Middle ages

The Cultural/Historical Events

By JunFefColas
  • Jan 1, 1066

    King Edward the Confessor dies without heir, 1066

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 2, 1066

    Duke of Normandy invades England

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 2, 1086

    Domesday Book, a record of all land ownership in England, first complied, 1086

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1095

    Crusades begin, to free Jerusalem fromTurkish control

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1119

    Knights Templar

    A religious order whose mission was to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land, founded, c.1119
  • Jan 1, 1163

    Construction begins on Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1170

    Thomas a Becket murdered

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1171

    Henry ll invades Ireland

    Beginning nearly eight hundred years of British Domnation
    (Actual date is not provided just the year.)
  • Jan 1, 1192

    Minamoto Yoritomo

    Becomes first shogun (military ruler) of Japan
    (Actual date is not provided just the year.)
  • Jan 1, 1211

    Mongo Leader Genghis Khan invades China

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1215

    English barons force King John to sign the Magna Carta

    (Actual date is not provided just the year.)
  • Jan 1, 1232

    Pope Gregory lX begins the Inquisition

    Actual date is not provided just the year. (c.1232)
  • Jan 1, 1250

    First commoners allowed in British Parliament

    Actual date is not provided just the year. (c.1250)
  • Jan 1, 1270

    Crusades end

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1275

    Venetian traveler Marco Polo visits court of Kublai Khan in China, 1275

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Oct 2, 1296

    Edward l invades Scotland and declares himself king

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Zimbabwe emerges as major trading empire

    Actual date is not provided just the year. (1300s)
  • Jan 1, 1325

    Aztecs begin to establish in Mexico

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1337

    Hundred Year's War between England and France begins

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1348

    Black Death strikes England

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1362

    English language used to open Parliament

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1368

    Ming Dynasty begins 300-year rule of China,

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1381

    Peasant's Revolt in England

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Oct 2, 1399

    King Richard ll deposed

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Benin Kingdom in West Africa flourishes

    Actual date is not provided just the year. (1400s)
  • Jan 1, 1431

    Joan of Arc

    In France, Joan of Arc burned at the stake by the English
    (Actual date is not provided just the year.)
  • Jan 1, 1431

    Inca Empire established in Peru

    Actual date is not provided just the year. (c.1431)
  • Jan 1, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Italian inventor and artist born
    (Actual date is not provided just the year.)
  • Jan 1, 1455

    War between the Houses of York and Lancastar

    also called the Wars of Roses lasted until 1485
    (Actual date is not provided just the year.)
  • Jan 1, 1473

    Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus

    European Astronomer
    (Actual date is not provided just the year.)
  • Jan 1, 1483

    Martin Luther born in Germany

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Jan 1, 1485

    First Tudor King, Hernry Vll, is crowned

    Actual date is not provided just the year.
  • Feb 2, 1485

    The war of Roses Ends

    Actual date is not provided just the year.