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The Dark Ages
The Dark Ages was from 500 to 1500 CE. They were a categorization commonly used to describe the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance and the Age of Exploration. -
Jan 1, 1086
Domesday Book
The Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror. The Domesday book was created because William needed to raise taxes to pay for his army and so a survey was set in motion to assess the wealth and and assets of his subjects throughout the land. -
Jan 1, 1154
Trial by Jury
Numerous amounts of people were trialed to prove their innocence. King Henry II decided to allow average community people to be a part of what was called the Royal Court. Citizens promised to be trusted and properly investigate and accuse only people for a legitimate reason. The group then reaches a verdict and decides whether or not the defendant is innocent or guilty. This was called trail by jury. -
Oct 13, 1200
Arrive at valley of mexico
The Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico. Aztecs settled at a place where they saw an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its mouth. They took this as a sign from their god that they should settle there. -
Jan 1, 1348
Black death
The Black Death stared in 1348 in China. It spreaded over India and infected Black Sea port of Kaffa by 1347. -
Jan 1, 1440
The Aztecs founded
Itzcoatl's successor Montezuma was the person who took power over the Aztec empire. He had come to rule over up to 500 small states, and some 5 to 6 million people, either by conquest or commerce -
Jun 30, 1520
The Aztec leader death
Montezuma II, also spelled Moctezuma (born 1466—died c. June 30, 1520, Tenochtitlán, famous for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. -
Jan 1, 1521
The Fall of the Aztecs
In 1521, spain over took the Aztecs for Mexico. After a long siege of the capital, Tenochtitlan, where much of the population died from hunger and smallpox. -
Oct 13, 1522
Spanish rebuild after defeating the Aztecs
The Spanish begin to rebuild the city of Tenochtitlán. It will be called Mexico City and will be the capital of New Spain. -
First courtroom built
The Old Bailey, also known the Central Criminal Court, was named after the street in which it was located, just off Newgate Street and next to Newgate Prison, in the western part of the City of London.
