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Dec 7, 732
Charles Martel defeats the Moors at Tours
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Dec 5, 742
Charlemagne is declared "Emporer of the Romans"
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Dec 7, 1045
William the Conqueror began his rule
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Dec 5, 1085
Concordat of Worms
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Dec 7, 1085
Concordat of Worms
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Dec 5, 1095
Pope Urban II calls for war
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Dec 7, 1097
First Crusade begins
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Dec 5, 1146
Second Crusade begins
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Dec 7, 1170
Thomas Becket murdered
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Dec 5, 1176
Lombard League defeats Frederick
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Dec 5, 1187
Salah al-Din recaptures Jerusalem
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Dec 7, 1189
Third Crusade begins
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Dec 7, 1198
The year the cardinals began to elect each new pope
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Dec 7, 1212
Childrens Crusade
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Dec 7, 1215
Magna Carta signed
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Dec 7, 1216
Dominican order founded
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Dec 7, 1233
Franciscan order founded
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Dec 7, 1265
Dante Alighieri born
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Dec 7, 1291
The last Crusade, when the Muslims captured Acre
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Dec 5, 1324
Defender of the Peace written
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Dec 5, 1337
Hundred Years War begins
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Dec 7, 1343
Geoffrey Chaucer born
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Dec 5, 1347
Black Death spreads into Europe
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Dec 7, 1415
Battle of Agincourt
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Dec 7, 1415
Jan Hus burned at the stake
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Dec 7, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
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Dec 5, 1453
Hundred Years War ends
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Dec 7, 1455
Wars of the Roses begins
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Dec 7, 1492
Ferdinand and Isabella order all Jews to leave Spain
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Clovis becomes king
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First Capetian king rules
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