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475
Fall of Roman Empire
Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. -
800
Charles the Great (Charlemagne)
Charlemagne was one of the best emperors ever to rule. He loved his daughters, is fascinated with learning and would often invite people over for dinner no matter how poor they were. In the year 800 he got crowned emperor by the pope -
1095
The Crusades
The first crusade which is a series of holy wars fought by christian soldiers. -
1215
Magna Carta
A charter agreed to by King John of England and his rebellious barons, the document would come to be seen as the beginning of legal limits on the power of monarchs. -
1315
The Great Famine
A series of crop failures and bad weather that struck large parts of Europe. -
1337
The Hundred Years’ War
The Hundred Years’ War began in 1337 when the Kingdom of England waged war against the Kingdom of France. While there were many periods of peace and ceasefire between England and France during the period, however, this war was continued again and again in different conflicts till 1453. -
1347
The Black Death
One of the largest pandemics in human history, it crossed through Europe and Asia killing as many as 200 million people. -
1378
The Great Schism
The Church suffered the first jolt in 1054, when the Church was divided in Eastern and Western Christian Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church believed that the Western Roman Catholic Church was corrupt and exploitative. -
1453
Siege of Constantinople
Sultan Mehmed II conquers the capital of the Byzantine Empire, establishing the Ottomans as a major international power for the next several centuries. -
1492
Renaissance Begins
Renaissance means rebirth, they got that name because people thought they rediscovered the arts and philosophy in ancient Rome.