The Middle/Dark Ages

  • Vandals sack Rome
    455

    Vandals sack Rome

    Roman Emperor Valentinian III, breaks treaty with Vandals that pledged Eudocia as the bride to be of Gaiseric.
  • Clovis King of the Franks
    511

    Clovis King of the Franks

  • St.Benedict of Nursia
    547

    St.Benedict of Nursia

  • Battle of Tours
    Oct 10, 732

    Battle of Tours

    Frankish leader, Charles Martel, and the Frankish army stop the Muslim Moors form invading Europe.
  • Saint Bede
    735

    Saint Bede

    Benedictine monk who wrote the first book about the history of the English people.
  • Missi dominici
    768

    Missi dominici

    The missi dominici were the eyes & ears of C
  • Massacre of Verdun
    782

    Massacre of Verdun

    Charlemagne ordered 4,500 warriors murderer to due their pagan beliefs & who is the dominant authority in Europe.
  • Vikings Raid Lindisfarne
    793

    Vikings Raid Lindisfarne

  • Charlemagne
    Jan 28, 814

    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne, dies 814, King of the Frankish king & emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Started cultural revival in Europe after fall of Rome known as the Carolingian Renaissance.
  • King Alfred of England
    899

    King Alfred of England

    King Alfred was famous for the translation of Latin books into English, beginning education, defeating the Vikings.
  • Muhammed al-Razi
    932

    Muhammed al-Razi

  • Battle of Hasting
    Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of Hasting

    Anglo-Saxon king Harold II vs. Wm. of Normandy fight for the crown of England. The Normans defeated the Anglo-Saxon.
  • Domesday Book
    1085

    Domesday Book

    William The Conqueror, the Norman, commissioned the first record of taxes & census in Britain with the "Domesbook."
  • Magna Carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Document signed by King John of England granting rights to rebellious lords. The "rule of law" would apply to the king & lords equally.
  • Genghis Khan
    Aug 18, 1227

    Genghis Khan

  • Sundiata Keita
    1255

    Sundiata Keita

  • Mansa Musa Hajj
    1324

    Mansa Musa Hajj

    Mansa Musa starts his pilgrimage to Mecca to satisfy the Five Pillars of Islam.
  • Marco Polo
    Jan 8, 1324

    Marco Polo

  • Guy de Chauliac
    Jul 25, 1368

    Guy de Chauliac

  • Geoffrey Chaucer
    Oct 25, 1400

    Geoffrey Chaucer

  • Christine de Pisan
    1405

    Christine de Pisan

    First (1st) professional female writer publishes her book "The Book of the City of Ladies."
  • Joan of Arc
    May 30, 1431

    Joan of Arc

    The "Maid of Orleans"