Middle Ages Timeline

  • 486

    486

    486
    Clovis defeats the last Roman army in Western Europe
  • 529

    529

    529
    Benedict of Nursia founds the first benedictine monastery
  • 732

    732

    732
    Charles Martel defeats Muslim invaders in the battle of tour in Central France
  • 792

    792

    792
    Vikings make their earliest known raid on Ireland
  • 800

    800

    800
    Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor in Rome
  • 962

    962

    962
    Pope John XII crowns Otto I emperor in Aachen
  • 1088

    1088

    1088
    Irneriuos founded the University of Bologna in Bologna
  • 1096

    1096

    1096
    Hugh of Vermandois leads his army to constantinople and the first crusade begins
  • 1170

    1170

    1170
    English archbishop Thomas Becket is murdered at Canter bury
  • 1215

    1215

    1215
    King john signs Magna Carta at Runny Mede
  • 1291

    1291

    1291
    Crusaders at the siege of acre lose against Mamluks at acre
  • 1492

    1492

    1492
    Isabella and Ferdinand conquer Granada in the Granada war