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406
Visigoths, Suevi and Burgundians cross the Rhine and invade Roman Gaul.
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410
Rome is captured by the Visigoths under Alaric I.
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416
Visigothic conquest of Spain.
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444
The "Groans of the Britons", a last appeal to Roman government.
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451
Attila the Hun is repelled from Gaul by Roman–Barbarian forces at the Battle of Châlons.
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452
Attila the Hun raids Italy, destroying Aquileia and causing the foundation of Venice by refugees.
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455
The Vandals pillage Rome.
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476
Fall of Rome
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476
The last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus, is deposed by Odovacar, conventionally ending the Western Roman Empire.
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552
The Byzantine (Eastern Roman) conquest of Italy completes
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Feb 15, 1066
Vikings Period Ends
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Feb 15, 1066
William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, invades England and becomes King after the Battle of Hastings.
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Feb 15, 1077
The Construction of the Tower of London begins.
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Feb 15, 1099
First Crusade
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Feb 15, 1147
The Second Crusade was in retaliation for the fall of Edessa, one of the first Crusader States founded in the First Crusade. It was an overall failure
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Feb 15, 1189
The Third Crusade follows upon Saladin's uniting the Muslim world and recapturing Jerusalem.
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Feb 15, 1202
The Fourth Crusade sacked Croatian town of Zadar, a rival of Venice.
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Feb 15, 1346
Black Death
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Feb 15, 1381
Peasants' Revolt in England.
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The Roman Empire at its peak
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Vikings Period begins
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Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.
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Charlemagne is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III.
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Death of Charlemagne
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Viking "Great Army" in England. Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia were overwhelmed.
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Gregory the Great becomes Pope.
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Division of Roman Empire