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410
Rome sacked
Visigoths lay Rome under seige for the third time and and are eventually let in by some slaves. -
476
The Fall of Rome
Odoacer deposes the last Roman emperor to rule the western part of the Roman Empire -
Jan 1, 674
First Arab siege of Constantinople
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Jan 1, 1066
Viking period ends
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Oct 14, 1066
Battle of hastings
Was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England, Fought between the Norman army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army of King Harold II -
Jan 1, 1096
the first crusade
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Jan 1, 1206
Genghis Kahn comes into power
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta originally issued
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Jan 1, 1317
100 years war starts
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Jan 1, 1347
the black plague (black death) starts
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Jun 1, 1348
The plague hits England
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Jan 1, 1381
Peasants revolt
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Jan 1, 1453
100 years war ends
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Jan 1, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
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division of the roman empire
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Viking period starts
Vikings invade Lindesfarne -
Charlemagne dies
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Vikings raid ireland
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Charlemagne becomes Emperor
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Vikings attack the wealthy south-east
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Vikings paid to leave
Aethelred was advised by Archbishop Sigeric to talk to Olaf and arrange a truce rather than trying to defeat the Vikings in battle. The Vikings accepted a large payoff and left.