Middle Ages

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  • Sep 25, 1066

    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. His subsequent defeat of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings marked the beginning of a new era in British history.
  • Sep 23, 1150

    Paper is first mass-produced in Spain

    Both Spain and Italy claim to be the first to manufacture paper in Europe. Muslim conquest of Spain brought paper making to Europe.
  • Sep 25, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or “Great Charter.” The document, essentially a peace treaty between John and his barons, guaranteed that the king would respect feudal rights and privileges, uphold the freedom of the church, and maintain the nation’s laws.
  • Sep 25, 1270

    End of the Crusades

    The Medieval Times website provides interesting facts, history and information about these great people and important historical events which scatter the Medieval History books including Crusades Timeline . The Medieval Times Sitemap provides full details of all of the information and facts about the fascinating subject of the lives of the people who lived during the historical period of the Middle Ages.
  • Sep 25, 1348

    The Plague

    In Medieval England, the Black Death was to kill 1.5 million people out of an estimated total of 4 million people between 1348 and 1350. No medical knowledge existed in Medieval England to cope with the disease
  • Sep 23, 1378

    First appearance of Robin Hood in literature

    The first mention of a quasi-historical Robin Hood is given in Andrew of Wyntoun's Orygynale Chronicle, written in about 1420.
  • Sep 23, 1387

    Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales

    The Canterbury Tales is the most famous and critically acclaimed work of Geoffrey Chaucer, a late-fourteenth-century English poet. Little is known about Chaucer’s personal life, and even less about his education, but a number of existing records document his professional life.
  • Sep 25, 1485

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned

    Henry VII (Welsh: Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England, ruled the Principality of Wales and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
  • Sep 25, 1485

    First printing of Le Morte d'Arthur

    This sole surviving manuscript copy of Thomas Malory’s version of the legends of King Arthur and his knights was made within a decade of the author’s death in 1471.