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476
Western Roman Empire Ends
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
THE MIDDLE AGES
The time when many things went wrong -
570
Birth of Muhammad
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Jan 1, 711
Moors start raiding Spain
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Jan 1, 1066
William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and becomes King of England.
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Jan 1, 1096
Crusades Start
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Jan 1, 1100
Small towns start springing up over Europe
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Jan 1, 1192
Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
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Jan 1, 1206
Genghis Khan was elected as Khagan of the Mongols and the Mongol Empire was established
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Jan 1, 1212
Children's Crusade
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Jun 15, 1215
King John of England signs the Magna Carta
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Jan 1, 1275
First meeting held in England of a parliament
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Jan 1, 1291
Crusades end
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Jan 1, 1315
The Great Famine breaks out in Northern Europe
Until 1317 -
Jan 1, 1337
100 Years' War starts
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Jan 1, 1347
Black Death Plague breaks out in Europe
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Jan 1, 1381
Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners
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Jan 1, 1429
Joan of Arc drives out the English from Orleans.
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Jan 1, 1453
100 Years' War ends
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Jan 1, 1485
Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned King of England
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Vikings start raiding Europe
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Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor
His kingdom was the largest kingdom since the fall of the Roman Empire.
