Timeline: WHUM Semester 1

Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1527

Middle Ages

Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1000

Early Middle Ages

Jan 1, 732

Charles Martel halts a Muslim advance into France

Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 1300

High Middle Ages

Jan 1, 1066

William the Conqueror invades England

Jan 1, 1095

First Crusade

Period: Jan 1, 1140 to Jan 1, 1270

Rise of European Universities

Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1527

Late Middle Ages

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

Period: Jan 1, 1375 to Jan 1, 1527

Renaissance in Italy

Period: Jan 1, 1378 to Jan 1, 1417

Great Schism

Jan 1, 1436

BRUNELLESCHI BUILDS THE DOME OF FLORENCE

This Dome was a significant piece of architecture in Italy. Brunelleschi built it for the Medici's.

Jan 1, 1450

Printing Press invented by J. Gutenburg

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"

Jan 1, 1504

MICHELANGELO CREATES "THE DAVID"

"The David" is a huge statue. It is an important piece of artwork for the time and expresses humanism.

Jan 1, 1507

DA VINCI FINISHES THE "MONA LISA"

This painting represesnts Renaissance artwork. The "Mona Lisa" is a very famous painting today because of the mysterious expression on her face that is extremely difficult to figure out.

Jan 1, 1517

MARTIN LUTHER'S 95 THESES

Martin Luther bravely spoke out against the Catholic church. He created options for people as to what they want to believe in by nailing 95 Theses to the church door.

Period: Jan 1, 1525 to Jan 1, 1616

Reformation

Jan 1, 1532