The Middle Ages timeline By Aldira Dimas 476 Western Roman Empire ends 520 St. Benedict established the first monastery at Monte Cassino,Italy Oct 23, 711 Moors start raiding Spain Oct 23, 1066 William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and become king of England Oct 13, 1096 Crusades start Oct 23, 1100 Small towns start springing up over Europe Oct 24, 1156 Kremlin built in Moscow Oct 31, 1192 Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan Oct 4, 1215 King John of England signs the Magna Carta Oct 25, 1275 First meeting held in England of a parlianment Oct 1, 1291 Crusades end Oct 24, 1295 Marco Polo publishes his tale of Oct 5, 1337 100 years' war starts Oct 23, 1347 Black Death breaks out in Europe Oct 22, 1381 Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners Oct 23, 1429 Joan OF Arc drives out the English from Orleans Apr 15, 1452 Leonardo da Vinci was born Oct 23, 1453 100 Years' War ends Oct 23, 1485 Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned King of England Mar 2, 2022 Vikings Start raiding Europe Mar 2, 2022 Charlemagne was crowned ruler of the Holy Roman Empire