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1492 BCE
Christopher Columbus Discovers America
Christopher Columbus was an Explorer and on one of his expeditions he found America. He found the native people and like when Australia was found he though that no one was there. Americans now have Columbus day to celebrate him founding America. -
1347 BCE
The Black Death
The black death was a plague that was really deadly and killed around 200 million people. It was really bad in Europe, Asia and North Africa. -
1337 BCE
The Start of the Hundred year war
The hundred year war was a war between England and France but it was not continuously going for 100 years. Instead it was only a couple of battles in the space of 100 years. -
1216 BCE
The Magna Carta was Written
When the Magna Carta was written it gave a lot of people freedom and gave them better rights. Lots of people were benefited and they lived better lives. -
1096 BCE
The First Crusade
The first crusade was a mission to get back the Holy land and Jerusalem from the Muslims and take control again. It was a very important military mission. -
843 BCE
The Treaty of Verdun
The treaty of Verdun was when a very important treaty got signed that split up the Carolingian Empire into three different parts. The rulers of the empires were Charlemagne’s grandsons. -
800 BCE
Charlemagne Becomes an Emperor
The coronation of Charlemagne was a very important day for the Roman Empire. The coronation was held on Christmas day and it is sometimes known as the Christmas day coronation. -
732 BCE
The Battle of Tours
The battle of Tours was a battle between the Frankish and the Muslim. It was fought near the French city of Tours. -
622 BCE
The Formation of Islam
The Formation of Islam was how Islam was created. There were a lot of things that contributed to the formation but one of the most important was the establishment of the community. -
476 BCE
The fall of the Western Roman Empire
The fall of the Western Roman Empire was how the Roman Empire slowly ended. The German Barbarians took over the Region and the Empire was ended. There were many reasons for the fall and the main one was political fighting.