Mina Wassef: Unit 2 Timeline: Round 2

Battle of Hastings

Oct 14, 1066

The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II.

The First Crusade

Jan 1, 1095

The First Crusade was from 1095-1099, called by Pope Urban II and led by Peter the Hermit, Walter the Penniless, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin and Eustace of Flanders, and others.

Crusades

Period: Nov 27, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270

On November 27 the pope addressed the assembly and asked the warriors of Europe to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims. The response of the assembly was overwhelmingly favorable.

Definition of Vernacular

Jan 1, 1100

The everyday language of the people in a country or region, as distinct from official or formal language.

The Second Crusade

Nov 19, 1188

The Second Crusade was from 1188 to 1192, proclaimed by Pope Gregory VIII in the wake of the catastrophe of the second crusade, which conducted by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, King Philip Augustus of France and King Richard the Lion-hearted of England.

Magna Carta

Jun 15, 1215

Magna Carta was written by a group of 13th-century barons to protect their rights and property against a tyrannical king.

Parliament is formed in England

Jan 1, 1295

The Model Parliament of 1295 was England’s first legally elected legislature. Each county elected two knights, and each borough two burgesses, and each city two citizens.

Hundred Years' War

Period: Nov 19, 1337 to Nov 19, 1453

The Hundred Years' War is the name modern historians have given to what was a series of related conflicts, fought over a 116-year period, between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France, and later Burgundy

Bubonic Plague - Black Death

Period: Nov 19, 1340 to Nov 19, 1400

In the 1300s, the "Black Death," as it was called, killed approximately one-third (20 to 30 million) of Europe's population. The plague killed 12 million people in the mid-1800s in China.

Great Schism

Nov 19, 1414

The spilt of roman catholic church in popes in rome and popes in Avignon lasted from 1378 to 1417. All the time both parties at the same time claimed to be the true pope and banned each other from church on regular level.

Joan of Arc is Killed

Jan 1, 1431

Joan of Arc is burned at a stake because she is accused of being a heretic.