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Period: 500 to
500 - 1899
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Oct 14, 1066
The Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings begun in 1066, it was between The Norman, Breton, Burundian, and Flemish and French army of Duke William, against the Saxon army of King Harold of England. The war took place at the Sussex coast in England. Then Normans wanted control over England.The Normans successfully took over England, overpoweringly. King Harold II was killed in battle.The language and culture changed after the Normans took power. The feudal system was also introduced to England by the Normans. -
Jan 1, 1086
Domesday Book
The Domesday Book was a survey of England’s resources and land around 1085. It was ordered by William the Conqueror, and all the information collected was hand written in two massive books, this process took around a year. The book was created to protect England from likely treats from Scandinavia and a constant tax was introduced to pay for defences. William the Conqueror died before the book could be complete. -
Nov 27, 1095
The First Crusades
The carnage of 3000 Christian Travellers in Jerusalem started the First Crusade. The goal was to assist the Christians of the East and take back Holy Sepulchre, In Jerusalem. The crusaders were promised forgiveness for their sin and everlasting glory, who also wanted wealth and land in the East. Nobles and peasants walked across Europe to Constantinople, The centre of the Byzantine Empire, they gained the help of the Byzantines and fought to take Jerusalem back, and in July 1099 they won. -
Jan 1, 1206
Mongolian Empire
In 1206 a group of Central Asian people established a huge empire, the Mongolian Empire. They were led by Genghis Khan and had successfully conquered twenty-four million square kilometres of Eurasia. The Mongolians control spanned from Central Asia to the Middle East to the borders of the Korean Peninsula. When the Black Death went through Asia this weakened the empire and Goryeo Korea finished them off in the 1350s. However the Mongolians still controlled Mongolia for the time being. -
Jan 1, 1265
De Montfort's Parliament
Simon de Montfort started an English parliament in 1264, however King Henry III did not approve of the parliament. Simon continued without royal organisation. On May 14th 1264 Simon de Montfort forces defeated the royal militia in the Battle of Lewes. This lead to the agreement of the parliament in 1265. Months later King Henry III rejected the parliament and resumed the Battle of Lewes. Simon was killed during the battle, but King Henry III started his own parliament known as Parliament Piece. -
May 1, 1274
Mongols attack Japan (first time)
In 1266, the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan had a plan to take over all of China and sent a message to the Emperor of Japan. He told the Emperor that he was a ‘ruler of a small country’ and he should stand down and join him or else. The emperor gave no answer. In 1274 the Mongols attacked Japan. Hundreds of large ships and many more small boats attacked Japan. Luckily for the Japanese when the ships and boats eventually sailed out to the open waters when a large typhoon hit and killed 13000 mongols. -
Jan 1, 1346
Outbreak of the plauge in Asia
The first to be infected by the Black Death was the Mongolians in central Asia. A Mongolian soldier was first infected by the flea that carried the infectious plague. The infected Mongolian’s fellow soldiers didn’t know he was infected and they were contaminated. The outbreak in Asia made it easy for the plague to spread as Asia had many trade routes to other countries E.G. Europe. -
Jan 1, 1347
Flagellants
Some people at the time of the plague would hurt themselves or have someone called ‘master’ hurt them, these people were called Flagellants. These people hurt themselves because they believed that god had realised the plague because of their sins. They thought if they punished themselves god would forgive them. Flagellants often walked around in big groups and were torched publically. They would tell the master their sins and be whip for it before everyone was whipped at the same time. -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death and The Church
Before the Black Death the church had lots of power and influence over people. The Church had the power to tell people how they thought and they would accept it. The Church took a heavy blow as during the plague people thought that God had started the plague. The Church could come up with a reason why the plague was occurred and lots of people eventually lost faith. After the plague many people changed their view of the world. -
Jan 1, 1348
Jewish Blasmed for the Plauge
The Jewish were blamed by the English citizens during the plague. Lots of Jewish people were brutally killed by the English. Jewish people were burnt to death over two years. It is estimated that over half of the population of Jewish people were killed during the massacre. -
Jan 1, 1381
Peasants' Revolt
The Peasants’ Revolt begun in 1381 and was a main part in English history. The Revolt was the beginning of the end of the feudalism system in medieval England. The lower class citizens were angered when the poll tax was introduced and this ultimately lead to the rebellion of the lower class citizens. The Revolt was a failure however the upper class realised that the feudalism system would need to change. The feudalism system did not fully end until the 1950s after the Black Death. -
Jun 1, 1381
Peasants Revolt
After the Black Death ended many land owners/ manor owners needed more workers to care for their property. The surviving peasants were offered freedom from their lords and higher wages. However after 3 – 4 decades the peasants feared their lords would take these privileges away so they became prepared to fight. Peasants wanted to get rid of the poll tax and to have freedom forever. Eventually King Richard II promised to give what the peasants asked for. -
Jan 1, 1453
Fall of Consantinople
Constantinople now known as Istanbul in 1453 under the control of the Byzantine Empire whose ruling was declining was given the killing blow by the Ottoman Empire. A war over the control of the city lasted 57 days. On May 29th the Ottoman struck the walls and enter successfully into the city. The capital of the Ottoman Empire was moved from Adrianople to Constantinople and the Byzantine’s control in the city was extinguished. -
Jan 1, 1503
Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci first stared painting the Mona Lisa in 1502 - 1503. After spending 4 years of tinkering with the painting he eventually stopped. Nobody knew who the women in the painting was, many people believe Leonardo painted himself as women as a joke. When Leonardo died the painting was inherited by his apprentice, who later sold it to King Francois I. The king kept it in the palace of Fontainebleau. -
Jan 1, 1575
Arquebus
In the Battle of Kajik: Oda Norounaga proved the significants and effectiveness of the Arquebus, the first rifle used by the Samurai. Oda used the Arquebus to slaughter a whole clan using the weapon. The Arquebus was used is up to 400 – 500 places for attacking and defending. The Arquebus made rifles much more famous and another rifle soon was created called the musket. -
Matthew Perry and the downfall of Tokugawas
American commodore Matthew Perry and his squadron of American ships docked into Edo bay. Matthew negotiated for months without rest with Japanese leaders to accomplish trade between the USA and Japan. Matthew gave a letter from the president to the Emperor of Japan explaining trading between the two continents. The Emperor choose to accept the request knowing that if he’d dined Japan had a poor chance of victory over the USA. -
Nagasaki Trading Post
The Tokugawa Bakufu created several new laws so that foreigners couldn’t enter Japan legally, however the Dutch had an agreement with the Shogun which allowed them to have a small trading post in Nagasaki. This aloud the Dutch to trade with the Japanese and also the Dutch would train the Japanese is Naval skills. -
The Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration was the restoration of an imperial rule to Japan in 1868. Emperor Meiji was the first Emperor after the end of the Tokugawas control over Japan. The new Emperor Meiji changed Japan in many different ways including political changes and the feudal system. Meiji led Japan to a restructured nation that benefited everyone. -
Vikings
Vikings were people who explored Europe by boat for raiding. On the 8th of June 793 Vikings attacked and destroyed the abbey on Lindisfarne. They captured monks and stole their goods. This was the first real raid from Vikings and made it aware of who they were to the people in that time. Vikings raids were often small but it is believed every raid was very well planned. Vikings in the late 11th century stopped raiding as it wasn’t profitable and they no longer desired it. -
Khmer Empire
The Khmer Empire was a very powerful kingdom in based in Cambodia, Southeast Asia during 9th to the 15th century. The Khmer Empire ruled (names of modern countries) Laos, Thailand and southern Vietnam. The empire had spanned over three million kilometres squared. However war with the Ayuddhaya, over population of cities, a drought and many more factors helped bring down the Khmer Empire in 1431.
