Year 1000 Timeline

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  • Jan 1, 742

    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne
    • King of the Franks from 768
    • Emperor of the romans from 800 to his death in 814
    • Expanded the Frankish Kingdom into a Empire
    • During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III
  • Period: Jan 1, 742 to May 20, 1506

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  • Jan 1, 1095

    Crusades

    Crusades
    • The Crusades was a series of religious expeditionary wars blessed by the Pope
    • The main series of Crusades, mainly against Muslims, occurred between 1095 and 1291
    • Several thousand soldiers became Crusaders by taking vows
    • The crusaders consisted of military units of Roman Catholics from all over western Europe, and were not under unified command
  • Jan 1, 1254

    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo
    • Marco was a Venetian merchant traveler
    • He embarked on an epic journey to Asia with his father and uncle
    • They returned to Venice in 1295, 24 years later, with many riches and treasures
    • After returning they find Venice at war with Genoa
    • Marco was then imprisoned, and dictated his stories to a cellmates
  • Jan 1, 1451

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    • Christopher Columbus was a explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa
    • he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents
    • Columbus's voyages led to the first lasting European contact with America

  • Leif Ericson

    Leif Ericson
    • Leif was a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America
    • He established a Norse settlement at Vinland
    • After his first trip to Vinland, he returned to Greenland, and started preaching Christianity to the Greenlanders