jacobs timeline

  • 476

    Fall of Rome

    The collaspe of the roman empire and the start of the middle ages
  • Oct 14, 1066

    The Battle of Hastings

    A battle fought by 3 different armys
  • Jan 1, 1070

    Bayeux Tapestry

    which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England
  • Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Jan 1, 1291

    the Crusades

    A series of religious expeditionary wars, with the goal of restoring Christian access to the holy place in and near Jerusalem.
  • Jan 1, 1215

    Magna Carta is signed

    Magna Carta is signed
    An English Charter which required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties, and make it so no freeman could be punished except through the law of the land.
  • Jan 1, 1297

    William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England

    William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England
    William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453

    Hundred Years' War

    The Hundred Years’ War was a series of military campaigns from the English and French against each other, for the right of the French Throne.
  • Jan 1, 1381

    The Great Rising

    The Great Rising was a series of revolts in Europe from peasants, who thought the Feudal System was unfair towards them.
  • May 23, 1430

    Capture, trial, and execution of Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc was captured by English Soldiers when she tried to attack a Burgundian camp. She was proven guilty of heresy and burnt at the cross.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1455 to Jan 1, 1485

    The War of Roses

    The War of Roses was a series of battles in the English Civil War during the Hundred Years War, between the houses of Lancaster and York over ownership of the English throne.
  • Jan 1, 1485

    The Tudor dynasty

    The Tudor dynasty begins.