Medieval Europe

By phillipo
  • 476

    Fall of the Roman Empire

    The western part of Rome falls to Barbarian clans. Although the east part of Rome faded away not long after by being unstable.
  • 800

    Charlemange is crowned Emperor of Western Europe

  • 1042

    Edward the Confessor Becomes King of England

  • 1066

    The battle of Hastings

    The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
  • 1086

    The Domesday Book is compiled

    The Book had the lists of all the landowners of Medieval Norman England. Which was compiled in 1086 under orders of William the Conqueror
  • 1096

    The first Crusade begins

    The First Crusade was the first of a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The initial objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule.
  • 1099

    The crusaders capture the holy city of Jerusalem

  • 1215

    The Magna Carta is signed by King John of England

    The Magna Carta was a document guaranteeing English political liberaties. He signed it as he was under pressure by his rebellious barons
  • 1315

    The Great famine of europe

    The Great Famine of 1315–1317 was the first of a series of large-scale crises that struck Europe early in the 14th century. Most of Europe was affected. The famine caused many deaths over an extended number of years.
  • 1337

    100 years of war

    This war was between the French and the English. The war had a series of riots and events and these spanned over 100 years. During this a lot of weapons we use today were invented e.g cannon, longbow
  • 1347

    The Black Death

    The black death was a disease from Asia which when infected, your limbs rot and then they have to be chopped off, by doing that, the rot also spread to the lungs that caused most deaths.
  • 1450

    Johannes Gutenberg invents the first printing press

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the first type of typing in 1450. This helped people write quicker and neater. This also helped the writing of books.