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Jan 1, 732
Battle of Tours
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Jan 1, 752
Pepin anointed by the pope
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Oct 17, 1002
Leif Ericson's voyage to North America
After converting to Christianity at the command of his king, Lief Ericson returned to Greenland to search for the land that had been seen by Bjarni. He set out in 1002 and supposidly landed in Newfoundland. However others have suggested that he instead landed in the Waquoit bay area of Massachusetts. -
Jan 1, 1050
Gregory VII reforms the Church
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Jan 1, 1054
Great Schism
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Period: Jan 1, 1066 to Jan 1, 1071
Norman conquest of England
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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1099
First Crusade
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Jan 1, 1122
Concordat of Worms
The Concordat of Worms was an agreement between the pope and the holy roman emperor. This agreement allowed the king to bestow bishops with land and secular power but allowed only the pope to bestow religeous athority upon the bishop. -
Jan 1, 1189
King's Crusade
The King's crusade was also the Third Crusade. What set this crusade apart from the others is that kings actively participated in the war. This crusade was largely successful, but fell short of its ultimate goal and instead ended in a treaty designed to settle the dispute -
Period: Jan 1, 1193 to Jan 1, 1250
Building of Chartres
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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
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Dec 21, 1237
Mongol conquest of Russia
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Period: Jan 1, 1265 to Jan 1, 1274
Thomas Aquinas created Summa Theologies
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Jan 1, 1295
Model Parliament meets
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Jan 1, 1302
First meeting of Estates General
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Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453
Hundred Years' War
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Jan 1, 1348
Black Death peak
The Black Death was a horrifying desease that spread all throughout Europe. The deadly bacteria could kill within a 24-hour period and had a 50% mortality rate. During the peak it was not uncommon to see death carts rolling through villages piled with dead bodies. The plague would continue to ravege cities until the early 1600s. -
Period: Jan 1, 1412 to Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arc
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Jan 1, 1450
Moscow breaks free of Mongols
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Jan 1, 1485
Tudor dynasty begins
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Mar 31, 1492
Muslims and Jews driven out of Spain
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Period: Jan 1, 1530 to
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan was crowned prince of Russia when he was three years old. By sixteen he was crowned tsar. His beginning years were marked with peace and modernization. However the end of his reign was marred with long wars. -
Conversion of Clovis
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Benedictine Rule
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Pope Gregory I
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Charlemagne crowned emperor
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Viking Invasions
The Viking age began when Vikings razed the abbey at Lindisfarne. Monks were killed, drowned or enslaved. Invasions of these typed continues until the 11th century. Attacks like this were possible due to the Viking's excellent seamanship and their boats that could travel in three-foot deep water, allowing vikings to sail far inland. -
Rise of Feudalism
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Treaty of Verdun
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Otto the Great becomes emperor of Germany
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Capetian Dynasty begins in France
