Crusades By rebaggled 527 Justinian is emperor Dec 5, 622 Muhammad makes hijrah Dec 5, 661 Umayyads lead muslims Dec 5, 750 Abbasids take control Dec 5, 970 Seljuks migrate into abbasid empire Dec 5, 1054 Christian church splits Dec 5, 1071 Seljuks defeat Byzantines Dec 5, 1095 Pope Urban declares first Crusade Dec 5, 1100 Seljuks decline Dec 6, 1187 Saladin defeats Christians Dec 6, 1204 Crusaders loot constantinople Dec 6, 1300 Italians begin Renaissance Dec 7, 1300 Italians begin renaissance Dec 7, 1337 Hundred years war starts Dec 7, 1361 Ottoman Orkan I captures Adrianople Dec 7, 1398 Timur the Lame messes up India Dec 7, 1419 Prince Henry's navigation school Dec 7, 1453 Hundred years war ends Dec 7, 1455 Gutenberg Bible/Printing press Dec 7, 1492 Columbus journeys to "West Indies Dec 7, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas is signed Dec 7, 1497 Da Vinci paints last supper Dec 7, 1498 Vasco Sails to india Dec 7, 1508 Michelangelo paints sistine chaple Dec 7, 1514 Portuguese ships reach china Dec 7, 1520 Suleiman lawgiver rules