VI
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Period: Oct 18, 1337 to Oct 18, 1453
Hundred Years' War
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Oct 18, 1346
Battle of Crecy
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Period: Oct 18, 1347 to Oct 18, 1352
Black death sweeps Europe
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Oct 18, 1350
Battle of Portiers
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Period: Oct 18, 1350 to Oct 18, 1364
King John of France
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Period: Oct 18, 1364 to Oct 18, 1380
Charles VI of France
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Oct 3, 1368
The Chinese recapture China from the Mongols
The Ming Dynasty begins. -
Period: Oct 26, 1369 to Oct 26, 1415
Jan Hus
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Period: Oct 18, 1377 to Oct 18, 1399
Richard II of France
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Period: Oct 18, 1378 to Oct 18, 1417
Great Schism
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Period: Oct 18, 1380 to Oct 18, 1422
Charles VI of France
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Oct 26, 1382
John Wyclffe finishes translation on english bible
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Period: Oct 26, 1391 to Oct 26, 1468
Life of Johannes Gutenberg
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Period: Oct 18, 1413 to Oct 18, 1422
Henry V
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Oct 18, 1415
Treaty of Troyes
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Oct 18, 1415
Battle of Agincourt
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Oct 26, 1415
Jan Hus is burned at stake
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Period: Oct 18, 1422 to Oct 18, 1461
Henry VI of England
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Oct 26, 1455
Gutenburg finishes printing press
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Oct 26, 1455
First battle of the Rose parties occurs at St. Albans
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Period: Oct 26, 1455 to Oct 26, 1485
War of the Roses
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Oct 26, 1461
Edward IV and Henry VI both claim the throne
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Oct 26, 1471
After the Battle of Barnet, Edward IV retakes throne
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Oct 26, 1477
Marco Polo's A Desription of the World is printed at Nuremburg
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Oct 26, 1483
Richard III murders Edward V and his brother
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Oct 26, 1485
The Battle of Bosworth Fields ends the war of the roses
Henry Tudor establishes the Tudor Dynasty -
Charlemange is crowned emperor of Rome
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Stratsbourg oaths take place
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Treaty of Verdun splits Charlemagne's kingdom in three
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Alfred the great forces the Danish Vikings to withdraw
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Eric the Red moves from Iceland to Greenland
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Orthodox Christianity becomes the principal religion of the Rus
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Otto I defeats the Magyars in the battle of Lechfeld
The Magyars then found Hungary -
Period: to Aug 2, 1492
Medieval Ages
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Period: to Mar 14, 741
Life of Charles Martel
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Period: to Aug 22, 1066
The viking age
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Period: to
Norwegian Vikings terrorize Ireland and found Dublin
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Period: to
Hugh Capet reigns
Capetian dynasty founded -
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Otto I reigns as Holy Roman Emperor
He also renders assistance to Pope John XII