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Aug 24, 1066
The invasion
Claiming his right to the English throne, William, duke of Normandy, invades England at Pevensey on Britain's southeast coast. His subsequent defeat of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings marked the beginning of a new era in British history. -
Aug 24, 1150
Paper mass produced in Spain
In Spain, paper is first mass-produced & the trade was brought into europe -
Aug 24, 1215
Magna Carter
The 1215 charter required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties and accept that his will was not arbitrary, for example by explicitly accepting that no "freeman" (in the sense of non-serf) could be punished except through the law of the land, a right which is still in existence today. -
Aug 24, 1270
Crusades
The Crusades Ends -
Aug 24, 1348
Plague
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. Although there were several competing theories as to the etiology of the Black Death, it has been conclusively proven via analysis of ancient DNA from victims in northern and southern Europe that the pathogen responsible is the Yersinia pestis bacterium. which killed 1 of 3 people -
Jan 1, 1378
Robin Hood
FIrst appearance of Robin Hood in Literature -
Jan 1, 1387
The Canterbury Tales
Chaucer writes Canterbury Tales -
Jan 1, 1485
War of Roses
War of Roses ends -
Aug 24, 1485
Le Morte d'Arthur
First printing of Le Morte d'Arthur -
Aug 24, 1485
First Tudor King
Henry VII so refined their procedures of revenue collection and the apportioning of money to government needs that, by his personal supervision, he made the Crown solvent for the first time in many years and, at his death, left an immense reserve to his heir.
