Middle ages

The Dark Ages timeline

By MJA0411
  • 476

    Fall of the roman empire

    Fall of the roman empire
    The once mighty roman empire began collapsing in the 410 A.D but with the Hun invasion the empire finally collapsed in 476 A.D
  • 481

    Clovis becomes king of the franks

    Clovis becomes king of the franks
    Clovis I becomes the king of the franks, and united all Frank provinces that were part of the roman province of gaul.
  • 570

    Birth of Muhammad

    Birth of Muhammad
    The greatest prophet of islam is born, his name is muhammad
  • Oct 6, 622

    The rise of islam

    The rise of islam
    While in the west there was hunger and poverty, in the east a religion was rising, its name? Islam its god? allah
  • Oct 10, 732

    Battle of tours

    Battle of tours
    The Franks defeat the muslims in Tours,France forcing them to retrieve and stopping muslim advance into Europe
  • Apr 20, 800

    Charlemagne becomes the first holy roman empreror

    Charlemagne becomes the first holy roman empreror
    Charlemagne, the king of the Franks unified Gemrnaic tribes and created an empire, he transformed into christian his empire and this gave him the title of holy roman emeperor , this title was given to him by pope Leo III
  • Jun 16, 835

    The dawn of vikings

    The dawn of vikings
    The vikings form scandinavia (Norway, Sweden and Denmark) begin invading northern Europe (Fact: the vikings didnt used horned helmets)
  • Apr 11, 896

    Vikings are turned back

    Vikings are turned back
    Alfred the great king of England, kicks out the viking invaders out of his territory
  • Jun 5, 1042

    The end of raidings

    The end of raidings
    The invasions of the vikings to northern europe stopped.
  • Aug 8, 1066

    England falls to the French

    England falls to the French
    The french duke William of Normandy conquers England and becomes the first king of Norman origins in England
  • Jan 18, 1096

    The first crusade

    The first crusade
    The crusades were a fight over the holy land (Jerusalem) started by the Holy Roman Empire against the arabs
  • Feb 10, 1206

    The birth of a mighty empire

    The birth of a mighty empire
    The Mongol empire was founded by Genghis Khan, they domained more land in 25 years than of what the Romans did in 400 (the mongols were tribes that inhabited nowadays mongolia in northern asia)
  • Oct 6, 1215

    Rights for the people

    Rights for the people
    KIng George of England signs the Magna Carta and gives some rights to the people.
  • Mar 7, 1271

    The great explorer starts his journey

    The great explorer starts his journey
    Marco Polo sets off to Asia in his famous expedition.
  • Nov 13, 1337

    The 100 years war

    The 100 years war
    The war between England and France for the French throne started
  • Jun 14, 1347

    The black plague

    The black plague
    Because of trading the black plague spread quicly and killed half the population of Eurpoe in that time (it was believed that the plague was caused by evil spirits)
  • Oct 6, 1444

    The printing press

    The printing press
    The German inventor invents the printing press, considered the second most important invention for sharing informaion after the internet, and impulsed the renaissance
  • Apr 14, 1453

    The fall of constaninople and the Byzantinium

    The fall of constaninople and the Byzantinium
    The ottomans take Constaninople, this marks the fall of the Byzantine empire or Byzantinium. This event triggered the renaissance because a lot of writers went to Italy and contributed for its start
  • Oct 11, 1453

    The Renassaince

    The Renassaince
    The Renaissance is the revival of classical arts (Bokish,2015) in which the church lost power and people began studying various disciplines like: Astronomy, Architecture, music etc. and began thinking more about what was around them.