Europe HIstory by alec and stephen

  • Mar 15, 1054

    Final split between Eastern and Western Christianity

    Final split between Eastern and Western Christianity
    Christianity divided itself in the East during its early centuries.
  • Jul 21, 1187

    Muslims under Saladin retake Jerusalem

    Muslims under Saladin retake Jerusalem
    On July 4, 1187 the Muslim attack on Jerusalem marked the annihilation of the Christian Crusader armies.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh-JGjIZYpI
  • Jan 19, 1349

    THe BLack Death

    THe BLack Death
    It arrived by 12 Genoses ships were all of the crew were dead after a trip to the black sea, the disease killed over a third of the continent's population.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Gk1a-RMAM
  • Aug 18, 1441

    Portuguese navigators begin slave trade

    Portuguese navigators begin slave trade
    Prince Henry established a slave market & fort in Arguin Bay in 1445 and they were brought back to Portugal.
  • Sep 24, 1572

    St. Bartholomews Day massacre in Paris-2,000 Protestants killed

    St. Bartholomews Day massacre in Paris-2,000 Protestants killed
    In 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots , during the French Wars of Religion.
  • Spanish Armada destroyed in the English Channel

    Spanish Armada destroyed in the English Channel
    There was a big shipwreak and the boats were on fire.
  • British surrender at Yorktown, ending war

    British surrender at Yorktown, ending war
    on October 19, 1781 Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington and his troops.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6TiooNqPmE
  • Rosetta Stone found in Egypt

    Rosetta Stone found in Egypt
    On July 19, 1799 when a french soilder found a black basalt slab covered in anceint writing some dead.
  • British win naval battle of Trafalgar

    British win naval battle of Trafalgar
    The French ship Redoubtable during her magnificent resistance at the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • Napoleon defeated by Wellington at Waterloo

    Napoleon defeated by Wellington at Waterloo
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_cm_Foq158
    The battle took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815 were Napoleon was defeated and exiled from France by Britain and the
    Prussians.