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  Clovis defeats the last Roman army in Western Europe
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  Benedict of Nursia founds the first benedictine monastery
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  Charles Martel defeats Muslim invaders in the battle of tour in Central France
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  Vikings make their earliest known raid on Ireland
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  Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor in Rome
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  Pope John XII crowns Otto I emperor in Aachen
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  Irneriuos founded the University of Bologna in Bologna
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  Hugh of Vermandois leads his army to constantinople and the first crusade begins
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  English archbishop Thomas Becket is murdered at Canter bury
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  King john signs Magna Carta at Runny Mede
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  Crusaders at the siege of acre lose against Mamluks at acre
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  Isabella and Ferdinand conquer Granada in the Granada war