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Dec 21, 650
Irish missionaries win converts in western Europe.
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Dec 21, 750
Charles Martel grants warriors landed estates with peasants.
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Dec 21, 1000
Peasants begin to use three-field system in farming.
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Dec 21, 1066
William the Conquerir invades England.
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Dec 21, 1073
The Monk Hildebrand becomes Pope Gregory VII.
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Dec 21, 1095
Pope Urban II calls for First Crusade.
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Dec 21, 1122
Concordat of Worms decides church appointments.
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Dec 21, 1147
Second Crusade begins.
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Dec 21, 1150
First universities develop in Europe.
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Dec 21, 1180
Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
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Dec 21, 1204
Crusaders sack Constantinople.
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Dec 21, 1210
Francis of Assissi preaches in Italy.
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Dec 21, 1212
Children's Crusade begins.
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Dec 21, 1215
English King John and his barons sign the Magna Carta.
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Dec 21, 1232
The Inquisition begins.
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Treaty of Verdun divides Carolingian lands.
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Charlemagne is crowned emperor.
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Frankish King Clovis accepts Catholicism.
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Charlemagne becomes Frankish King.
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Vikings begin explorations.
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Feudalism takes hold in Northern France.
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Benedict introduces rule for monasteries.
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Alfred the Great begins rule in England.
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German king Otto defeats the Magyars at Leonfeld.
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Period: to Dec 21, 1412
Middle Ages
