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590
Christianity Adopted in most areas of Western Europe
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Period: 590 to Dec 25, 1000
Early Middle Ages
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Dec 24, 632
Death of the Prophet Muhammad, the beginnings of Arab expansionism of Islam
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Dec 24, 800
Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III on New Year's Day
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Dec 24, 850
Three field system of crop rotation has spread throughout Europe
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Dec 24, 1000
Castles become commonplace throughout Europe
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Period: Dec 24, 1000 to Dec 25, 1300
High Middle Ages
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Dec 24, 1066
William of Normandy defeats King Harold at Hastings
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Dec 24, 1095
First Crusade
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Dec 24, 1140
First Gothic buildings
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Dec 24, 1147
Second Crusade
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Dec 24, 1190
Third Crusade
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Dec 24, 1215
King John of England is forced to sign the Magna Carta
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Period: Dec 24, 1300 to Dec 25, 1500
Late Middle Ages
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Dec 24, 1348
Black Death arrived in Europe and population falls by nearly one third
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Dec 24, 1381
Peasant uprising in England
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Dec 24, 1431
Joan of Arc burnt at the stake in Rouen, France
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Dec 24, 1455
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