Dark age By manuelaj 1482 BCE Leonardo Da Vinci paints "The Last Supper." 1453 BCE The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Constantinople 1444 BCE German inventor Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing pres 1431 BCE - French heroine Joan of Arc is executed by England at the age of 19 1347 BCE The Black Death begins in Europe 1271 BCE Marco Polo leaves on his famous journey to explore Asia 1215 BCE King John of England signs the Magna Carta 1206 BCE The Mongol Empire is founded by Genghis Khan 1186 BCE Richard I, Richard the Lionheart, becomes King of England 1096 BCE Start of the First Crusade 1066 BCE William of Normandy, a French Duke, conquers England in the Battle of Hastings 896 BCE Alfred the Great, King of England, turns back the Viking invaders 835 BCE Vikings from the Scandinavian lands begin to invade northern Europe 800 BCE Charlemagne, King of the Franks, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor 732 BCE Battle of Tours 570 BCE Muhammad, prophet of Islam is born 481 BCE Clovis becomes King of the Franks. 476 BCE fall of the roman empire
