Significant events between 650 and 1750

By jb2425
  • Leif Erikson reachers the American cost
    Jan 1, 1001

    Leif Erikson reachers the American cost

    Leif Eriksson was the first European to get to North America. He did so in 1001 500 years before Christopher Columbus.
  • King William I the Conqueror born
    Sep 1, 1028

    King William I the Conqueror born

    he was born in 1028 at Falaise, Normandy. He became king at the age of 39. He had 10 children consisting of four sons and six daughters.
  • The Great Schism
    Jan 1, 1054

    The Great Schism

    The Great Schism is a series of event that involve cherches in Greece and Italy.
  • The battle of Hastings
    Jan 1, 1066

    The battle of Hastings

    The battle of Hastings was during the Norman conquest on England. It was between Norman-French army and the English army.
  • The building of Norman castles
    Jan 1, 1066

    The building of Norman castles

    William Conquer and the Normans invade England and commence their strategy of building castles. One of the castles built in the period of time was the tower of London.
  • The Bayeux Tapestry
    Jan 1, 1070

    The Bayeux Tapestry

    The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth that is around 70 meters long. the cloth cantains they events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England.
  • Domesday book
    Jan 1, 1085

    Domesday book

    The book was ordered to be made by William 1. the book containes who owned what throughout England. The book is still around today.
  • Queen Matildas berth
    Jan 1, 1102

    Queen Matildas berth

    Quenn Matilda was neve actualy the queen of England. But she was the rightful heir of he father King Henry I. Instead of her becoming queen her cousin King Stephen was king.
  • Battle of Tinchebray
    Jan 1, 1106

    Battle of Tinchebray

    An English war of succession came to an end at the Battle of Tinchebray in Normandy.
  • Khmer empire reaches peak
    Jan 1, 1113

    Khmer empire reaches peak

    Under the leadership of Suryavarman II the empire expanded to most of the area of what is now called Vietnam.
  • Oxford university
    Jan 1, 1168

    Oxford university

    In 1168 the Oxford university was founded because Henry II banned English students from attending the university of Paris.
  • The Magna Carta
    Jan 1, 1215

    The Magna Carta

    The Magna Carta is a documant that King John was forced to sign. Hes was forced to sign it because it reduced the fights thast he had as king.
  • The Ottoman Empire begining
    Jul 27, 1299

    The Ottoman Empire begining

    The Ottoman Empire is now known as modern day Turkey. The Empire lasted from 1299 to 1922 which is 623 years.
  • hundred years war
    Jan 1, 1337

    hundred years war

    The hundred years war was a series of fight between the kings of France and the kings of England they started in 1337 and ended in 1453.
  • the Black Death started
    Jan 1, 1384

    the Black Death started

    The Black Death started in the east and by spring that year it had reached the shores of Italy. Three years later 25% to 50% of medieval Europe had become victims to the Black Death.
  • Wars of the Roses
    May 22, 1455

    Wars of the Roses

    The Wars of the Roses was a civil war between members of the house of Lancaster and the house of York. They started when King Richard II was overthrown by his cousin.
  • king Henery VIII is born
    Jan 1, 1491

    king Henery VIII is born

    King Henery VIII is well known for his six wives. They were
    Catherine of Aragon (divorced),
    Anne Boleyn (executed),
    Jane Seymour (died days after giving birth, widely believed to be following birth complications),
    Anne of Cleves (annulled)
    Catherine Howard (executed),
    Catherine Parr (survived).
  • Angkor/Khmer empire begins

    Angkor/Khmer empire begins

    The khmer Empire was located in SE Aisa. The empire is now known as Cambodia and Laos.
  • French king pays ransom

    French king pays ransom

    In 845CE the Viking chieftain Ragnor lead 120 ships down the river Seine to Paris. The Vikings were payed by the French king so they didn’t sack Paris.
  • Erik the red discovers Greenland

    Erik the red discovers Greenland

    In 982 Erik the Red was sentenced to exile from Iceland for murder. When he left he sailed west to a country that he soon called Greenland.