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Odoacer deposes last emperor of Western Roman Empire.
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Famous for codification of all Roman law in the corpus juris civilis and building the Hagia Sophia.
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Thus starts one hundred years of Muslims taking over everything.
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Martel takes over the HRE after he's Mayor of the Palace and the Merovingians don't do anything anyway. He wins the Battle of Tours. Charlemagne's grandpappy who lays the foundation for the Carolingian Empire.
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HRE Charles Martel halts Muslim takeover of Europe in this battle in modern-day France.
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The Eastern Orthodox Church breaks off from the Roman Catholics over issues such as papal jurisdiction.
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William of Normandy defeats the English King Harold II and gets a whole bunch of England. England (and English) as a result is Normanized. William of Normandy becomes King William I of England.
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Byzantine Emperor appeals to the Pope, because the Muslims are doing pretty awful stuff. So the Pope calls a crusade and the Christians (Knights Templar, yay!) take Jerusalem in a 1099 bloodbath.
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HRE Henry V and Pope Calixtus II agree to end lay investiture.
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The Christians decide it's high time to reconquer Jerusalem, but have a hard time getting started. Eventually, troops get bored and decide to just take Constantinople instead.
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Various noblemen, bishops, etc. force King John to sign this charter that gaurantees rights for Englishman such as freedom for the English church and that no freeman could be punished except by the law of the land.
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Pope Boniface stresses the importance of church unity and submission to the pope. Temporal rulers are really mad about it.
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HV destroys the French in the Hundred Years' War
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Constantinople is taken by the Turks.
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Charlemagne made his Frankish kingdom HUGE in western Europe. Pope Leo III crowns him. Caesaropapism.
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Otto basically restarts the HRE. Defeats the Magyars. Fan of lay investiture.
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First he's King of the Franks, then in 800 he's crowned HRE. Pretty much starts the Carolingian Empire and makes the HRE awesome.