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