Middle Ages Timeline

  • 400

    Angles and Saxons Invade Britain (400s)

  • 481

    Clovis becomes King of the Franks

  • Period: 527 to 565

    Reign of Justinian

  • Apr 5, 610

    Muhammad's Visions

    Muhammad's Visions
  • Apr 5, 650

    Rightly Guided Caliphs conquer Middle East

  • Period: Apr 5, 661 to Apr 5, 750

    Umayyad Dynasty

  • Apr 5, 716

    Umayyad Dynasty reaches Spain

  • Apr 5, 732

    Battle of Tours

  • Period: Apr 5, 750 to Apr 5, 1258

    Abbasid Dynasty

  • Period: Apr 5, 768 to Apr 5, 814

    Reign of Charlemagne

  • Apr 5, 800

    Viking Invasions (800s)

    Viking Invasions (800s)
  • Apr 5, 843

    Treaty of Verdun

  • Apr 5, 880

    Rurik the Rus conquers Kiev

  • Apr 5, 886

    King Alfred Creates "Angleland"

    King Alfred Creates "Angleland"
  • Apr 5, 962

    Otto 1 Crowned Holy Roman Empire

    Otto 1 Crowned Holy Roman Empire
  • Apr 5, 987

    Hugh Capet Seizes the French Throne

    Hugh Capet Seizes the French Throne
  • Apr 5, 1059

    Church Reform leads to Cardinals Electing the Pope

  • Apr 5, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

  • Apr 5, 1095

    Pope Urban II Calls for the First Crusade

    Pope Urban II Calls for the First Crusade
  • Apr 5, 1147

    Second Crusade

  • Apr 5, 1150

    Universities Form in Europe

    Universities Form in Europe
  • Period: Apr 5, 1180 to Apr 5, 1223

    Reign of Philip Augustus

  • Apr 5, 1187

    Third Crusade

  • Apr 5, 1204

    Fourth Crusade

  • Apr 5, 1215

    Magna Carta Signed by King John

  • Apr 5, 1232

    Inquisition Set Up in Western Europe

  • Apr 5, 1240

    Mongols invade Russia

    Mongols invade Russia
  • Apr 5, 1295

    Model Parliament Called Into Session

  • Apr 5, 1305

    Babylonian Captivity

  • Apr 5, 1325

    Center of Easter Orthodoxy transferred to Moscow

  • Period: Apr 5, 1337 to Apr 5, 1453

    The Hundred Year's War

  • Apr 5, 1377

    The Great Schism

  • Apr 5, 1386

    Queen Jadwiga Marries Wladyslaw Jagiello

  • Apr 5, 1429

    Joan of Arc Fights the Battle of Orléans

    Joan of Arc Fights the Battle of Orléans
  • Apr 5, 1453

    Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople

  • Apr 5, 1455

    Wars of the Roses

  • Apr 5, 1492

    Spanish Armies Conquer Granada

  • Apr 5, 1493

    Maximillian I Marries Mary of Burgundy

    Maximillian I Marries Mary of Burgundy
  • Apr 5, 1526

    King Louis II of Hungary Defeated by the Ottomans