Medieval Europe

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  • Jan 1, 718

    Start Of The Bubonic Plague (Black Death)

    Start Of The Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
    From there it was most likely carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships. Spreading throughout the Mediterranean and Europe, the Black Death is estimated to have killed 30-60% of Europe's total population.
  • Sep 28, 1066

    Norman Invasion

    To understand who the Normans were, we have to go back a little to 911. In this year a large Viking chief called Rollo accepted the kind offer of a large area of Northern France from the then king of France, Charles the II as part of a piece treaty.
  • Oct 14, 1066

    Battle Of Hastings

    Battle Of Hastings
    On October 14, 1066, at the battle of hastings in England, King Harold II of England was defeated by the norman forces of William the conqueror. By the end of the blood, all day battle, Harold was dead and his forces were destroyed. He was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, as the battle changed the course of history and established the Normans as the ruler of England, which in turn brought about a significant cultural transformation.
  • Jun 12, 1215

    Signing Of The Magna Carta

    Magna Carta Libertatum commonly called Magna Carta is a charter agreed to by king john of England at Runnymede near Windsor.
  • Nov 1, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition

    Spanish Inquisition
    The tribunal of the holy office of the inquisition commonly known as the Spanish inquisition, was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.
  • Dec 31, 1492

    Reconquista

    Reconquista
    The Reconquista is the name given to a long series of wars and battles between the Christian Kingdoms and the Muslim Moors for control of the Iberian Peninsula. It lasted for a good portion of the Middle Ages from 718 to 1492