Getting To Know Medieval Europe By Callum Beggo 476 Collapse of The Roman empire 800 Charlemagne is crowned emperor of Western Europe 1042 Edward the Confessor becomes King of England 1066 The Battle of Hastings 1086 The Domesday Book is compiled 1096 The First Crusade begins 1099 The Crusaders capture the city of Jerusalem 1215 The Magna Carta is signed by King John of England 1315 The Great Famine of Europe 1337 Start of the Hundred Years war between England and France 1347 The Black Death sweeps across Europe 1450 Johannes Gutenburg invents the first printing press