Middle ages timeline By Tracer George 476 The fall of the Western Roman Empire. Romulus Augustulus was deposed as the last Western Roman Emperor. 622 The formation of Islam. 732 Battle of Tours. 800 Charlemagne became an emperor. 843 Treaty of Verdun. 1096 First Crusade. 1216 Magna Carta Libertatum 1337 The start of The Hundred Years' War. 1347 Black Death 1492 Columbus discovers America