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JOAN OF ARC

  • VANDALS SACK ROME
    455

    VANDALS SACK ROME

    the sack of 445 was the third of four ancients sacks in rome
  • CLOVIS  MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY STARTS
    481

    CLOVIS MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY STARTS

    The founding father of the Merovingian Dynasty. He had to take the throne at 15 years of age when his father the King died
  • BENEDICT OF NURSIA
    547

    BENEDICT OF NURSIA

    He was known as the Father of Western Monasticism. He is a Christian in the Catholic Church.
  • BATTLE OF TOURS
    Oct 10, 732

    BATTLE OF TOURS

    The Battle of Tours was also called Battle of Poitiers. It was an important battle during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul.
  • SAINT BEDE
    May 26, 735

    SAINT BEDE

    Saint Bede was Saint Bede nickname. he was an English benedictine .
  • MASSACRE OF VERDEN
    782

    MASSACRE OF VERDEN

    The massacre happened during the Saxon Wars where the Frankish King Charlemagne demanded the death of 4,500 Saxons.
  • VIKINGS ATTACK LINIDISFARNE
    Jun 8, 793

    VIKINGS ATTACK LINIDISFARNE

    The Vikings attacked on a Holy Island.
  • Missi Dominici
    814

    Missi Dominici

    This was a name that was given to the officials commissioned by the Frankish kings. Carolingian royal officials who represented the King's interests in certain regions.
  • CHARLEMAGNE DIES
    Jan 28, 814

    CHARLEMAGNE DIES

    His empire as fallen after his death, surviving adult Carolingians fought a three year civil was ended in the Treaty of Verdun.
  • AL-KHWARIZMI
    850

    AL-KHWARIZMI

    Was an Islamic mathematician who wrote on Hindu- Arabic numerals. He was astronomer and head of the library of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad
  • KING ALFRED OF ENGLAND
    Oct 26, 899

    KING ALFRED OF ENGLAND

    he was the king of the West Saxons from 871 to 886.hes the youngest son of king AEthelwulf of Wessex.
  • MUHAMMED AL-RAZI
    Oct 15, 925

    MUHAMMED AL-RAZI

    Al-Razi is a respected physician in the 9th century. He was also wrote on logic, grammar, and astronomy.
  • BATTLE OF HASTINGS
    Oct 14, 1066

    BATTLE OF HASTINGS

    Battle of Hastings was a one day battle that was between Norman-French army of William the Duke and and English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson
  • DOMESDAY BOOK
    1086

    DOMESDAY BOOK

    the book was records of landholders, tenants, and the amount of land that someone might own.
  • IBN ZUHUR
    1162

    IBN ZUHUR

    his nickname is Latinized name Avenzoar, was an Arab physician, surgeon, and poet. He was born at Seville in medieval Andalusia,
  • SUNDISATA KEITA
    Aug 20, 1190

    SUNDISATA KEITA

    He was a prince and founder of the Mali Empire. The foundation for a powerful and wealthy African empire.
  • MAGNA CARTA
    Jun 15, 1215

    MAGNA CARTA

    Or the Great Charter is a kind of document that came from English political liberties. This was drafted at the Runnymede and was signed by King John. The subject of the document was the foundation for individual rights.
  • GENGHIS KHAN
    Aug 18, 1227

    GENGHIS KHAN

    He is famous for unifying the Mongolian steppe under a massive empire that was able to challenge the powerful Jin dynasty in China
  • MARCO POLO
    Jan 8, 1324

    MARCO POLO

    Marco Polo was one of the greatest Venetian explorer. He serviced in the Kublai Khan for two decades.
  • MANSA MUSA JOURNEY FOR THE HAJJ
    1325

    MANSA MUSA JOURNEY FOR THE HAJJ

    Was ruler of the Malian empire and acquired the most part of his wealth from the production and trade of salt and gold.
  • JANI BEG SIEGE OF KAFFA/CAFFA
    1345

    JANI BEG SIEGE OF KAFFA/CAFFA

    He commanded a massive Crimean Tater that forced the attack on the Crimean port city of Kaffa.
  • CHRISTINE DE PISAN
    1364

    CHRISTINE DE PISAN

    she was a poet and author at the court of king charles of france and several french dukes.
  • GUY DE CHAULIAC
    Jul 25, 1368

    GUY DE CHAULIAC

    Guy De Chauliac was also called Guigo he was a French physician and a surgeon. He also wrote a lengthy and influential treatise on surgery in Latin that was title Chirurgia Magna.
  • GEOFFERY CHAUCER
    Oct 25, 1400

    GEOFFERY CHAUCER

    He was a English poet and author. He was named The Father of English literature. He was well known for The Canterbury Tales that has twenty-four stories.
  • joan of arc
    May 30, 1431

    joan of arc

    Joan of Arc was a peasant girl who led the French army in a many victory at Orléans