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Oct 10, 732
Charles Martel defeats the Moors at Tours
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Sep 10, 1059
The year the cardinals began to elect each new pope
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Dec 25, 1066
William the Conqueror began his rule
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Nov 27, 1069
Pope Urban II calls for war
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Nov 27, 1096
First Crusade begins
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Sep 23, 1122
Concordat of Worms
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Sep 8, 1145
Second Crusade begins
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Dec 29, 1170
Thomas Becket murdered
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Oct 2, 1187
Salah al-Din recaptures Jerusalem
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Aug 7, 1191
Third Crusade begins
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Jun 8, 1209
Franciscan order founded
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Apr 17, 1212
Children' Crusade
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta signed
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Dec 22, 1216
Dominican order founded
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Aug 18, 1226
Lombard League defeats Fredrick
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May 14, 1262
Dante Alighieri born
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Apr 16, 1324
Defender of the Peace written
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Aug 14, 1337
Hundred Years War begins
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Oct 25, 1343
Geoffrey Chaucer born
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Oct 5, 1348
Black Death spreads into Europe
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Jun 8, 1415
Jan Hus burned at stake
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Oct 14, 1415
Battle of Agincourt
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May 30, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
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Mar 6, 1453
Hundred Years War ends
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Mar 8, 1455
Wars of the Roses begins
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Apr 10, 1492
Ferdinand and Isabella order all Jews to leave Spain
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The last Crusade when Muslims capture Acre
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Clovis become king
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Charlemagne is declared "Emperor of the Romans"
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First Capetian king rules
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