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Jan 1, 622
Islam is founded
Islam was founded by Muhammad, it was considered by them to be the last prophet of God -
Jan 1, 732
Battle of Tours
The Battle of Tours was fought in an area between the cities of Poitiers and Tours, located in north-central France. The battle was over religion. -
Jan 1, 754
Carolingian Renaissance
The Carolingian Renaissance stands out as a period of intellectual and cultural revival in Europe. -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
Was during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II -
Jan 1, 1096
Middle Ages
was a military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands -
Jan 1, 1215
Magna Catra
Originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions, which included the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority to date. -
Jan 1, 1254
Marco Polo
Was a Venetian merchant traveler whose travels are recorded in a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China -
Jan 1, 1348
Black Plague
One of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. The long-held theory that the Black Death was an outbreak of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis -
Jan 1, 1493
Vikings discover the New World
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St. Benedict
Benedict founded twelve communities for monks -
Justinian's Code
A collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, issued from 529 to 534 by order of Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor.
The work as planned had three laws; reference to any other source, including the original texts from which the Code and the Digest had been taken, was forbidden. -
Period: to Oct 13, 1493
Middle Ages (Morgan Halford)
