The Middle Ages Timeline By pieterpandie Period: 400 to Dec 31, 1500 Timespan AD 476 Western Roman Empire Ends Oct 24, 711 Moors Start Invading Spain Oct 24, 1066 William of Normandy wins battle of Hastings and becomes king of England Oct 24, 1096 Crusades Start Oct 24, 1100 Small towns start springing up over Europe Oct 24, 1192 Minamoto Yorimoto becomes the first Shogun of Japan Oct 24, 1215 King John of England signs the Magna Carta Oct 24, 1275 First meeting in England of a Parliament Oct 24, 1291 Crusades end Oct 25, 1295 Marco Polo publishes his tales of China Oct 24, 1337 100 years war starts Oct 24, 1347 Black Plague breaks out in Europe Oct 24, 1381 Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners Oct 25, 1382 The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe. Oct 25, 1415 Battle of Agincourt Oct 24, 1429 Joan of Arc drives out the English from Orleans Oct 24, 1453 100 years war ends Oct 25, 1455 The Wars of the Roses begins in England Oct 24, 1485 Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned king of England Oct 25, 1485 The Wars of the Roses ends and the Tudor dynasty begins Mar 2, 2022 Vikings Start Raiding Europe