Medieval Times

  • Jan 1, 720

    Nihon Shoki - The Chronicles of Japan

    Nihon Shoki - The Chronicles of Japan
    The Chronicles of Japan is the second oldest book in Japanese history. The book is also called the Nihongi. Has proven to be an important tool for historians and archeologists as it includes the most complete extant historical record of ancient Japan.
  • Jan 1, 1160

    The tale of the Hieke

    The tale of the Hieke
    It is an epic account of the struggle between the Taria and Minamoto Clans for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War 1180-1185.Beimg reading of the Kanji for Taira.
  • May 9, 1185

    Minamoto Yoritomo

    Minamoto Yoritomo
    He was the founder and the first Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan. He ruled from 1192 until 1192. He was the third son of Minamoto no Yoshimoto heir of the minamoto (Seiwa Genji) clan, and his official wife, a daughter of Fujiwara no Suenori.
  • May 6, 1274

    The mongols try to Invade Japan

    The mongols try to Invade Japan
    Major military efforts undertaken by Kublai Khan to conquer the Japanese islands after the submission of Goryeo ( Korea ) to vassaldom. Despite their ultimate failure, the invasion attemps are of macrhistorical.
  • Jan 1, 1336

    Ashikaga Takauji

    Ashikaga Takauji
    Known as Muromachi Shogunate was a Dynasty originating from one of the plethora or Japanese Daimyo which governed Japan from 1338 to 1573, the year in which Oda Nobunaga deposed Ashikaga Yoshiaki from office and unifiedJapan.
  • May 27, 1346

    Black Death boat spotings

    Black Death boat spotings
    The disease came from giant ships. By the end of 1346 reports of plague had reached seaports of Europe. Also India was depopulated, Tartary, Mesopotamia, Syria, Armenia were covered with dead bodies
  • May 27, 1347

    Black Death Rat Flea Findings

    Black Death Rat Flea Findings
    The Oriental rat flea that came in on the rats. This species of a flea is the primary vector for the transmission of Yersinia Pestis the organism responsible for bubonic plague epidemics. Both male and female fleas feed on blood, and can transmit the infection
  • Jan 1, 1348

    Black Death

    Black Death
    The Black Death originated in China and travelled along Silk Road. The disgusting Flea feeds on mammals , it at first it goes on fleas then once it's dead it will go to any other mammal sometimes a Human.
  • Jan 1, 1348

    Where did the black death come from?

    Where did the black death come from?
    1.5 million People died in due to the Black Death which lasted from 1348 to 1350. The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It was estimated that Earth lost 450 million people to the Black Death.
  • May 27, 1350

    Black Death, Death toll

    Black Death, Death toll
    1.5 million People died in due to the Black Death which lasted from 1348 to 1350. The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It was estimated that Erath lost 450 million people to the Black Death.
  • Apr 1, 1502

    Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    The Mona Lisa or La Gioconda in Italian La Joconde in French is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.
  • Apr 3, 1504

    Michaelangelo finished sculpture on David

    Michaelangelo finished sculpture on David
    David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by the Italian artist Michelangelo. It is a 5.17-metre 17.0 ft marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, the statue was placed instead in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Sign
  • Jan 1, 1506

    Construction of St. Peter's basilica begins in Rome

    Construction of St. Peter's basilica begins in Rome
    Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michaelangel, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and remains one of the largest churches in the word.
  • Apr 3, 1508

    Michaelangelo begins painting the ceiling of the sistone chapel

    Michaelangelo begins painting the ceiling of the sistone chapel
    The sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michaelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art.
  • Apr 3, 1510

    Raphael paints the school of Anthens

    Raphael paints the school of Anthens
    The school of anthems, or scula di atene in Italian, is one of the most famous frescoes by the italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was pained between 1509 and 1510 as a part of Raphael's commisson to decerate with frescoes the rooms now known as the Stanze di Raffaelo, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
  • Lindisfarne monastery, England, attacked by Norwegians

    Lindisfarne monastery, England, attacked by Norwegians
    On either side of Northern Britain lie the holy islands of Iona and Lindisfarne. Both have been attracted by archaeologists, historians and pilgrims for centuries, and both were exposed to the marauding attacks of the Vikings at the close of the 8th Century.
  • First raids on Scotland and Ireland

    First raids on Scotland and Ireland
    Viking Age Scotland saw a major influx of Scandinavian settlers and conquerors in Scotland and the surrounding islands. Settlers from Norway came to the Shetlands, the Orkneys, the Hebridies, the Isle of Man, the Western Islands, and parts of the Scottish mainland, attracted because the land and climate were similar to that back home in Scandinavia, with the added attraction of their proximity to the profitable Viking centers in Ireland and England.
  • Norwegians settle Faroe Islands

    Norwegians settle Faroe Islands
    About 825 Crimur Kamban is said to the first Norse settler in the Faroe islands which is named funningur (The Find)
  • Dublin, Ireland founded by norwegains

    Dublin, Ireland founded by norwegains
    The Vikings invaded the territory around Dublin in the 9th century, establishing the Norse Kingdom of Dublin, the earliest and longest-lasting Norse kingdom in the British and Irish Isles, excepting the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles. This corresponded to most of present-day County Dublin. The Norse referred to the kingdom as Dyflin, which is derived from Irish Dubh Linn, meaning "black pool".
  • Greenland

    Greenland
    Erik the Red explores and names Greenland, after being outlawed for three years on account of manslaughter in Iceland.