Middle Ages

By arackley16
  • Sep 25, 1066

    William the Conqueror invades England

    William the Conqueror invades England
    In the 1050s and early 1060s William became a contender for the throne of England, then held by the childless Edward the Confessor, his first cousin once removed.
  • Sep 23, 1150

    Paper is first mass-produced in Spain

    Paper is first mass-produced in Spain
    manufacturing in Europe was started by Muslims living on the Iberian Peninsula, (today's Portugal and Spain) and Sicily in the 10th century, and slowly spread to Italy and Southern France reaching Germany by 1400.
  • Sep 25, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.[a] First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown
  • Sep 25, 1270

    end of the Crusades

    end of the Crusades
    The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. In 1095 Byzantine Emperor Alexios I, in Constantinople, sent an ambassador to Pope Urban II in Italy pleading for military help against the growing Turkish threat.
  • Sep 25, 1348

    The Plague

    The Plague
    Depending on lung infection, or sanitary conditions, plague can be spread in the air, by direct contact, or very rarely by contaminated undercooked food
  • Sep 23, 1378

    First appearance of Robin Hood in literature

    First appearance of Robin Hood in literature
    heroic outlaw in English folklore who, according to legend, was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. he is often portrayed as "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor" alongside his band of Merry Men. Robin Hood became a popular folk figure in the late-medieval period, and continues to be widely represented in literature, films and television
  • Sep 23, 1387

    Chaucer writes the Canterbury Tales

    Chaucer writes the Canterbury Tales
    is a collection of over 20 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century, during the time of the Hundred Years' War. The tales are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral
  • Sep 25, 1455

    War of the Roses

    War of the Roses
    They were fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet, the houses of Lancaster and York. T
  • Sep 25, 1485

    First printing of Le Morte d’Arthur Political and Social Events

    First printing of Le Morte d’Arthur Political and Social Events
    compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of traditional tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table
  • Sep 25, 1485

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned
    He was Lord, and later assumed the Kingship, of Ireland, and continued the nominal claim by English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, succeeding his father, Henry VII.