Medieval Europe

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  • Period: Jan 1, 718 to Dec 31, 1492

    The Reconquista

    The Reconquista, is the period of the history of the Iberian Peninsula spanning approximately 770 years ago between the Islamic conquest of Hispana in 711 and the fall of the Islamic state in Iberian at Granada to the expanding Christian Kingdoms in 1492. The Reconquista ended just before the European discovery of the Americas.
  • Sep 28, 1066

    Norman Invasion

    Norman Invasion
    The Norman conquest of England was the 11th century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled as William the conqueror, William's claim to the English throne derived from his familial relationship with the childless Anglo Saxon King Edward the Confessor, who may have encouraged William's hopes for the throne. Edward died in January 1066 and was succeeded by his brother in law Harold Godwinson.
  • Oct 14, 1066

    Battle Of Hastings

    Battle Of Hastings
    At the Battle Of Hastings in England, king Harold II England was defeated by the Norman forces of William the conqueror, which ended in decisive victory against Harold's men Harold was killed-shot in the eye with a arrow, according to legend and his forces were destroyed, the Battle Of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the {French} army of Duke William II of Normandy and an English army under the Anglo Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
  • Jun 12, 1215

    Signing Of The Magna Carta

    Signing Of The Magna Carta
    The Magna Carta was signed in June 1215 between the barons of Medieval England and King John. ''Magna Carta'' is latin and means ''Great Charter''. is a charter agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede near, Windsor, on 15 1215, First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and group of rebel barons.
  • Jan 5, 1353

    Start Of The Bubanic Plague {Black Death}

    Start Of The Bubanic Plague {Black Death}
    The Black Death was one of the most devastanting pandemics in human history, resulting in the death of a estimate 75 to 200 million in Eurasia and peaking in Europe in years 1346/1353. Although there were sevral competing theories as to the cause of The Black Death, analyses of DNA frm people in northern and southern Europe published was the Yersinia pestis bacterium, resulting in several forms of the Plague.
  • Period: Nov 1, 1478 to

    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. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control. It became the most substantive of the three different manifestation of the winder Christian Inquisition along with the Roma Inquisition and the Portuguese Inquisition.