the middle ages

By jazmineredman
  • Sep 25, 1066

    William the Conqueror invades England

    William the Conqueror invades England
    Was th first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. The descendant of Viking raiders, he had been Duke of Normandy since 1035. After a long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on Normandy was secure, and he launched the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
  • Sep 25, 1150

    Paper is first mass-produced in Spain

    Paper is first mass-produced in Spain
    Paper was invented in ancient China during the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) and spread slowly to the west via the Silk Road. Papermaking and manufacturing in Europe was started by Muslims living on the Iberian Peninsula, (today's Portugal and Spain) and Sicily in the 10th century, and slowly spread to Italy and Southern France reaching Germany by 1400.
  • Sep 25, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    Magna Carta is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215
  • Sep 25, 1270

    End of Crusades

    End of Crusades
    the Christians of Europe might have continued much longer their efforts to recover the Holy Land, had they not lost faith in the movement. But after two centuries the old crusading enthusiasm died out, the old ideal of the crusade as "the way of God" lost its spell.
  • Sep 25, 1348

    The Plague

    The Plague
    The bubonic plague mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected, they infect others very rapidly. Plague causes fever and a painful swelling of the lymph glands called buboes, which is how it gets its name.
  • Sep 25, 1378

    First appearance of Robin Hood in literature

    First appearance of Robin Hood in literature
    Robin Hood became a popular folk figure in the late-medieval period, and continues to be widely represented in literature, films and television.
  • Sep 25, 1387

    Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales

    Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales
    The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories in a frame story, between 1387 and 1400. It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury (England).
  • Sep 25, 1455

    War of the Roses

    War of the Roses
    The Wars of the Roses were a series of battles fought in medieval England from 1455 to 1485 between the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
  • Sep 25, 1485

    Frst printing of Le Morte d’Arthur

    Frst printing of Le Morte d’Arthur
    First published in 1485 by William Caxton.
  • Sep 25, 1485

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned
    Henry won the throne when his forces defeated the forces of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the culmination of the Wars of the Roses.