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Dec 19, 733
Charles Martel defeats the Moors at Tours
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Dec 25, 1066
William the Conqueror began his rule
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Dec 19, 1095
Pope Urban 2 calls for war
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Dec 19, 1096
First Crusade begins
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Dec 19, 1122
concordat of Worms
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Dec 19, 1145
Second Crusade begins
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Dec 19, 1170
Thomas Becket murdered
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May 26, 1176
Lombard League defeats Frederick
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Dec 19, 1187
Salah al-Din recaptures Jerusalem
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Dec 19, 1189
Third Crusade begins
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Dec 19, 1198
The year the cardinals began to elect a new pope
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Dec 19, 1212
Franciscan order founded
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Dec 19, 1212
Children's crusade
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Dec 19, 1215
Magna Carta signed
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Dec 19, 1216
Dominican order founded
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Jun 1, 1265
Dante Alighieri was born
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Dec 19, 1291
The last Crusade, when Muslims captured Acre
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Dec 19, 1324
Defender of the Peace written
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Dec 19, 1337
Hundred Years War begins
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Dec 19, 1343
Geoffery Chaucer born
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Dec 19, 1347
Black Death spreads into Europe
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Dec 19, 1415
Jan Hus burned
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May 19, 1431
Joan of Arc is burned
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Dec 19, 1453
Hundred Years War ends
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Dec 19, 1455
Wars of Roses begins
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Dec 19, 1492
jews leave spain
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Charlemagne is declared "Emperor of the Romans"
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Clovis becomes king
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First Capetian king rules
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Period: to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages