Timeline: Middle Ages

476

Fall of Rome

The Fall of Rome marks the beginning of the Middle Ages.

Period: 476 to Jan 9, 1500

Middle Ages

Jun 8, 632

Death Of Muhammed

Muhammed dies and all of Arabia turns Muslin

Dec 16, 632

Islamic world was growing larger and more powerful

Muslim armies conquered large parts of the Middle East,making them come together under the rule of a single caliph.At its peak, the medieval Islamic world was more than three times bigger than all of Christianity.

Oct 1, 732

Battle of Tours. Charles Martel halts Muslim advance

Significant moment that led to the forming of the Carolingian Empire for the Franks, and halted the advancement of the Moors in southwestern Europe.

Dec 19, 1001

Leif Ericson is to settle during the winter in present day Canada at L'Anse aux Meadows

Is to be the first European to settle in the Americas during the Norse exploration of the Americas.

Dec 19, 1049

Pope Leo IX ascends to the papal throne

Leo IX was the pope that excommunicated Patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius (who also excommunicated Leo), which caused the Great Schism

Dec 16, 1100

Catholic Church began to authorize military expeditionsor

This was called the Crusades.

Dec 19, 1107

Through the Compromise of 1107, suggested by Adela, the sister of King Henry, the Investiture Struggle in England is ended.

This compromise removed one of the points of friction between the English monarchy and the Catholic Church

Dec 19, 1109

In the Battle of Naklo, Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.

Polish access to the sea is re-established

Jun 15, 1215

Magna Carta

Was a charter issued by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor in the year 1215

Jan 8, 1324

Marco Polo

Was a Venetian merchant traveller in the Middle Ages

Dec 16, 1350

The Black Death

The bubonic phase that disease took over the Middle Ages

Jan 9, 1500

The Renassiance Begins

The Renassiance Period begins in Europe. It marks the edn of the Middle Ages. The Renassiance was a term claimed by Pertriarch which means rebirth of classical Greek and Roman ideas.