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527
Justian1 becomes the Byzantine Emperor
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550
Chararic, king ofthe suevi converts to catholiism
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572
Byzantine emperor justin11 breaks peace with persia and invades nisibi.
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Jan 29, 600
smallpox arrives in europe for the first time
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Jan 29, 614
the persian empire sacks jerusalem
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Feb 5, 615
The edict of paris grants extensive rights to the frankish nobility
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Feb 5, 777
charlemagne defeats the saxons; their leader widukind flees to denmark
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Feb 12, 1010
Beowulf is written anonymously
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Feb 12, 1031
The moorish caliphate of cordoba collapses
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Feb 12, 1033
Panic spreads throughout europe at the end of the universe may be near
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Feb 14, 1037
george maniaces begins a campaign against the arabs in sicily
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Feb 14, 1046
the first contact occurs between the byzantine empire and the seljuks
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Feb 14, 1048
last viking raid on the kingdom of england
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Feb 14, 1055
the seljuk turks capture baghdad
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Feb 14, 1134
the saint denis basilica, near paris, is damaged by fire
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Feb 14, 1137
louis Vll is crowned king of france
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Feb 14, 1155
frederick l barbarossa is crowned holy roman empire
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Feb 14, 1183
saladin conquers syria and becomes sultan
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Feb 14, 1189
richard lion heart is crowned king of england
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Feb 14, 1191
saladin's garrison surrenders, ending the two year siege of acre
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Feb 14, 1214
philip ll of france defeats john of england
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Feb 14, 1216
prince louis of france invades england
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Feb 14, 1219
damietta, egypt falls to the crusaders after a siege
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Feb 14, 1220
the mongols invade the abbasid caliphate
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Feb 14, 1233
the inquisition is established
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Feb 14, 1261
bela lV of hungary repels a tatar
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Feb 14, 1303
edward l of england reconquers scotland
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Feb 14, 1312
pope clement V forcibly disbands the knights templar
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Feb 14, 1327
edward ll is deposed by his wife
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Feb 14, 1337
the hundred years begins between france and england
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Feb 14, 1340
king edward lll of england is declared king of france
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Feb 14, 1346
a severe black death epidemic begins in the crimea
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Feb 14, 1351
the turks cross the dardanelles into europe
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Feb 14, 1356
the prince of wales defeat the french in the hundred years' war
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Feb 14, 1362
the ottomans capture philippopolis and adrianopole
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Feb 14, 1369
the french recapture most of aquitaine
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Feb 14, 1382
the firs recorded association of valentine's day with romantic love
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Feb 14, 1394
the ottomans begin an eight year siege
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Feb 14, 1400
the medici family becomes powerful in florence
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Feb 14, 1403
jan hus begins preaching wycliffite ideas in bohemia
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Feb 14, 1412
the medici family are made official bankers of the papacy
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Feb 14, 1427
the first band of gypsies visits paris
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Feb 14, 1431
nineteen year old joan of arc is burned at stake
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Feb 14, 1440
the prussian confederation is formed
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-Clovis becomes the ruler of the salian franks at the age of 13 after the death of his father.
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Cerdic and cynric land somewhere on the south coast of great britain
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The Benedictine order is established at Monte Cassino
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Fire devastates constantinople, may-earthquake strikes constantinople
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cadwaladr launches the last weish offensive against the saxons in britain
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The ango saxon chronicle records he first appearance of vikings in england
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In the earliest recorded viking raid on ireland, they attack iona, inisbofin and inismurray
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December 25-Pope leo 111 crowns charlemagne emperor of the holy poman empire in saint peter's basilica in rome
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Egbert of wessex becomes the first king of england
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Egbert of wessex conquers mercia and is recognized as bretwalda
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First siege of constantinople by the RUS
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Rurik gains control of novgorod
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Louis 11 beats the saracen invaders in italy
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Nine battles are fought between the danes and wessex
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Oleg of novgorod takes kiev and makes it his capital
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The vikings besiege paris
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The moors lose madrid to the kingdom of leon
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Christianity is adopted in iceland
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King edmund 1 of england takes northumbria from the vikings
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Olga of kiev converts to the eastern orthodox church from paganism
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A byzantine army under nikephoros phokas captures and plunders aleppo