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527
Justinian is emperor
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Dec 5, 622
Muhammad makes hijrah
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Dec 5, 661
Umayyads lead muslims
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Dec 5, 750
Abbasids take control
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Dec 5, 970
Seljuks migrate into abbasid empire
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Dec 5, 1054
Christian church splits
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Dec 5, 1071
Seljuks defeat Byzantines
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Dec 5, 1095
Pope Urban declares first Crusade
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Dec 5, 1100
Seljuks decline
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Dec 6, 1187
Saladin defeats Christians
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Dec 6, 1204
Crusaders loot constantinople
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Dec 6, 1300
Italians begin Renaissance
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Dec 7, 1300
Italians begin renaissance
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Dec 7, 1337
Hundred years war starts
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Dec 7, 1361
Ottoman Orkan I captures Adrianople
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Dec 7, 1398
Timur the Lame messes up India
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Dec 7, 1419
Prince Henry's navigation school
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Dec 7, 1453
Hundred years war ends
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Dec 7, 1455
Gutenberg Bible/Printing press
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Dec 7, 1492
Columbus journeys to "West Indies
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Dec 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas is signed
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Dec 7, 1497
Da Vinci paints last supper
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Dec 7, 1498
Vasco Sails to india
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Dec 7, 1508
Michelangelo paints sistine chaple
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Dec 7, 1514
Portuguese ships reach china
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Dec 7, 1520
Suleiman lawgiver rules