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Middle Ages and Dark Ages

By KoryM
  • Vandals Sack Rome
    455

    Vandals Sack Rome

    They sacked Rime because the vandal's king's son was set to marry the Roman princess. This led to the downfall of Rome.
  • Clovis Merovingian Dynasty Starts
    476

    Clovis Merovingian Dynasty Starts

    He was traditional the first race of the kings of France.
    476-750
  • Benedict of Nursia
    480

    Benedict of Nursia

    He is a Christian saint venerated in the Catholic Church. He established a rule that would become normal for innumerable Christian monks and nuns. Lived from the 400s to 500s.
  • Battle of Tours
    Oct 10, 732

    Battle of Tours

    It was the battle of the highway of Martyrs. The battle was fought between the Frankish leader and Abd-ar-Rahman. The Frankish won the battle. The Muslim governor of Cordoba was killed in the fighting.
  • Missi Dominici
    751

    Missi Dominici

    This was the name given to the official commissioned by the Frankish kings and emperors. They had to supervise the administration of their domains.
  • Al-Khwarizmi
    780

    Al-Khwarizmi

    He was a Persian polymath who worked in mathematics, astronomy, and geography.
  • Massacre of Verden
    782

    Massacre of Verden

    It was during the Saxon Wars where Frankish King Charlemagne ordered the death of 4,500 Saxons. October of 782 AD
  • Vikings Attack Lindisfarne
    793

    Vikings Attack Lindisfarne

    This attack was against the scared heart of the Northumbrian kingdom. Making a disaster of where Christian religion began.
  • Charlemagne Dies
    Jan 28, 814

    Charlemagne Dies

    The king of the Franks Charlemagne died on January 28,814 AD
  • Saint Bede
    836

    Saint Bede

    Saint Beda was a really smart teacher and writer of the early middle ages. He was considered by history to be the most important scholar of antiquity during that period of time. He was declared a church doctor in 1899.
  • Muhammad Al-Razi
    854

    Muhammad Al-Razi

    He was a Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and was important in medicine.
  • King Alfred of England
    871

    King Alfred of England

    Alfred was king of West Saxons from 871 to 886. He was also the king of Anglo-Saxon from 886 to 899.
  • Battle of Hastings
    Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

    The Battle of hasting was fought between the Norman-French army of William and the Duke of Normandy. They fought because William of Normandy in France wanted to be king of England.
  • Doomsday book
    1086

    Doomsday book

    The doomsday book is a manuscript of the Great Survey. It was published in 1086.
  • Ibn Zuhur
    1094

    Ibn Zuhur

    He was an Arab physician, surgeon, and poet.
  • Genghis Khan
    1206

    Genghis Khan

    He was the founder and the Great Khan of the Mongol empire from 1206 to 1268
  • Magna Carta
    1215

    Magna Carta

    This is the royal charter of rights agreed by King John of England.
  • Sundisata Ketita
    1217

    Sundisata Ketita

    He was a prince and the founder of the Mali Empire.
  • Marco Polo
    1271

    Marco Polo

    He was a Venetian merchant who traveled the silk road from 1271-1295.
  • Guy De Chauliac
    1300

    Guy De Chauliac

    He was a French physician and surgeon. He wrote a length of influential treaties of surgery.
  • Mansa Musa Journey for the Hajj
    1307

    Mansa Musa Journey for the Hajj

    Mansa Musa became the very first Muslim ruler in West Africa to make the nearly four thousand mile journey to Mecca.
  • Geoffery Chaucer
    1343

    Geoffery Chaucer

    He was an English poet and author. He was also considered the greatest poet of the middle ages.
  • Jani Beg of Keffa/Caffa
    1343

    Jani Beg of Keffa/Caffa

    He led a massive Crimean Tatar force to attack the Crimean port city. His assault was unsuccessful because of the black plague.
  • Christine De Pisan
    1400

    Christine De Pisan

    She was a poet and author for the court of King Charles VI of France.
  • Joan Of Arc
    Jan 6, 1412

    Joan Of Arc

    She led the French to a victory at Orleans in 1429.