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Rome and the Gallic Celts met and fought along the bank of the River Allia.
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The assassination of Julius Caesar took place on the March 15th 44 BC otherwise referred to as the Ides of March. This act was led by two senators by the name of Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus, who stabbed Julius Caesar to his death.
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Augustus Caesar becomes first emperor of Rome in 27 BC.
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Rome was at its peak at 117 AD encompassing over 5 million square kilometers.
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Diocletian was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305, he became emperor after the death of his son Numerian and the death of the emperor Carus.
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Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus was the Roman emperor from 206 to 337. During his rule, Christianity became the dominant religion with most of Rome being Christian which made the Church very powerful.
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Constantine the Great founded Constantinople in 330 AD which people think led to the Byzantine empire.
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Christianity started becoming the dominant religion of Rome during the reign of Constantine the Great.
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The End of the Western Roman Empire happened when Rome's last western emperor Romulus, was overthrown by the Odoacer
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Justinian's reign marked the start of the Byzantine Empire and the fall of the Roman Empire.
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North Africa, sometimes referred to as the Maghreb was conquered by Muslims continuing to let them take more territory.
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The Battle was between the Frankish Kingdoms and Muslims coming from Spain. It is called The Battle of Tours or Poitiers because it was fought in the west central section of France.
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Charles the Great was king of the Franks, ruling a big section of Western Europe. Countries such as modern day France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium and Western Germany.
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The Vikings coming from Scandinavia raided big parts of Europe
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Prince Rostistlav ordered St. Cyril and Methodius on a missionary
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The Great Schism happened when the Catholic and Orthodox Church broke fellowship with each other.
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The Cruscades were religious wars fought between 1096 and 1291 between the Muslims and Christians.
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The Great Charter of Liberies was a document that put King John and the Pope all within the law.
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The Mongols took over most of Central Asia and were led by Khans that ordered them.
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A dome was built by Brunelleschi for a Cathedral in Florence (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore). At that time, this dome was marked the biggest dome in the world.
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Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet writes his poem about visiting hell and heaven.
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The 100 Year war was a series of wars that were fought between England and France caused by the death of Charles IV. Without an heir, the English wanted to make their son the next king of France.
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This was an outbreak of a viral disease causing the death of 75-200 million people. It widespread over Europe and Eurasia.
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Johannes Gutenberg invented a revolutionary machine changing the way information is spread. The printing press allowed books to become more affordable and easier to create.
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Jan Hus a theologian was burned at the stake for disagreeing with the Orthodox Church.
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The Ottomans took over and attacked Constantinople which led to the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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The "House of Medici" was a very famous family back then being an "Italian banking family and political dynasty according to "History". Lorenzo had the advantage of being born into this family, he supported and was a patron of artists. They were a very rich family that believed in art and did everything to support artists.
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The construction of the magnificent, surreal Sistine Chapel started in 1473. The ceilings painted by Michelangelo who spent days on his back looking up to paint the ceilings.
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Sandro Botticelli painted the Birth of Venus now kept in Uffizi gallery in Florence.
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This started after the 95 Theses were nailed and the church started losing followers, and in order to try and regain their power started the count reformation.
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Leonardo da Vinci, a famous and widely known artist painted the Mona Lisa. He painted the legendary Mona Lisa along with The Last Supper, etc.
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Henry the eighth ruled from 1509 to his death and married 6 women during his reign.
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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam described as the greatest scholar of the Renaissance published "In Praise of Folly".
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Martin Luther King nailed 95 arguments against the Church on the Church door. He got excommunicated but was not executed due to his relations with powerful leaders.
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Elizabeth the 1st becomes the queen of England
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The Lord Chamberlain's Men, Shakespeare's playing company built the Globe theatre a theatre known worldwide. Many plays such as Hamlet and Macbeth were performed and written here before it burned down in 1613.
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This war was at first fought for religion but towards the end became a competition for who would rule Europe
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A peace treaty signed in order to put an end to all the series of wars.
