Middle Ages

  • Dec 5, 732

    charles martel defeats the moors at tours

  • Dec 5, 1059

    cardinals began electing each new pope

  • Dec 7, 1066

    william the conqueror began his rule

    politics
  • Dec 5, 1095

    pope urban 2 declares war

  • Dec 7, 1096

    first crusade began

    war
  • Dec 5, 1122

    concordat of worms

  • Dec 5, 1145

    second crusade begins

  • Dec 5, 1170

    thomas becket murdered

  • Dec 5, 1176

    lombard league defeats frederick

  • Dec 5, 1187

    salah-al-din recaptures jerusalem

  • Dec 7, 1189

    third crusade began

    war
  • Dec 7, 1189

    muslim captured acre

    war
  • Dec 5, 1209

    franciscan order founded

    religion
  • Dec 7, 1212

    childrens crusade

    war
  • Dec 5, 1215

    magna carta was singed

  • Dec 5, 1216

    dominican oreder founded

    religion
  • Dec 5, 1265

    dante alighieri born

  • Dec 5, 1324

    Defender of the peace was written

  • Dec 5, 1337

    hundred years war begins

  • Dec 7, 1343

    geoffrey chaucer born

    writing
  • Dec 5, 1347

    Black death

  • Dec 7, 1415

    battle of agincourt

    war
  • Dec 7, 1415

    jan hus burned at stake

    war
  • Dec 7, 1431

    joan of arc burned at the stake

    war
  • Dec 5, 1453

    hundred year war ends

  • Dec 7, 1455

    wars of the roses begins

    war
  • Dec 7, 1492

    all jews leave spain due to ferdinand and isabella

    war
  • Clovis becomes king

    King clovis reign from 481BC until 511AD
  • Charlemagne is declared emperor of romans

    Charlemagne was declared emperor by pope leo 3
  • first capetian rules

    politics