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Dec 5, 732
charles martel defeats the moors at tours
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Dec 25, 742
charlemagne is declared "emperor of the romans"
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Dec 5, 1059
the year the cardinals began to elect each new pope.
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Dec 5, 1070
william the conqueror began his rule
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Dec 5, 1096
Pope Urban 2 calls for war
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Dec 5, 1096
First crusade begin
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Dec 5, 1122
concordat of worms
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Dec 5, 1145
Second crusade begins
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Dec 5, 1167
Lombard League defeats Frederick
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Dec 5, 1170
thomas Becket murdered
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Dec 5, 1187
Salahn al-din recaptures jerusalem
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Dec 5, 1187
third crusade begins
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Dec 5, 1212
Franciscan order founded
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Dec 5, 1212
childrens crusade
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Dec 5, 1215
Magna carta signed
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Dec 5, 1216
Dominican order founded
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Dec 5, 1265
Dante Alighieri born
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Dec 5, 1291
the last crusade, when muslims captured acre
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Dec 5, 1324
defender of the peace written
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Dec 5, 1337
hundred years war begins
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Dec 5, 1343
Geoffrey Chaucer born
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Dec 5, 1347
black death spreads into europe
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Dec 5, 1415
Battle of Agincourt
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Dec 5, 1415
Jan Hus burned at the stake
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Dec 5, 1431
Joan of arce burned at the stake
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Dec 5, 1435
Hundred years war ends
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Dec 5, 1455
wars of the roses begin
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Dec 5, 1492
Ferdinand and isabella order all jew to leave spain
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clovis becomes king
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First capetian king rules
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