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476
Roman empire falls
Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of Rome, was deposed in 476 AD when a Germanic warlord from an unknown tribe invaded Italy and took control of the peninsula. This act marked the end of the Western Roman Empire. Odoacer ruled as king of Italy between 476 and 493. -
Apr 27, 711
Muslim Spain: Cradle of a Flourishing Culture
Other than the linguistic changes that were introduced in Spain, Muslims brought innumerable cultural innovations. Alchemy, which is the origin of our chemistry, is just one of them. Other examples include algebra, the use of Arabic numerals, the concept of zero, the game of chess, and the Aristotelian philosophy. -
Oct 10, 732
Battle of Tours
This battle stopped the northward advance of Islam from the Iberian peninsula, and is considered by most historians to be of macrohistorical importance, in that it halted the Islamic conquests, and preserved Christianity as the controlling faith in Europe -
Period: 800 to 1050
Vikings Invade
Los vikingos que invadieron Europa occidental y oriental eran principalmente paganos procedentes de la misma zona que hoy en día Dinamarca, Noruega y Suecia. También se asentaron en las Islas Feroe, Irlanda, Islandia, la periferia de Escocia (Caithness, las Hébridas y las Islas del Norte), Groenlandia y Canadá. -
Period: 1095 to 1291
The First Crusade
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
La Carta Magna, constituye uno de los antecedentes más importantes del constitucionalismo, contiene principios básicos tanto de derecho público como de derecho privado. Es un documento que estableció, por escrito, límites al poder del rey. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
The 100 years War
The claim of Edward III of England (1327-1377) to the throne of France has traditionally been considered the origin of the war. However, this dynastic alibi or pretext, which sometimes did drive the conflict, was only one of its causes, and not the first -
Period: 1346 to 1353
Black Death
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th-century population. The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and is spread by fleas and through the air.