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Oct 14, 1066
The Battle of Hastings
Battle of Hastings
William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy defeated the last Anglo-Saxon king Harold II. William the Conqueror established the Norman Empire and to protect his empire, he rewarded all his Norman supporters who fought for him in the war with large piece of land of England. He divided all land of England in manors and established the feudal system and manoralism. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Enduring principles of loyaltyMagna Carta was written by a group of 13th-century barons to protect their rights and property against a tyrannical king. It is concerned with many practical matters and specific grievances relevant to the feudal system under which they lived. The interests of the common man were hardly apparent in the minds of the men who brokered the agreement. But there are two principles expressed in Magna Carta that resonate to this day: No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned, disseised, outlawed, banished -
Nov 9, 1291
End of the crusades
Acre, the last Christian city in the Near East, was lost to the Turks -
Period: Nov 3, 1315 to Nov 3, 1317
The Great Famine
Famine of the middle agesDue to Europe's growing population, enough food for everyone was only available with the best climate conditions. A drop in temperature during the early XIV century led to a real lack of food. Dozens of thousands died due to starvation and some of the elderly refused to eat as a way to allow the younger population to survive. -
Nov 9, 1328
Last heir of capetain dynasty dies
The last heir of capetain dynasty dies causing their to be a new family to step up making the Valois family incharge of the new dynasty -
Period: Nov 3, 1337 to Nov 3, 1453
100 years war
The 100 years war ostensibly began in 1337 in a dispute between the French and English kings over the county of Guyenne and whether it was sovereign or held by the English king in fief to the French king. The French king Philip VI confiscated Guyenne from the English whereupon Edward III of England declared that a state of war existed between England and France, thus began the longest war in European history.[ -
Nov 8, 1347
The Bubonic Plaque
The Bubonic plague was the spread of adisease that were spread by fleas that came from the boats of the Itallian merchants. -
Nov 9, 1356
War between English and French
The war occured right after the strike of the Black death in france -
Period: Nov 4, 1378 to Nov 5, 1418
The great Schism
The Church suffered the first jolt in 1054, when the Church was divided in Eastern and Western Christian Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church believed that the Western Roman Catholic Church was corrupt and exploitative. The Western Christendom suffered much bigger jolt during 1378 to 1417, when there were three contestants for the Papacy. This internal tussle for ultimate power of papacy significantly reduced the influence and power of the Church over common people.The Church suffered the first jolt in 1054, when the Church was divided in Eastern and Western Christian Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church believed that the Western Roman Catholic Church was corrupt and exploitative. The Western Christendom suffered much bigger jolt during 1378 to 1417, when there were three contestants for the Papacy. This internal argument for ultimate power of papacy significantly reduced the influence and power of the Church over common people. -
Period: Nov 5, 1461 to Nov 5, 1483
Reign of King Edward the forth
The reign of King Edward IV ( youngest son of Edward III) -
Charlemagne Dies
Died: January 28, 814
Charlemagne dies of old age -