Western Timeline

By western project
  • Period: 500 to

    History

  • Jan 1, 732

    Charles Martel halts a Muslim advance into France

  • Jan 1, 1054

    Great Schism

  • Jan 1, 1066

    William the conqueror invades England

  • Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1099

    First Crusade

  • Period: Jan 1, 1140 to Jan 1, 1270

    Rise of European Universities

  • Jan 1, 1291

    The ending of the Last Crusade

    The Last Crusade ended which created lots of trade and gain of knowledge. This ended up leading to medieval universities being created.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453

    Hundred Years' War between France and England

  • Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Jan 1, 1350

    Black Death at its height

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Printing Press invented by J. Gutenberg

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

  • Jan 1, 1469

    Lorenzo de Medici comes to power in Florence

  • Jan 1, 1486

    Pico publishes "Oration"

  • Feb 7, 1497

    Bonfire of the Vanities

    Savanarola held the burnings of books, paintings, and anything that represented the Renaissance.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    95 Theses are written

    Martin Luther starts the Protestant Reformation with his 95 these that talk about the corruption of the Chruch.
  • Jan 1, 1532

    Machiavelli's "The Prince" is published

  • Galileo discoveries of physics

    His findings stated that the Churches teachings were wrong.

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