Middle age

By Enrique Medina
  • William the Conqueror invades England
    Sep 28, 1066

    William the Conqueror invades England

    William invaded England to become King and claim the throne from Harold. Sep 1066.
  • Paper is first mass-produced
    Sep 28, 1150

    Paper is first mass-produced

    Both Spain and Italy claim to be the first to manufacture paper in Europe using mills.
  • Magna Carta
    Sep 28, 1215

    Magna Carta

    The Magna Carta was signed in June 1215 between the barons of Medieval England and King John. ‘Magna Carta’ is Latin and means “Great Charter”
  • End of the Crusades
    Sep 28, 1270

    End of the Crusades

    Eighth Crusade, 1270, The last major crusade aimed at the Holy Land, and an failure that well symbolises the end of the crusades.
  • The Plague
    Sep 28, 1348

    The Plague

    Black Death was to kill 1.5 million people out of an estimated total of 4 million people between 1348 and 1350.
  • first appearance of Robin Hood in literature
    Sep 28, 1378

    first appearance of Robin Hood in literature

    oldest written reference to Robin Hood is an indirect one, The Vision of Piers Plowman (1378)
  • Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales
    Sep 28, 1387

    Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales

    Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories in a frame story, between 1387 and 1400.
  • War of the Roses
    Sep 28, 1455

    War of the Roses

    WARS OF THE ROSES,1 a name given to a series of civil wars in England
  • first printing of Le Morte d’Arthur
    Sep 28, 1485

    first printing of Le Morte d’Arthur

    The first printing of Malory's work was made by Caxton in 1485.
  • First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned
    Sep 28, 1485

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned

    Tudor Ascended to the throne: August 22, 1485 aged 28 years. Crowned: October 30, 1485 at Westminster Abbe.