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476
the fall of rome
the fall of rome marks the beginning of the middle ages . in 476 AD emperor, Romulus Augustulus,is deposed by the barbarian general odoacer.This event marks the end of one period,and the beginning of another -
Dec 16, 600
islam
islam started to get bigger and an expandig empire.As you can imagine the christians were not amused about that they had competition -
Dec 16, 732
battle of tours
muslims crossed into france with a mission of expanding their empire and lost , the franks overtriumphed them. -
Dec 16, 1050
Turks invade byzantine
that was the time when the turks had invaded the byzantine empire .they migrated from central asia into the middle east .they converted to islam in the middle east . -
Dec 16, 1054
trouble between the king and the church
king henry IV was crowned as king of germany who also became an emperor of the roman empire.during that time gregory VII was the pope.gregory wanted to make the church independent and king henry was not alright with that and banned gregory.Because Gregory was a well admired pope in the very religious time period ,people were not alright with that. -
Dec 14, 1096
The crusades
The christians attacked the muslims and tried to reconquer jerusalem. -
Dec 16, 1215
magna carta
king john was forced by barons/lords to put his royal seal on it(approve it).they were tired of the king's high taxes and military campaigns.the magna carta is a paper that had a big influenze on the english government and laws which later on also was inspiring for the laws and government around the world. -
Dec 16, 1337
conflict between england and france
england and france got into a series of conflicts over the throne and the 100 year old war started -
Dec 14, 1340
The silk road
People from europe are trading goods like spices and herbs with the east -
Dec 14, 1350
The plague
The black plague broke out in europe.it came to europe through rats that were on the boats with the goods the europeans were trading with the east. Most people back then lost their lifes because of it. -
Dec 16, 1429
joan of arc
she was a peasant woman who believed to have been send by god .She ended up leading wars and winning (against england) until she was held captured by the english .they accused her of witchcraft and burnt her by the stake. -
Dec 14, 1492
Discoveries of columbus
Colubus discovered america and opened a new world for the people of europe.the Native americans living in america suffered because columbus and his people were taking their goods and trying to 'colonize them'. -
Jan 9, 1500
beginning of renaissance
The Renaissance period begins in Europe .It marks the end of the Middle Ages.The Renaissance was a term coined by Petrarch which means a rebirth of classical Greek and Roman ideals -
conversion to christianity
king clovis of the franks converts to christianity and unites kingdoms.He also brought many followers that converted to christianity. -
Promotion of educatio by charlemagne
People received some lessons and possibility in education which opened some doors.the education was rather poor ,jet they had a chance to learn something which is what counts.People had lessons in grammar ,logic and rethoric, religion(bible),geometry,arithmetic,astronomy and music -
clovis conquers
clovis , the king of the Fanks conquered the former roman province of gaul which became the kingdom of france -
charlemagne becomes king of franks
the son of charles martel became king of the franks. through building an empire in western europe he united the countries there. -
charlemagne the emperor of rome
pope leo the 3rd crowned charlemagne on christmas day as a sign of gratitude and makes him emperor of rome -
charlemagne dies
after charlemagne's death his son louis took over the throne -
otto the 1st of saxony
duke otto the 1st of saxony became king of germany and later on became an eperor in close relation with the church .Similar like charlmagne.
