Middle Ages Timeline

  • Oct 7, 732

    Charles Martel defeat the Moors at Tours

  • Apr 2, 742

    Charlemagne is declared "Emperor of the Romans"

  • Aug 15, 1016

    First Crusade begins

  • Dec 7, 1059

    Cardinals began to elect each new pope

  • Oct 14, 1066

    William the Conqueror began his rule

  • Nov 27, 1095

    Pope Urban II calls for war

  • Dec 7, 1122

    Concordat of Worms

  • Dec 7, 1145

    Second Crusade begins

  • Dec 29, 1170

    Thomas Becket murdered

  • Dec 7, 1187

    Salah al-Din recaptures Jerusalem

  • Dec 18, 1187

    Third Crusade begins

  • May 29, 1196

    Lombard League defeats Frederick

  • Dec 18, 1201

    The last Crusade

  • Dec 18, 1212

    Children's Crusade

    religious
  • Jun 13, 1215

    Magna Carta signed

  • Dec 18, 1216

    Dominican order founded

  • Dec 29, 1223

    Francisean order founded

  • Jun 1, 1263

    Dante Alighieri born

  • Dec 7, 1324

    Defender of the Peace written

  • Dec 7, 1337

    Hundred Years War begin

  • Dec 18, 1343

    Geoffrey Chaucer born

  • Oct 1, 1347

    Black Death spreads into Europe

  • Oct 25, 1415

    Battle of Agincourt

  • Dec 18, 1415

    Jan Hus burned at the Stake

  • May 30, 1431

    Joan of Arc burned at the stake

    religious
  • Dec 7, 1453

    Hundred Year War ends

  • Dec 18, 1455

    War of the Rose begins

  • Clovis becomes king

  • First Capetian king rules