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The War of the Hundred Years
(1337 AD was a struggle between England and France in the 14th–15th century. At the time, France was the richest, largest, and most popular kingdom of western Europe but England was the best organized and the closed to western European state. They came into conflict over a series of issues, including disputes over English territorial possessions in France and succession to the French throne. -
The Black Death
(1348-1350 AD), pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known virus or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely believed to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia Pestis. He Black Death certainly caused the depopulation or total disappearance of about 1,000 villages. A rough estimate is that 25 million people in Europe died from plague during the Black Death. -
The fall of the Roman Empire of the West
in 476AD, in which the empire failed to enforce its rule of keep its rule, and its territory was a Split, and people also fought for the land that they kept refusing to give up since they couldn’t keep their promise/rule. it was the beginning of the Middle Ages and this period known for widespread poverty, religious tyranny, and intellectual and technological stagnation. -
Charles "The Hammer "and the Battle of Tours
(732 AD). The exact location of the battlefield is unknown, but the fight occurred somewhere between Tours and Poitiers. It was a battle in the Umayyad Caliphate’s invasion of Gaul as they were defeated by a combined Kingdom of the Franks force led by the legendary Charles ‘the Hammer’ Martel. As well as halting the Islamic conquest, the Frankish win at Tours ensured that Christianity remained the controlling faith. -
Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans
(800 AD) Charles the great rules over the vast Carolingian empire that scanned Europe during the dark ages, and when he became king of the franks in a.d 768 and conquered much of Europe. He was responsible for uniting most of Europe under his rule by power of the sword, and for helping to restore the Western Roman Empire and becoming its first emperor, and for facilitating a cultural. -
The Treaty of Verdun
(843 AD) this event divided the empire that Charlemagne had built into three, which would be governed by his three surviving grandsons. It is significant because it not only marked the beginning of the empire's dissolution, but it also laid out the general boundaries of what would become individual nation-states of Europe. -
The Holy Roman Empire of Germany
(962 AD) German Heiliges Römisches Reich, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium, the varying complex of lands in western and central Europe ruled by the Holy Roman emperor, a title held first by Frankish and then by German kings for 10 centuries. The Holy Roman Empire existed from 800 to 1806.ruled by the Holy Roman emperor, a title held first by Frankish and then by German kings for 10 centuries. The Holy Roman Empire existed from 800 to 1806. -
Battle of Hastings
(1066 AD) battle on October 14, that ended in the defeat of Harold II of England by William, duke of Normandy, and established the Normans as the rulers of England. Throughout his reign, the childless Edward had used the absence of a clear successor to the throne as a tool. William ’s victory at the Battle of Hastings brought England into close contact with the Continent, especially France. -
Magna Carta
1199–1216) as a practical solution to the crisis he faced in 1215, Magna Carta established for the first time that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law. Although nearly a third of the text was deleted or rewritten within ten years, Magna Carta remains a cornerstone of the British constitution. the 63 clauses granted by King John dealt with relating to his rule. -
The Great Famine
(1315-1317 CE) Great Famine, also called Irish Potato Famine, 1845–49, occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in after many successful years. The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the roots, of the potato plant. Ireland’s population of almost 8.4 million in 1844 had fallen to 6.6 million by 1851.