Middle ages By mwainwright 400 middle ages start 476 Western roman empire ends Jan 1, 711 Moors start raiding Spain Jan 1, 1016 King Cnut, a Danish Viking, takes control of the English throne Jan 1, 1066 william of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and becomes King of England Jan 1, 1066 Battle of Hastings, which saw final defeat of Viking's; Willam the conqueror becomes King of England Jan 1, 1096 Crusades start Jan 1, 1100 Small towns start springing up over Europe Jan 1, 1192 Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first Shogun of Japan Jan 1, 1215 King John of England signs the Magna Carta Jan 1, 1275 First meeting held in England of a Parliament Jan 1, 1291 Crusades end Jan 1, 1337 100 Years' war starts Jan 1, 1347 Black Death out in Europe Jan 1, 1381 Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners Jan 1, 1429 Joan of Ark drives out the English from Orleans Jan 1, 1453 100 Years' war ends Jan 1, 1485 Heanry Tudor ( Henry VII ) is crowned king of England Mar 2, 2022 vinking's start raiding Europe Mar 2, 2022 Viking's invade English monastery Mar 2, 2022 Viking's reach Byzantine Empire, ready to attack Constantiople Mar 2, 2022 Alfred the great, English King of Wessex, gives Vikings a region known as the Danelaw Mar 2, 2022 Region in France (Normandy) given to viking's in exchange for their loyalty Mar 2, 2022 Most viking's in the area known today as Denmark have become Christians
