Middle Ages

William the Conqueror invades England

Sep 28, 1066

William built a large fleet and invaded England in September, decisively defeating and killing Harold at the battle of hastings

Paper first mass-produced in Spain

Sep 28, 1150

The first paper mil Europe was built by the Arabs in Xativa, Spain. Paper making then began to gradually spread across Christian Europe.

Magna Carta

Sep 28, 1215

Most famous document in the world issued by King John the England. It is a patricidal solution to the political crisis he faced in 1215.

End of the Cursades

Sep 28, 1270

The Cursades were predominally a series of religious wars undertaken by the Latin Church between the 11th and 12th century

The Plague

Sep 28, 1348

The black death was an epidemic of bubonic plague, a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pasties that circulate among wild rodents killing 75 to 200 million people among europe

First appearance of Robin Hood in literature

Sep 28, 1378

Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore who, according to legend, was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. The earliest surviving copies of the narrative ballads that tell his story date to the second half of 15th century or the first decade of the 16th century.

Chaucer writes the Canterbury Tales

Sep 28, 1378

a collection of stores in a frame story, between 1387 and 1400. It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury

War of the Roses

Sep 28, 1455

War of the Roses were series of was for control of the throne in England

First printing of le morte d'arthur

Sep 28, 1485

Le Morte d'Arthur was published in 1485 by William Caxton, and is today perhaps the best known work of Arthurian literature

First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned

Sep 28, 1485

Known before accession as Henry Tudor and he was the king of England after seizing the crown, first monarch