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Claiming his right to the English throne, William, duke of Normandy, invades England at Pevensey on Britain’s southeast coast. His subsequent defeat of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings marked the beginning of a new era in British history.
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Paper is first mass-produced in Spain
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is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215
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The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages
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The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53
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first appearance of Robin Hood in literature
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this is the day Chaucer writes the famous Canterbury Tales
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The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England
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is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of traditional tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table.
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Henry VII was King of England, ruled the Principality of Wales and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
