Medieval timeline

  • 476

    Collapse of the roman empire

  • 800

    Charlemagne is crowned emperor of Western Europe

  • 1042

    Edward the Confessor become King of England

  • 1066

    The Battle of Hastings

  • 1086

    The Domesday book is compiled

  • 1096

    The First Crusade begins

  • 1099

    The Crusaders capture the holy city of jerusalem

  • 1215

    The Magna Carta is signed by King John of England

  • 1315

    The Black Death sweeps across

  • 1315

    The Great Famine of Europe

  • 1337

    Start of the Hundred Years war between England and France

  • 1450

    Johannes Gutenberg invents the first printing press