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The Middle Ages Timeline

  • 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

  • Vikings Start Raiding Europe