St. Benedict established the first monastery at Monte Cassino, Italy. He drew up a set of rules for the monks, which included vows of obedience, poverty and manual labor.
Jan 1, 711
Moors start raiding Spain
Jan 1, 1066
William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and becomes King of England.
Jan 1, 1066
William invaded and conquered England. He defeated King Harold who was killed at the battle of Hastings. William brought feudalism and culture from France to England.
Jan 1, 1096
Crusades start
Jan 1, 1100
Small town start springing up Europe.
Oct 24, 1147
Second Crusade was launched. This Crusade is generally considered to have been a failure.
Jan 1, 1189
Third Crusade was one of the more successful. In it King Richard the Lion-Hearted obtained certain privileges for Christians from the Turkish ruler, Saladin.
Jan 1, 1192
Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan.
Jan 1, 1215
King John of England signs the Magna Carta.
Jan 1, 1275
First meeting held in England of a parliament.
Jan 1, 1291
Crusades ends.
Jan 1, 1337
100 years war start
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death breaks out in Europe.
Jan 1, 1381
Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners.
Jan 1, 1429
Joan of Arc drives out the English from Orleans.
Oct 24, 1453
100 years war ends.
Jan 1, 1485
Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned King of England.
Vikings start raiding Europe.
Charlemagne was crowned ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. This act symbolized a union of church and state.