Medieval Ages

By audreydiandra
  • Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1485

    Medieval Ages

  • 476

    Western Roman Empire ends.

    Western Roman Empire ends.
  • Jan 1, 711

    Moors start raiding Spain.

  • Jan 1, 1066

    William of Normandy wins battle of Hastings and becomes King of England.

  • Jan 1, 1096

    Crusades start.

    Crusades start.
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Small towns start springing up over Europe.

  • Jan 1, 1170

    Thomas a Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral.

  • Jan 1, 1192

    Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan.

  • Jan 1, 1215

    King John of Englands signs the Magna Carta.

  • Jan 1, 1273

    Rudolph I of Germany is elected Holy Roman Emperor.

  • Jan 1, 1275

    First meeting held in England of a parliament.

  • Jan 1, 1291

    Crusades end.

  • Jan 1, 1337

    100 Years War starts.

  • Jan 1, 1347

    Black Death breaks out in Europe.

  • Jan 1, 1356

    Battle of Poitiers.

  • Jan 1, 1381

    Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners.

  • Jan 1, 1415

    Battle of Agincourt.

  • Jan 1, 1429

    Joan of Arc drives out the English from Orleans.

  • Jan 1, 1453

    100 Years War ends.

    100 Years War ends.
  • Jan 1, 1485

    Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned King of England.

  • Jan 1, 1485

    The Wars of the Roses ends and the Tudor dynasty begins.

  • Viking start raiding Europe.