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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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Jan 1, 711
Moors start raiding Spain
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Jan 1, 1066
William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and becomes King of England.
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Jan 1, 1096
Crusades start
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Jan 1, 1100
Small towns start springing up over Europe
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Jan 1, 1147
Second Crusade was launched. This Crusade is generally considered to have been a failure
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Jan 1, 1189
Third Crusade was one of the more successful.
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Jan 1, 1192
Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
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Jan 1, 1202
Forth Crusade launched.
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Jan 1, 1215
King John of England signs the Magna Carta.
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Jan 1, 1275
First meeting held in England of a parliament.
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Jan 1, 1291
Crusades end.
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Jan 1, 1337
100 Years’ War starts.
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Jan 1, 1347
Black Deathbreaks out in Europe.
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Jan 1, 1348
The black plague swept England and Europe.
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Jan 1, 1381
Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners
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Jan 1, 1429
Joan of Arc drives out the English from Orleans.
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Jan 1, 1453
100 Years’ War ends.
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Jan 1, 1485
Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned King of England.
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Charlemagne was crowned ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Vikings start raiding Europe
