Middle Ages Timeline

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  • Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1527

    Middle Ages

  • Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1000

    Early Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 732

    Charles Martel halts a Muslim advance into France

  • Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 1300

    High Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 1054

    Great Schism

  • Jan 1, 1066

    William the Conqueror invades England

  • Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1099

    First Crusade

  • Period: Jan 1, 1140 to Jan 1, 1270

    Rise of European Universities

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1527

    Late Middle Ages

  • Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453

    Hundred Years' war between France and England

  • Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Jan 1, 1350

    Black Death at its height

  • Period: Jan 1, 1375 to Jan 1, 1527

    Renaissance in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1415

    COSIMO DE MEDICI COMES TO POWER IN FLORENCE

    Cosimo de Medici was the first Medici to gain power and wealth for his family. This started the 2,000 year span the Medicis ruled over Florence.
  • Jan 1, 1450

    Printing Press invented by J. Gutenburg

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

  • Jan 1, 1469

    Lorenzo De Medici comes to power in Florence

  • Jan 1, 1486

    Pico publishes the "Oration"

  • Jan 1, 1504

    FINAL RELEASE OF MICHELANGELO'S "THE DAVID"

    The 13-foot-tall, entirely-marbled structure was placed in the center of Florence. It was one of the most famous pieces of art displaying Humanism.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    MARTIN LUTHER POSTS 95 THESES

    This starts the Reformation, which later led to the creation of the Protestant Religion. Less power is given to the Catholic Pope.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1525 to

    Reformation

  • Jan 1, 1532

    Machiavelli's "The Prince" is published

  • Period: Jan 1, 1558 to

    QUEEN ELIZABETH IS IN THE THRONE

    A common name given to her was the Virgin Queen, wihch symbolized that she had never married nor had children in her lifetime.