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