Megan's Middle Ages Timeline By meganpro 500 Teotihuacan reaches population peak in central Mexico 511 Clovis unites Franks under Christian rule 527 Justinian becomes ruler of Byzantine Empire Oct 10, 630 Muhammad returns to Mecca after making the Hijrah to Medina Oct 10, 732 Charles Martel defeats the Muslims at Tours Oct 10, 732 Charles Martel stops Muslim invasion (Charles Martel and advisers) Oct 10, 1000 Muslims scholars, who preserved Greek medical works, share them with Europeans Oct 19, 1000 Hausa city-states begin to emerge Oct 10, 1066 Norman invasion of England Oct 10, 1095 First Crusade begins Oct 10, 1100 Muslim literature flourishes Oct 19, 1100 Mississippian culture thrives at Cahokia Oct 10, 1190 Holy Roman Empire weakens Oct 10, 1192 Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan (Kamakura period painting) Oct 10, 1215 King John approves Magna Carta Oct 19, 1235 Sudiata founds Mali Empire Oct 10, 1240 Mongols destroy Kiev (Mongolian archer on horseback) Oct 10, 1279 Kublai Khan Conquers China Nov 3, 1300 In the 1300s the Renaissance begins in Italian city-states such as Florence, Milan, and Mantua Dec 5, 1300 Osaman founds Ottoman state Oct 19, 1324 Mali king Mansa Musa goes on hajj to Mecca Oct 19, 1325 Aztecs build Tencochtitlan Oct 10, 1347 Bubonic plague strikes Europe Dec 5, 1398 Timur the Lame destroys Delhi Dec 5, 1405 Zheng He takes first voyage Dec 5, 1419 Prince Henry founds navigation school Oct 10, 1429 Joan of Arch leads the French to victory over the English at Orleans Nov 3, 1434 Medici family takes control of Florence Oct 19, 1438 Pachacuti becomes Incan emperor Oct 10, 1453 Constantinople falls to Ottoman Turks Oct 10, 1453 Hundred Years' War ends with French victory Dec 5, 1453 Ottomans capture Constantinople Nov 3, 1455 Gutenberg Bible printed in Mainz Oct 19, 1464 Sunni Ali begins Songhai Empire Dec 5, 1492 Columbus makes first voyage Dec 5, 1494 Spain and Portugal sign Treaty of Tordesillas Dec 5, 1501 Safavids conquer Persia Oct 19, 1502 Montezuma II crowned Aztec emperor Nov 3, 1517 Martin Luther begins the Reformation in Wittenberg Dec 5, 1521 Cortes conquers Aztec Empire Dec 5, 1526 Babur founds Munghal Empire Dec 5, 1533 Pizarro conquers Incan Empire Nov 3, 1534 English king Henry VIII starts the Church of England Nov 3, 1563 Council of Trent mandates reforms in Catholic Church Dec 5, 1587 Shah Abbas I rules Safavid Empire Dec 5, 1603 Tokugawa shoguns rule Japan Dec 5, 1607 English found Jamestown Dec 5, 1608 Champlain claims Quebec for France Dec 5, 1619 Dutch open trade with Java Dec 5, 1632 Shah Jahan orders construction of Taj Mahal at Agra Dec 5, 1644 Manchus establish Qing Dynasty in China Dec 5, 1754 French and Indian War begins Dec 5, 1793 Britain seeks to trade with China Mar 2, 2022 Al-Khwarizmi writes the first algebra texbook Mar 2, 2022 Byzantine culture spreads to Russia Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty begins 289-year rule in China (Tang statuette) Mar 2, 2022 Heian period begins in Japan Mar 2, 2022 Koryu Dynasty controls Korea Mar 2, 2022 Song Dynasty established in China Mar 2, 2022 Pope Leo III crowns the Frankish king Charlemagne emperor Mar 2, 2022 Treaty of Verdun divides Charlemagne's empire Mar 2, 2022 Outside invasions spur growth of feudalism Mar 2, 2022 Otto the Great becomes emperor Mar 2, 2022 Capetian dynasty begins in France Mar 2, 2022 Anasazi culture develops in the Southwest Mar 2, 2022 Empire of Ghana thrives on trade Mar 2, 2022 Classic period of Maya civilization ends