Middle Ages Timeline

  • Dec 5, 741

    Charles Martel defeats the Moors at Tours

  • Dec 5, 1082

    William the Conquer began his rule

  • Dec 5, 1085

    Concordat of Worms

  • Dec 4, 1095

    Pope Urban II Called for War

  • Dec 5, 1096

    First Crusade begins

  • Dec 5, 1170

    Thomas Becket murdered

  • Dec 5, 1178

    Lombard League defeats Frederick

  • Dec 5, 1187

    Salah al-din recaptures Jerusalem

  • Dec 5, 1187

    Second Crusade begin

  • Dec 5, 1189

    Third Crusade begins

  • Dec 5, 1209

    Franciscan order founded

  • Dec 5, 1212

    Children's Crusade

  • Dec 5, 1215

    Magna Carta signed

  • Dec 5, 1216

    Dominican order founded

  • Jun 5, 1265

    Dante Alighieru born

  • Dec 5, 1275

    Defender of the Peace Written

  • Dec 5, 1291

    The last Crusade

  • Dec 4, 1337

    Hundred Year War began

  • Dec 5, 1343

    Geoffrey Chaucer born

  • Dec 4, 1347

    Black Death spreads to Eroupe

  • Dec 5, 1415

    Jan Hus burned at the stake

  • Dec 5, 1415

    Battle of Agincourt

  • Dec 5, 1431

    Joan of Arc burned at the stake

  • Dec 4, 1453

    Hundred Year War ends

  • Dec 5, 1455

    Wars of the Roses begin

  • Dec 5, 1492

    Ferdinand and Isabella ordered all Jews to leave Spain

  • The year the cardinals begin to elect each new pope

  • Clovis becomes king

  • Charlemagne is declared "Emperor of the Romans"