Jesus to AD 500-1000

By flopez21
  • 507

    Clovis' army drives Visigoths out of France

  • 527

    Justinian I becomes emperor of the eastern roman empire

  • 529

    St. Benedict's found the first monastery

  • 537

    construction of Hagias Sophia (current structure) begins in Constantinople

  • 632

    Death of Mohammed

    Mohammad, whom Muslims call the Prophet Mohammad, is the founder of Islam. By the time of his death, all of Arabia is Muslim.
  • 637

    Muslims attack Constantinople

  • 638

    Muslims capture Jerusalem

  • 698

    Muslims take Carthage

    End of Eastern Roman rule in North Africa
  • 711

    Muslims invade and occupy Spain

  • 732

    France halts Muslim invasion

  • 793

    Vikings attack England

  • 800

    Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III

    Eastern Christians in Constantinople did not approve of Charlemagne's coronation, and the new title bestowed by the pope caused further division between East and West
  • 800

    Gunpowder invented.

  • 885

    Vikings attack Paris.

  • 997

    Muslims occupy Santiago de Compostable in Spain, burial place of St. James the Apostle

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