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312
Constantine Defeats Maxentius
Battle of Milvian Bridge outside Rome, becoming emperor of the West -
321
St. Benedict
Established the First Monastery at Monte Cassino, Italy. -
330
Constantinople
Constantinople is designated the capital of the Roman Empire. -
Jan 1, 1054
East-West Schism
the division of western (Latin) and eastern (Greek) branches of the church -
Jan 1, 1095
First Crusade
Pope Urban II preaches the First Crusade at Clermont, France -
Jan 1, 1147
Second Crusade
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Jan 1, 1190
Third Crusade
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Jan 1, 1200
Fourth Crusade
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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
A document that King John of England was forced into signing because it reduced the power he held as a king of England and allowed for the formation of a parliment. -
Jan 1, 1254
Marco Polo
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Jan 1, 1337
Hundred Years War Begins
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Nov 1, 1347
Beginning of the Black Death
Appeard during a time of economic depression in Western Europe and reoccurs frequently until the fifteenth century -
Nov 15, 1351
End of Black Death
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Jan 1, 1412
Joan of Arc
Jeanne d'arc was a peasent girl who believed that she was the voice of god -
Jan 1, 1453
Hundered Years War Ends
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Jan 1, 1453
The Fall of Constantinople
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Charlemagne was Cowned Ruler of the Holy Roman Empire
Symoblized the union between Church and state. -
Louis I the Pious
king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor -
Treaty of Verdun
Division of the Holy Roman Empire -
Viking Invasions
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Roman Empire Divides
Divides intp the East and West -
Baptism of Clovis
King of Franks -
Jerusalem
Captured by Muslim armies