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476
Collapse of The Roman empire
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800
Charlemagne is crowned emperor of Western Europe
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1042
Edward the Confessor becomes King of England
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1066
The Battle of Hastings
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1086
The Domesday Book is compiled
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1096
The First Crusade begins
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1099
The Crusaders capture the city of Jerusalem
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1215
The Magna Carta is signed by King John of England
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1315
The Great Famine of Europe
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1337
Start of the Hundred Years war between England and France
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1347
The Black Death sweeps across Europe
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1450
Johannes Gutenburg invents the first printing press