Top Ten Events of the Middle Ages Timeline

  • Period: 500 to 1500

    The Middle Ages

  • The Battle of Hastings
    Oct 14, 1066

    The Battle of Hastings

  • Domesday Book completed
    1085

    Domesday Book completed

  • The First Crusade
    Aug 15, 1096

    The First Crusade

  • Compass introduced to Europe
    1200

    Compass introduced to Europe

  • Magna Carta was signed
    1215

    Magna Carta was signed

  • Gunpowder introduced to Europe
    1300

    Gunpowder introduced to Europe

  • The Hundred Years' War
    1337

    The Hundred Years' War

  • Black Death arrived in England
    1348

    Black Death arrived in England

  • The Peasants' Revolt
    1381

    The Peasants' Revolt

  • Gutenberg invents the printing press
    1444

    Gutenberg invents the printing press