Middle Ages

By Jorge Oropeza
  • 476

    Roman Empire Falls

    Roman Empire Falls
    The fall of Rome was completed in 476, when the German chieftain Odoacer deposed the last Roman emperor of the West, Romulus Augustulus. The East, always richer and stronger, continued as the Byzantine Empire through the European Middle Ages.
  • Period: 476 to 1492

    Medieval Period and Dark Ages

    The Medieval Period, known also as the Middle Ages or Dark Ages lasted from the 5th to the late 15th century.
  • 753

    Christianity

    Christianity
    The Christian religion emerged around the person of Jesus of Nazareth, born in Palestine in the year 753 of the founding of Rome, and the beginning of the Christian era, during the government of Augustus.
  • Period: 1095 to 1291

    Crusades

    They were military expeditions that aimed to take Jerusalem and recover for Christianity the sacred places that had fallen into the hands of the Turks. They were called that because of the cross that the warriors wore embroidered on their chests.
  • 1215

    The Magna Carta

    The Magna Carta
    constitutes one of the most important antecedents of constitutionalism, containing basic principles of both public law and private law. It is a document that discovered, in writing, limits to the king's power.
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    100 years war

    The Hundred Years' War (French: Guerre de Cent Ans; 1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England.
  • Period: 1347 to 1351

    Black Death

    The Black Death, also known as the Pestilence or Great Mortality, was the most fatal pandemic in recorded human history, resulting in the deaths of up to 200 million people, from Eurasia to North Africa, and reaching its peak in Europe.
  • 1440

    Printing

    Printing
    The invention of the printing press is attributed to the German, Johannes Gutenberg in the year 1440. Gutenberg is considered "the father of the printing press, after years trying to dispute the title between the French, Italians, Dutch and Germans.