Middle Ages By robynraymond Period: 400 to Dec 31, 1500 The Middle Ages 410 Romans go home 500 catholic church is now in charge Jan 1, 700 Feudilism Jan 1, 1066 Norman knights invade Jan 1, 1086 William the Conqueror orders Domesday book to be made Jan 1, 1099 Crusades begins Jan 1, 1200 Feudilism weakens Jan 1, 1291 Crusades ended Jan 1, 1300 The Renaisance begins Jan 1, 1303 Little Ice Age begins Jan 1, 1315 Floods ruin crops. Wide spread hunger. Jan 1, 1349 Black death kills millions Jan 1, 1459 War of the Roses Jan 1, 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers America, End of the Middle ages Jan 1, 1500 Catholic Church loses power Mar 2, 2022 Charlemange Mar 2, 2022 First Viking attack Mar 2, 2022 Vikings stay in Britain for the first time during winter.