Middle Ages - Western World

The Barbarian invasion of the Western Roman Empire.

406

Fall of the Western Roman empire

The last Western Roman Emperor is deposed.

467

Romulus Augustulus was deposed by Odoacer. He was the last Western Roman Emperor.

 Charlemagne is crowned as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Dec 25, 800

Charlemagne was crowned as Emperor by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800, but his dominions were divided between his heirs, with the eastern portions ultimately reunited under Otto I. After Pope John XII asked Otto for military assistance, Otto secured a papal coronation for what would become the Holy Roman Empire.

The Normans conquer England

Jan 1, 1066

The Norman conquest of England was the 11th century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled as William the Conqueror

The Vikings begin attacking Christian settlements.

Feb 1, 1066

Vikings attack Europe and Ireland, seriously threatning Europe

The First Crusade captures Jerusalem from the Muslims.

Jan 1, 1099

During the First Crusade, Christian knights from Europe capture Jerusalem after seven weeks of siege and begin massacring the city's Muslim and Jewish population.

 The Mongols invade Afghanistan, Persia, Russia, parts of Eastern Europe and China.

Feb 1, 1220

Mongols invade and take over Eastern Europe and China

The last Crusade fails.

Jan 1, 1271

It took place in 1271–1272. Louis IX of France's failure to capture Tunis in the Eighth Crusade led Henry III of England's son Edward to sail to Acre in what is known as the Ninth Crusade.