Middle Ages Western World

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  • Dec 25, 800

    Charemange is crowned as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

    Charlemagne was crowned as Emperor by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800, but his dominions were divided between his heirs, with the eastern portions ultimately reunited under Otto I. After Pope John XII asked Otto for military assistance, Otto secured a papal coronation for what would become the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Feb 1, 835

    The vikings begin attacking Christian Settlements

    The Vikings came into contact with Christianity through their raids, and when they settled in lands with a Christian population, they adopted Christianity quite quickly. This was true in Normandy, Ireland, and throughout the British Isles.
  • Feb 11, 1066

    The Normans conquer England

    The Norman conquest of England was the 11th century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled as William the Conqueror.
  • Feb 1, 1209

    The mongol Empire reaches its peak

    The Mongol Empire (Mongolian: Mongolyn Ezent Güren About this sound listen (help·info); Mongolian Cyrillic: Монголын эзэнт гүрэн; also Орда ("Horde") in Russian chronicles) existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and was the largest contiguous land empire in history.[3] Originating in the steppes of Central Asia, the Mongol Empire eventually stretched from Eastern Europe to the Sea of Japan, extending northwards into Siberia, eastwards and southwards into the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, a
  • Feb 1, 1291

    The last crusade falls

    he Siege of Acre (also called the Fall of Acre) took place in 1291 and resulted in the loss of the Crusader-controlled city of Acre to the Muslims. It is considered one of the most important battles of the period.

  • The barbarian invasion of the Western Roman Empire

    The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness...... The story of its ruin (downfall) is simple and obvious; and instead of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long." -Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire