What led to the Magna Carta

By dcannon358
  • May 28, 1049

    Pope Leo IX takes the throne, starting the Great Schism

  • May 28, 1066

    William the Conqueror takes English throne

  • May 28, 1077

    Tower of London made

    Used to hold many prisoners in the future.
  • May 28, 1095

    Pope Urban calls for the Crusades

  • May 28, 1106

    Henry I takes the throne

    accelerated the inevitable English and French Conflict
  • May 28, 1135

    The Anarchy begins, bringing upheavel with it

  • May 28, 1189

    Richard I ascends to the throne

  • Apr 20, 1210

    King John's fee demands became unreasonable

  • May 28, 1212

    Children's crusade

    People realized that crusades were useless
  • May 27, 1215

    Rebllion against King John

  • Jun 15, 1215

    Signing of the Magna Carta