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Christopher Columbus leads a voyage Atlantic Ocean, hoping to reach Asia and instead discovers America
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The Black Death was the deadliest pandemic recorded in human history which resulted in the deaths of up to 75–200 million people in Eurasia, North Africa and Europe
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A series of conflicts in Europe over the right to rule the Kingdom of France.
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A series of crop failures and bad weather that struck large parts of Europe.
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A charter made by King John of England which established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, even the king, and guarantees the rights of individuals, the right to justice and the right to a fair trial
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Temüjin unites the various tribes in Mongolia, and begins a number of conquests that would stretch across Asia and parts of Europe.
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The first series of religious wars supported by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The initial objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule
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A war between the Norman-French army of William and an English army led by King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England
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Charles Martel defeats a large army of Spanish Moors, halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe which ensured the ruling dynasty of Martel's family
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The process of decline in the Western Roman Empire which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successor which ended the Empire
