Timeline: The Middle Ages

Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1500

The Middle Ages Timeline

476

Western Roman Empire finally ends

Jan 1, 711

Moors start raiding the country, Spain

Moors refer to the medieval Muslim inhabitants of Northwest Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, Septimania, Sicily and Malta. And these so called "moors" invaded Spain.

Jan 1, 1066

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

William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings against the army of the previous King of England which was Harold Godwinson.

Jan 1, 1073

The Buildings of Norman castles in England are constructed

These Norman castles were built, including the Tower of England.

Jan 1, 1096

The Crusades start

The series of wars fought in the eleventh and twelfth centuries by Christian armies againts Muslims.

Jan 1, 1100

Small towns start springing up over Europe

Jan 1, 1192

Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan

Minamoto Yoritomo served his job title that was adopted by a noble Japanese family who till that point had been vassals of the emperor. Shoguins were the people with the real power in Japan ; the emperor then became more of a figure head.

Jan 1, 1215

King John of England signs the Magna Carta

The Magna Carta required King John of England to proclaim certain rights, respect certain legal procedures, and accept that his will could be bound by the law.

Jan 1, 1275

First meeting held in England of a parliament

Jan 1, 1291

The Crusades end

Jan 1, 1337

100 Years' War begins

This war was a series of many conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France and their other allies for control and power of the royal French throne.

Aug 26, 1346

The Battle of Crecy starts

Part of the Hundred Years' war, stated to be one of the most important battles because of the combination and development of new weapons and tactics used.

Jan 1, 1347

Black Death breaks out in Europe

Black Death has killed one-quarter of Europe's population (some 25 million people) and it is one of the most devastating and infectious plagues ever experienced.

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

Joan of Arc, the most famous heroine in European history believed that the saints told her to drive out the English from the Orleans and out of the country, to take Charles the Dauphin to Reims to be crowned.

Jan 1, 1430

Capture, trial and execution of Joan Arc

During her burning, a Dominican friar consoled her by holding up a crucifix for her to gaze upon as she continued to die. Even as she burned, Joan did not lost faith. To the end, she continued to claim that the voices she had heard all her life were divine in nature. She called on her three favorite saints for help as she burned. Right before she lost consciousness, she yelled out: "Jesus!"

Jan 1, 1453

The 100 Years' War ends.

Jan 1, 1455

The War of the Roses commence in England

A series of dynastic wars fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagent, the houses of Lanchester and York for the throne of England.