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Jan 1, 1001
Leif Erikson reachers the American cost
Leif Eriksson was the first European to get to North America. He did so in 1001 500 years before Christopher Columbus. -
Sep 1, 1028
King William I the Conqueror born
he was born in 1028 at Falaise, Normandy. He became king at the age of 39. He had 10 children consisting of four sons and six daughters. -
Jan 1, 1054
The Great Schism
The Great Schism is a series of event that involve cherches in Greece and Italy. -
Jan 1, 1066
The battle of Hastings
The battle of Hastings was during the Norman conquest on England. It was between Norman-French army and the English army. -
Jan 1, 1066
The building of Norman castles
William Conquer and the Normans invade England and commence their strategy of building castles. One of the castles built in the period of time was the tower of London. -
Jan 1, 1070
The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth that is around 70 meters long. the cloth cantains they events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England. -
Jan 1, 1085
Domesday book
The book was ordered to be made by William 1. the book containes who owned what throughout England. The book is still around today. -
Jan 1, 1102
Queen Matildas berth
Quenn Matilda was neve actualy the queen of England. But she was the rightful heir of he father King Henry I. Instead of her becoming queen her cousin King Stephen was king. -
Jan 1, 1106
Battle of Tinchebray
An English war of succession came to an end at the Battle of Tinchebray in Normandy. -
Jan 1, 1113
Khmer empire reaches peak
Under the leadership of Suryavarman II the empire expanded to most of the area of what is now called Vietnam. -
Jan 1, 1168
Oxford university
In 1168 the Oxford university was founded because Henry II banned English students from attending the university of Paris. -
Jan 1, 1215
The Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a documant that King John was forced to sign. Hes was forced to sign it because it reduced the fights thast he had as king. -
Jul 27, 1299
The Ottoman Empire begining
The Ottoman Empire is now known as modern day Turkey. The Empire lasted from 1299 to 1922 which is 623 years. -
Jan 1, 1337
hundred years war
The hundred years war was a series of fight between the kings of France and the kings of England they started in 1337 and ended in 1453. -
Jan 1, 1384
the Black Death started
The Black Death started in the east and by spring that year it had reached the shores of Italy. Three years later 25% to 50% of medieval Europe had become victims to the Black Death. -
May 22, 1455
Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses was a civil war between members of the house of Lancaster and the house of York. They started when King Richard II was overthrown by his cousin. -
Jan 1, 1491
king Henery VIII is born
King Henery VIII is well known for his six wives. They were
Catherine of Aragon (divorced),
Anne Boleyn (executed),
Jane Seymour (died days after giving birth, widely believed to be following birth complications),
Anne of Cleves (annulled)
Catherine Howard (executed),
Catherine Parr (survived). -
Angkor/Khmer empire begins
The khmer Empire was located in SE Aisa. The empire is now known as Cambodia and Laos. -
French king pays ransom
In 845CE the Viking chieftain Ragnor lead 120 ships down the river Seine to Paris. The Vikings were payed by the French king so they didn’t sack Paris. -
Erik the red discovers Greenland
In 982 Erik the Red was sentenced to exile from Iceland for murder. When he left he sailed west to a country that he soon called Greenland.
