Middle Ages

  • 500

    Fall of the Roman Empire

  • Period: 500 to 1500

    Middle Ages

  • 1054

    the churches split

    the church split into orthodox and Catholic
  • 1066

    Battle of Hastings

    the Normans fought the English
  • 1066

    King william was crowned king

    king William was crowned king on Christmas day by the pope
  • 1086

    Dooms day books were made

    the dooms day books were made by the nobles
  • 1095

    Muslims took control of Jerusalem

    this city was closed to Jewish and Christian pilgrims
  • 1153

    king Henry the second married Eleanor

    Eleanor was put under house erst by Henry
  • 1154

    Henry the second was crowned king

    He took the thrown after william the first
  • 1189

    Henry the seconds death

    he ruled England with an iron fist
  • 1199

    king John lost land

    King John was not that popular
  • 1200

    Cambridge university was made

    it was one of the first university's
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta limited the power of English kings
  • 1300

    End of black Black Death

    the Black Death killed one forth of Europe
  • 1400

    the compass was made

    it is a navigational tool
  • 1412

    Joan of Arcs Birth

    Joan of Arc fought in the French army
  • 1415

    Agincourt Battle

    The French fought a much smaller English army
  • 1450

    printing press

    Gootenberg invented the printing press in 1450