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Period: 500 to Feb 19, 1500
history timeline
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Jun 18, 1066
The battle of stamford bridge
The Battle of Stamford Bridge was one of the most impressive victories any Saxon King ever won.
The armies , met at stamford bridge just outside york. It was a bloody battle and finally the saxons won. It was such a fierce battle that only twenty four of the three hundred ships, that came to England carry the 8,000 soldiers, returned to Norway. -
Oct 14, 1066
The battle of hastings
The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England. It took place at Senlac Hill, East Sussex. Harold Godwinson from the most powerful family in England, took the throne after Edward the Confessor died in January 1066. Some sources say that Edward had promised the throne to his cousin, William, the Duke of Normandy, but decided in his last few minutes to give it to Harold. Norman was unhappy about this and declared a war. This caused a stir. After the battle -
Jun 18, 1085
domesday book
the domesday book is also known as as the Doomsday Book, the Book of Winchester and the Great Survey. the domesday book was a survey or census createdby the Norman Conqueror King William I. It recorded every piece of property, people and al of the animals. -
Nov 27, 1095
The first crusade
The First Crusade (1096–1099) was a military expedition by Roman Catholic Europe to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquests of the Levant (632–661).It was launched on 27 November 1095 . During the crusade, knights and peasants from many nations of Western Europe travelled over land and by sea, first to Constantinople and then to Jerusalem, as crusaders; the peasants greatly outnumbered the knights. Peasants and knights were split into different armies. The peasants didn’t make it to -
Jun 14, 1099
the first crusade
The first crusade was an attemt to re- capture Jerusalem. After the muslims captured Jurusalem in 1076 Muslim soldiers made life veryhard for Christians and if you were a Christian it was very hard to get into Jerusalem. A Christian called Alexius I of Constantinople feared that his country would be overtaken by muslims too as his country was close to Jerusalem. In 1095 the Pope ( Urban II) he called a war against Muslims so that Jerusalem was regained for the Christian faith. -
Jun 19, 1100
The Aztecs
The aztecs were from a poor group in the twelfth century. The aztecs became the stongest power of the Americas during the fifteenth century and the sixteenth century. The aztecs built a city called Tenochtitlan, as their empire got stronger the cities population grew and the city got bigger. Captured craftsmen were used to build the buildings in the city and human sacrifices were a common occurance. -
Jun 19, 1206
Mongol adaptation
The Mongols adapted to the semi- steppe environment successfully. The mongols developed a migratory lifestlye which included them to wandering plains and herding their animals. there was a significant difference between the Mongol lifestyle and the Asian and European lifestyles. -
Jun 19, 1209
The empire expands
Genghis Khan began a policy ofexpansion in 1209 just three years after becoming Mongol leader. The attacks on neighbouring groups were usually related to trade as the nomadic mongols desperately depended on trading for essential items. Any disruption to the trade system was crucial. When the tanguts and the Jin dynasty reduced the level of trade Genghis Khan attacked these dynasties and regained access to muchneeded trade items -
Jun 18, 1346
the black death
the black death first appeared in central Asia in 1346. The outbreak killed many people and left those alive fearful of what was going to happen next and if they were going to die from the terrible disease. There was three symptoms of the black death which included bubonic plague ( white lumps as big as apples on areas of the skin that have glands) septicaemic ( this made patches of blackappear on the skin) and pneumonic plague ( Affected the respiratory syatem). The disease spread very quickly. -
Jun 18, 1347
the black death reaches europe
the black death reached europe in1347. The black death killed one third of the population of europe, this affected people drastically as many towns got wiped out completely and the survivors would have to put their loved ones in mass graves. Their was many magical and religious remedies for the disease, but none of them worked. Some people whipped themselves to try and stop the disease and they would walk down the streets so people could watch. -
Jun 18, 1348
Peasants revolt
The peasants who survived the black death thought thatthey were special an dgod had saved them. After the Black death lords encouraged peasants to leave the village where they lived to come to work for them. When peasants did this, the lord did not let themback to their original village. To stop peasants roaming around the countryside looking for better pay, the government introduceda set of rules. These rules started the peasants revolt. -
Jun 12, 1575
arquebus
Oda nobunga demonstrated the destructive capacity of the arquebus when he destroyed the Takeda clan at the battle of nagashino. -
battle of sekigahara
The tozama daimyo (descendants of the daimyo) fought against Tokugawa Ieyasu at the battle of Sekigahara which played a crucial rule in the overthrow of the bakufu. -
christian converts
The Tokugawa shoguns thought that the converts were a threat to their authorities, so the Tokugawa bakufu made laws restricting japan but not the dutch as they were trading with japan. -
the great plague of london
The great plague of london was the worst outbreak of disease since in london since the Black Death. London lost about 15 percent of their population, while the city lost 68,596 people the whole number was probably near 100, 000. Rats carried the fleas and that spread the disease, another cause would be the filthy streets filled with rubbish and waste especially in the poorer areas. -
Lord Mayors rules
Lord Mayor of London made a series of rules that make people clean the rubbish and refuge from the streets as they were filthy and spreading diseases such as the Black death. The rules came into effect in 1665 and they spanned throughout London. The rules had a very small effect on people. But an attempt was made to make the streets tidy and clean. -
osaka peasant rebellion
peasant hungrier and more depressed as drought and crop shortages led to many famines this led to the osaka peasant rebellion of 1837. -
matthew perry arrives at edo bay
the laws that were made in 1639 remained until 1853 when American commodore Matthew Perry arrived at edo bay. This event helped the eventual downfall of the Tokugawa bakufu. -
Charlemagne
Charlemagne was one of Europe’s most successful Monarchs.The oldest son of Pepin the short and Bertrada of Laon .Charlemagne became king in 768 after the death of his father. He was co-ruler with his brother Carloman I. Carloman died in 771 and left Charlemagne as the ruler of the Frankish Kingdom. He expanded his kingdom into an ampire. Charlemagne died in 814 after having ruled as Emperor for just over thirteen years. -
Khmer empire
King Jayavarman II becomes the founder of the Khmer empire. He used the old empire of Chenla to expand and form the khmer empire.
