Middle Ages

Magna Carta is signed

1215 BCE

The Magna Carta was signed 15 June, 1215 at Runnymede by King John. Magna Carta means ‘great charter’. The Magna Carta has become one of the founding documents of the English legal system.
The Magna Carta’s significance was not immediately recognised. England was in a period of political and military upheaval and King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta by rebel barons as part of peace negotiations.

The First Crusade was created

1095 BCE

Charlemagne

800 BCE

The Fall of Western Roman Empire

476 BCE