The Middle Ages

  • Western Roman Empire End
    400

    Western Roman Empire End

    The Roman Empire has fallen
  • Moors start raiding Spain
    Jan 1, 711

    Moors start raiding Spain

  • William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and becomes king of England
    Jan 1, 1066

    William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and becomes king of England

  • Crusades start
    Jan 1, 1096

    Crusades start

  • Small towns start springing up over Europe
    Jan 1, 1100

    Small towns start springing up over Europe

  • Murder of Thomas a Becket
    Jan 1, 1170

    Murder of Thomas a Becket

  • Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
    Jan 1, 1192

    Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan

  • King John of England signs the Magna Carta
    Jan 1, 1215

    King John of England signs the Magna Carta

  • Jan 1, 1275

    First meeting held in England of a parliament

  • Crusades end
    Jan 1, 1291

    Crusades end

  • Battle of Bannockburn
    Jan 1, 1314

    Battle of Bannockburn

  • The Great Famine
    Jan 1, 1316

    The Great Famine

  • 100 Years War starts
    Jan 1, 1337

    100 Years War starts

  • Black Death Breaks out in Europe
    Jan 1, 1347

    Black Death Breaks out in Europe

  • Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasant to win more freedom from landowners
    Jan 1, 1381

    Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasant to win more freedom from landowners

  • First English Bible by John Wycliffe.
    Jan 1, 1382

    First English Bible by John Wycliffe.

  • Joan of Arc drives put the English from Orleans
    Jan 1, 1429

    Joan of Arc drives put the English from Orleans

  • 100 Years war ends
    Jan 1, 1453

    100 Years war ends

  • Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned King of England
    Jan 1, 1485

    Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned King of England

  • Vikings start to raiding Europe

    Vikings start to raiding Europe

  • Erik the red found Greenland

    Erik the red found Greenland