Middle Ages 550-1500

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  • 476

    The fall of the Roman Empire

  • Period: 590 to 999

    Early Middle Ages

    The Middle Ages started with the fall of Rome.
  • 800

    Charlemagne crowned as Holy Roman Emperor

  • Period: 1000 to 1200

    High Middle Ages

    Europe begins to take shape.
  • 1064

    The Battle of Hastings

  • Period: 1200 to 1500

    Late Middle Ages

    A period of revolts, famines and plagues.
  • 1214

    The Magna Carta was signed

  • 1443

    Gutenberg Invents Printing Press

  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    King Henry VIII ruled England

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