Middle ages

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  • Period: 400 to

    Medieval time period

    Medieval and Renaissance Time Period
  • 476

    Western empire

    The Fall of Western Roman Empire
  • 476

    Roman empire

    The fall of the Roman Empire. Rome had ruled much of Europe. Now much of the land would fall into confusion as local kings and rulers tried to grab power. This is the start of the Dark Ages or the Middle Ages.
  • 481

    Clovis king

    Clovis becomes King of the Franks. Clovis united most of the Frankish tribes that were part of Roman Province of Gaul.
  • Period: 500 to 1500

    Time line

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    Timeline. The Middle Ages, or Medieval Times, in Europe was a long period of history from 500 AD to 1500 AD. That's 1000 years! ... Great leaders such as Joan of Arc and Charlemagne were part of the Middle Ages as well as major events such as the Black Plague and the rise of Islam.
  • 525

    Middle ages

    Anno Domini calendar invented. .
  • 563

    Middle ages

    St Columbus founds Iona.
  • 570

    Muhammad

    • Muhammad, prophet of Islam is born.
  • 691

    Buddhism

    Buddhism becomes state religion of China. ...
  • 732

    Middle ages

    Charles the Hammer and the Battle of Tours
  • 732

    Battle of tours

    Battle of Tours. The Franks defeat the Muslims turning back Islam from Europe.
  • 800

    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne, King of the Franks, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne united much of Western Europe and is considered the father of both the French and the German Monarchies.
  • 835

    Vikings

    • Vikings from the Scandinavian lands (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) begin to invade northern Europe. They would continue until 1042.
  • 896

    Alfred

    Alfred the Great, King of England, turns back the Viking invaders.
  • 1066

    William of normandy

    William of Normandy, a French Duke, conquers England in the Battle of Hastings. He became King of England and changed the country forever.
  • 1096

    First crusade

    Start of the First Crusade. The Crusades were wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Muslims over the Holy Land. There would be several Crusades over the next 200 years.
  • Period: 1100 to 1453

    Middle ages

    the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from 1100 to 1453.
  • 1189

    Richard

    • Richard I, Richard the Lionheart, becomes King of England.
  • 1206

    Mongols empire

    The Mongol Empire is founded by Genghis Khan.
  • 1215

    King john

    King John of England signs the Magna Carta. This document gave the people some rights and said the king was not above the law.
  • 1271

    Marco polo

    Marco Polo leaves on his famous journey to explore Asia.
  • 1300

    black death

    The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. ... People gathered on the docks were met with a horrifying surprise: Most sailors aboard the ships were dead, and those still alive were gravely ill and covered in black boils that oozed blood and pus.
  • Period: 1400 to 1500

    time period

    The period of European history extending from about 500 to 1400–1500 ce is traditionally known as the Middle Ages. The term was first used by 15th-century scholars to designate the period between their own time and the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
  • Period: to

    Early Modern

    Early Modern Time Period.