middle ages

By monica2016
  • Sep 24, 1066

    William the Conqueror invades England

    William the Conqueror invades England
    Claiming his right to the English throne, William, duke of Normandy, invades England at Pevensey on Britain’s southeast coast
  • Sep 24, 1150

    Paper is first mass-produced in Spain

    Paper is first mass-produced in Spain
    paper making spread slowly to the west via the Silk Road. Papermaking and manufacturing in Europe was started by Muslims living on the Iberian Peninsula.
  • Sep 24, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.[a] First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons,
  • Sep 25, 1270

    The end of the crusades

    The end of the crusades
    in 1244 A.D. the Holy City became again a possession of the Moslems. They have never since relinquished it
  • Sep 25, 1348

    The Plague

    The Plague
    The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53.
  • Sep 24, 1378

    First appearance of Robin Hood in literature

    First appearance of Robin Hood in literature
    Robin Hood became a popular folk figure in the late-medieval period
  • Sep 24, 1387

    Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales

    Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales
    The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories in a frame story, between 1387 and 1400. It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury.
  • Sep 25, 1455

    War of the Roses

    War of the Roses
    The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England.
  • Sep 24, 1485

    First printing of Le Morte d’Arthur

    First printing of Le Morte d’Arthur
    First published in 1485 by William Caxton,
  • Sep 25, 1485

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned

    king henry was responsible for the beginning of the Star Chamber, a closed court that answered to no one but the king. King henry was king from January 1457 – 21 April 1509 he was King of England, and ruled the Principality of Wales until 29 November 1489.