Middle Ages

  • Period: 400 to Dec 31, 1500

    The Middle Ages

  • 410

    Romans go home

  • 500

    catholic church is now in charge

  • Jan 1, 700

    Feudilism

  • Jan 1, 1066

    Norman knights invade

  • Jan 1, 1086

    William the Conqueror orders Domesday book to be made

  • Jan 1, 1099

    Crusades begins

  • Jan 1, 1200

    Feudilism weakens

  • Jan 1, 1291

    Crusades ended

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Renaisance begins

  • Jan 1, 1303

    Little Ice Age begins

  • Jan 1, 1315

    Floods ruin crops. Wide spread hunger.

  • Jan 1, 1349

    Black death kills millions

  • Jan 1, 1459

    War of the Roses

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus discovers America, End of the Middle ages

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Catholic Church loses power

  • Charlemange

  • First Viking attack

  • Vikings stay in Britain for the first time during winter.