MIddle Ages

  • Edict of Milan
    313

    Edict of Milan

    Constantine the Great grants religious tolerance for Christians
  • Sack of Rome
    410

    Sack of Rome

    Visigoths sack Rome, led by Alaric I
  • Roman Empire Falls
    476

    Roman Empire Falls

    The Roman Empire falls when Odoacer killed the last Roman emperor to rule the western part of the Roman Empire.
  • Last Roman Emporer
    476

    Last Roman Emporer

    Odoacer deposes Romulus Augustulus
  • Conversion of Clovis
    500

    Conversion of Clovis

    Clovis converts to Christianity and slowly creates the Frankish Kindsom
  • Benedictine Rule
    525

    Benedictine Rule

    The Rule of Benedict, Liturgy of the Hours, Ora et labora (prayer and work)
  • Plague!
    542

    Plague!

    Eastern Rome suffers a plague, devastates economy
  • Birth at Mecca
    570

    Birth at Mecca

    Muhammad born in Mecca, and would
  • Revelations
    Jan 1, 610

    Revelations

    Muhammed receives revelations, leading to the Qur'an. Allah, The One God
  • Fall of Persia
    Jan 1, 650

    Fall of Persia

    Persia falls to the Muslim forces
  • Hilda of Whitby
    Jan 1, 657

    Hilda of Whitby

    Founds monastery, well-known for intellectual life and music
  • Conquest of Spain
    Jan 1, 711

    Conquest of Spain

    Muslims conquer Spain, destroying the Visgoth Kingdom
  • Charlemagne Takes Italy
    Jan 1, 773

    Charlemagne Takes Italy

    Charlemagne takes Italy from the Lomards
  • Counsel of Clairmont
    Jan 1, 1095

    Counsel of Clairmont

    Pope Urban II sets the stage for the First Crusades
  • First University in Bologna
    Jan 1, 1158

    First University in Bologna

    First university, taught law
  • University of Paris
    Jan 1, 1200

    University of Paris

    Founding of the University of Paris
  • Oxford University
    Jan 1, 1208

    Oxford University

    Founding of Oxford
  • Cambridge
    Jan 1, 1209

    Cambridge

    Founding of Cambridge
  • Hundred Years' War
    Jan 1, 1337

    Hundred Years' War

    Lasted 116 years. Between england and France
  • Black Death
    Jan 1, 1347

    Black Death

    flears carried by rats infected people with the plague. It started in Asia killed 50-60% in some area.
  • Pesant Revolt
    Jan 1, 1381

    Pesant Revolt

    Peasants attack the government. outraged by a new tax. Richard II goes back on a deal he made with the rebel leaders and arrests tham
  • Joan of Arc
    Jan 1, 1431

    Joan of Arc

    She was captured and burned at the stake for " witchraft". She was only 19 years old.
  • France  reclamimes
    Jan 1, 1453

    France reclamimes

    France finaly get back England
  • Change in climate

    Change in climate

    Change in climant meant longer growing season, more food and more work.
  • Pope Gregory I

    Pope Gregory I

    First of the Papacy, rebuilds Rome, spread Christianity to Germanics
  • Charlemagne

    Charlemagne

    Crowned by Pope Leo III as Holy Roman Emporer
  • Treaty of Verdun

    Treaty of Verdun

    Divides the Carolingian Empire into East, West, and Middle sections
  • Defeat of the Danish Army

    Defeat of the Danish Army

    Alfred the Great defeats the Danish
  • Rise of Charlemagne

    Rise of Charlemagne

    The death of his father, Pepin, allows Charlemagne to rise to power