Europe Middle Ages By kermit.the.frog 486 Clovis defeats the last Roman army in the Western empire https://www.penfield.edu/webpages/jgiotto/onlinetextbook.cfm?subpage=1680226 529 Benedict of Nursia founds the first Benedictine monastery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictines 732 Charles Martel defeats Muslim invaders in the battle of tours https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-tours 792 Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor https://www.dw.com/en/charlemagne-is-crowned-emperor-december-25-800/a-4614858-1 800 Vikings make their earliest known raid on Ireland http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/subjects/history/history-the-full-story/the-vikings-in-ireland/ 1088 The university of Bologna https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Bologna 1091 First crusade begins http://www.umich.edu/~marcons/Crusades/timeline/summaries/First_Crusade.htm 1209 The franciscan order forms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscans 1215 Magna Carta is signed https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta 1291 Crusades end https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/crusades 1347 Plauge arrives in England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death_in_England 1492 Isabella and Ferdinand conquer Granada https://www.spanishwars.net/15th-century-conquest-of-granada.html