Barbara and Helina's Middle Ages Timeline

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  • Period: Apr 7, 1066 to Apr 7, 1087

    1066 - 1087

    1) The reign of King William the Conqueror
    2) The Battle of Hastings and the defeat of Harold Godwinson
    3) The Building of Norman castles in England
  • Apr 7, 1086

    Compilation of the Doomsday book

  • Period: Apr 7, 1087 to Apr 7, 1100

    1087- 1100

    1) The reign of King William Rufus
    2) William invades Wales and builds castles on the borders
  • Apr 7, 1099

    First Crusade

    Crusaders take Jerusalem from the Muslims after Pope Urban II's speech.
  • Period: Apr 7, 1100 to Apr 7, 1135

    1100- 1135

    1) The reign of King Henry I
  • Apr 7, 1118

    Knights Templar Founded

    Founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims traveling there.
  • Period: Apr 7, 1135 to Apr 7, 1154

    The reign of King Stephen

  • Apr 7, 1147

    Second Crusade

  • Period: Apr 7, 1154 to Apr 7, 1189

    The Reign of King Henry II

  • Apr 7, 1156

    Kremlin built in Moscow

  • Apr 7, 1158

    The Hanseatic League is founded

  • Apr 7, 1170

    Thomas a Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral

  • Apr 7, 1184

    The first of many Inquisitions begins

  • Period: Apr 7, 1189 to Apr 7, 1199

    The Reign of King Richard I

  • Apr 7, 1190

    Third Crusade

    Caused by Saladin who united the Muslims and re-took Jerusalem.
  • Period: Apr 7, 1199 to Apr 7, 1216

    The reign of King John

  • Apr 7, 1200

    Fourth Crusade

    Eventually leads to sack of Constantinople.
  • Apr 7, 1212

    Children's Crusade

  • Period: Apr 7, 1214 to Apr 7, 1215

    Baron's Revolt

  • Apr 7, 1215

    Magna Carta Signed

  • Period: Apr 7, 1216 to Apr 7, 1272

    The reign of King Henry III

  • Apr 7, 1258

    Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England

    Established a new form of government limiting regal authority.
  • Period: Apr 7, 1272 to Apr 7, 1307

    The reign of King Edward I

  • Apr 7, 1273

    Rudolph I of Germany is elected Holy Roman Emperor

  • Apr 7, 1274

    Summa Theologiae, by Thomas Aquinas, is published

  • Apr 7, 1295

    Marco Polo publishes his tales of China

  • Apr 7, 1297

    William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England

  • Period: Apr 7, 1327 to Apr 7, 1377

    The reign of King Edward III

  • Apr 7, 1337

    The Hundred Years War

    England and France struggle for dominance of Western Europe
  • Apr 7, 1346

    The Battle of Crecy

  • Apr 7, 1347

    The Black Death

    A plague that ravaged Europe and killed a third of Europe.
  • Apr 7, 1356

    The Battle of Poitiers

  • Period: Apr 7, 1377 to Apr 7, 1399

    The reign of King Richard II

  • Apr 7, 1380

    Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales

  • Apr 7, 1381

    Peasants Revolt in England

  • Apr 7, 1382

    The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.

  • Period: Apr 7, 1399 to Apr 7, 1413

    The reign of King Henry IV

  • Period: Apr 7, 1413 to Apr 7, 1422

    The reign of King Henry V

  • Apr 7, 1415

    Battle of Agincourt

  • Period: Apr 7, 1422 to Apr 7, 1461

    The reign of King Henry VI

  • Apr 7, 1429

    Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orleans for the Dauphin of France

    the Dauphin of France is enabled to eventually be crowned at Reims.
  • Apr 7, 1430

    Capture, trial, and execution of Joan of Arc

  • Apr 7, 1434

    The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence

  • Apr 7, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci is born

  • Apr 7, 1453

    The Hundred Years War ends.

    Calais becomes the only English possession on Europe.
  • Apr 7, 1455

    Johann Gutenberg prints the first of his Bibles on his new printing press

  • Apr 7, 1455

    The Wars of the Roses begins in England

  • Period: Apr 7, 1461 to Apr 7, 1483

    The reign of King Edward IV

    1) William Caxton sets up a printing press in Westminster
  • Period: Apr 7, 1483 to Apr 7, 1485

    The reign of King Richard III

    1) War of the Roses ends
    2) Tudor dynasty begins