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476
Western Roman Empire ends
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520
St. Benedict established the first monastery at Monte Cassino,Italy
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Oct 23, 711
Moors start raiding Spain
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Oct 23, 1066
William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and become king of England
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Oct 13, 1096
Crusades start
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Oct 23, 1100
Small towns start springing up over Europe
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Oct 24, 1156
Kremlin built in Moscow
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Oct 31, 1192
Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
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Oct 4, 1215
King John of England signs the Magna Carta
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Oct 25, 1275
First meeting held in England of a parlianment
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Oct 1, 1291
Crusades end
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Oct 24, 1295
Marco Polo publishes his tale of
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Oct 5, 1337
100 years' war starts
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Oct 23, 1347
Black Death breaks out in Europe
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Oct 22, 1381
Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners
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Oct 23, 1429
Joan OF Arc drives out the English from Orleans
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Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci was born
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Oct 23, 1453
100 Years' War ends
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Oct 23, 1485
Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned King of England
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Vikings Start raiding Europe
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Charlemagne was crowned ruler of the Holy Roman Empire
