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476
Fall of Rome
The collapse of the Roman Empire, the beginning of the middle ages. -
Oct 1, 1066
Battle of Hastings
The famous day long battle between the French and English. -
Sep 4, 1077
Bayeux Tapestry
A huge tapestry depicting what happened in the Battle of Hastings. -
Period: Sep 4, 1095 to Sep 4, 1291
The Crusades
A series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe. -
Sep 4, 1215
Magna Carta is signed
King John of England was forced to sign to make him govern by the old English laws that were instated before the Normans came. -
Sep 4, 1233
The Inquisition
The church began a new court system to punish people suspected of not obeying the church. -
Sep 4, 1296
William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England
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Period: Sep 4, 1315 to Sep 4, 1317
The Great Famine in Northern Europe
The famine included widespread hunger, class warfare, epidemic disease, frighteningly high mortality, and unspeakable crimes. -
Period: Sep 6, 1315 to Sep 6, 1317
The Great Famine in Northern Europe
The famine included widespread hunger, class warfare, epidemic disease, frighteningly high mortality, and unspeakable crimes. -
Period: Sep 6, 1337 to Sep 6, 1453
Hundred Years' War
A series of wars between England and France. -
Sep 6, 1346
Bubonic Plague (aka The Black Death)
A very dangerous and contagious disease the wiped out two thirds of Europe’s population. -
Sep 6, 1381
The Peasant’s revolt (aka The Great Rising)
The tower of London was captured by peasants from Kent and Essex. -
Sep 6, 1430
Capture of Joan of Arc
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Sep 6, 1431
Trail of Joan of Arc
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Sep 6, 1431
Exercution of Joan of Arc
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Period: Sep 6, 1455 to Sep 6, 1487
The War of Roses
A series of civil wars fought in England.
