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476
Start of Medieval Europe
The Western Roman Empire fell, marking the start of Medieval Europe -
Period: 476 to 1500
Medieval Europe
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Jan 1, 600
Spread of Smallpox
Smallpox spreads from India to Europe. With little hygiene and sanitation, diseases like smallpox spread. -
Jan 1, 700
Conversion to Catholicism complete
Benedictine missionaries complete the conversion of England to catholicism after it was begun by St. Gregory the Great. -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Hastings, fought between King Harold II of England and Duke William of Normandy after King of England Edward the Confessor died without a successor.
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Jan 1, 1096
First Crusade
The first Crusade started as a widespread pilgrimage in France and Germany and it ended as a military expedition by Roman Catholic Europe to regain the Holy lands taken in the muslim conquests of the Levent
The Pope wanted to see the kingdom of Christendom unite under one banner to re-claim the Holy Lands. These expeditions lasted 200 years. He called all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land. -
Aug 5, 1100
King Henry I
Henry I is crowned King of England. -
Feb 1, 1145
Second Crusade
The Second Crusade is launched
1 Feb 1145 - 1 Jan 1148 -
Jan 1, 1347
Bubonic Plague in Europe
Black Death kills around a third of the population of Europe
1 Jan 1347 - 1 Jan 1351 -
Jan 1, 1381
Peasant revolt in England
Quickest-spread revolt in English history, and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages. -
Jan 1, 1417
Renaissance begins
The renaissance was a time of cultural change from the fourteenth century to the sixteenth century