Medieval World History Timeline By lalaalaaa__ 476 Western Roman Empire Period: 527 to Jan 1, 632 Justinian's Reign Period: 570 to Jan 1, 632 Life of Muhammad Jan 1, 661 Islam splits into 2. Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1258 Abbasid Rule - Islamic Golden Age Jan 1, 1054 Great Schism Jan 1, 1065 The Song Dynasty starts the civil service exams. Jan 1, 1096 The 1st crusade. Jan 1, 1215 The Magna Carta is signed. Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1399 The Black Death kills 1/3 of Europe. Jan 1, 1324 Mansa Musa goes on the Hajj Jan 1, 1325 Tenochtitlan is built. Jan 1, 1450 Gutenberg invents the Printing Press. Apr 15, 1452 da Vinci is born near Florence, Italy. Jan 1, 1492 Columbus sails towards the Americas. Jan 1, 1500 the height of the Inca empire Jan 1, 1503 Copernicus' Heliocentric theory is published. Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther posts his 95 theses. Jan 1, 1521 Cortes conquers the Aztecs. Jan 1, 1532 Pizzarro conqueres the Incas. Jan 1, 1545 The council of Trent. Apr 23, 1564 Shakespeare is born in Stratford, England. Jan 1, 1609 Galileo creates and uses a telescope for the first time. Jan 1, 1690 John Locke argues for people's rights. Mar 2, 2022 The Rise Of Ghana Mar 2, 2022 Gunpowder is invented. Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Mar 2, 2022 Buddhism spreads in China.