Middle ages

By armando delgado
  • Sep 22, 1066

    William the Conqueror invades England

    William the Conqueror invades England
    invaded England in September 1066, decisively defeating and killing Harold at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066.
  • Sep 20, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown,
  • Sep 11, 1270

    end of the Crusades

    end of the Crusades
    The last major crusade aimed at the Holy Land, and an failure that well symbolises the end of the crusades and the remaining crusader states had become increasingly powerless pawns while tides of Mongol and then Mameluke conquests swept across the area.
  • Sep 16, 1348

    The Plague

    The Plague
    resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53
  • Sep 28, 1378

    first appearance of Robin Hood in literature

    first appearance of Robin Hood in literature
    was a highly skilled archer and swordsman and he is often portrayed as "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor"[
  • Sep 28, 1387

    Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales

    Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales
    Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories in a frame story, between 1387 and 1400
  • Sep 11, 1485

    1455-1485-War of the Roses

    1455-1485-War of the Roses
    series of wars for control of the throne of England. They were fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet, those of Lancaster and York. They were fought in several sporadic episodes between 1455 and 1487, although there was related fighting before and after this period.
  • Sep 23, 1485

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned
    was King of England after seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death, the first monarch of the House of Tudor. He ruled the Principality of Wales
  • Sep 28, 1485

    first printing of Le Morte d’Arthur

    first printing of Le Morte d’Arthur
    reworking of traditional tales by Sir Thomas Malory about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table
  • Sep 21, 1550

    paper is first mass-produced in Spain

    paper is first mass-produced in Spain
    The first papermaking process was documented in China during the Eastern Han period (25-220 AD), traditionally attributed to the court official Cai Lun