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500
Tribes of Germany Bronze age
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Period: 500 to 1450
Germany Timeline
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768
Charlemagne is crowned king of the Roman empire
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772
Charlemagne king of the Franks (from France) attacks the Germans
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782
Massacre of Verden- 4,500 saxons killed
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814
Charlemagne dies. After his death his empire breaks up and part of it becomes Germany.
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933
Henry Duke of Saxony defeats the Magyars
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936
Otto the Great becomes king of Germany
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955
Otto crushes the Magyars
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962
Otto II becomes king
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983
Otto III becomes king
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1002
Henry the II becomes king
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1024
Conrad II
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1028
Henry III
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1054
Henry IV
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1077
Rudolf of Rheinfelden
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1081
Hermann of Salam
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1087
Conrad
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1096
First Crusade
The People's Crusade - Freeing the Holy Lands. 1st Crusaders led by Count Raymond IV of Toulouse and proclaimed by many wandering preachers, notably Peter the Hermit -
1099
Henry V
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1144
Second Crusade
Crusaders prepared to attack Damascus. 2nd crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III and by King Louis VII of France -
1157
The Germanic Empire is called the Holy Roman Empire for the first time
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1187
Third Crusade
3rd Crusaders led by Richard the Lionheart of England, Philip II of France, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. Richard I made a truce with Saladin -
1202
Fourth Crusade
4th Crusaders led by Fulk of Neuil French/Flemish advanced on Constantinople -
1215
Declaration of Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a document limiting the control of the king -
1217
Fifth Crusade
The 5th Crusade led by King Andrew II of Hungary, Duke Leopold VI of Austria, John of Brienne -
1220
Frederick II becomes emperor
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1228
Sixth Crusade
The 6th Crusaders led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II -
1248
Seventh Crusade
The 7th Crusade led by Louis IX of France -
1254
The Great Interregnum (a period without an emperor)
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1270
Eighth Crusade
The 8th Crusade led by Louis IX -
1271
Ninth Crusade
The 9th Crusade led by Prince Edward (later Edward I of England) -
1349
Black Death Plague
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1356
Karl IV issues the golden bull, a document of rules for electing emperors
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1409
Leipzig University is founded