Middle/Dark ages

VANDALS SACK ROME

455

This was the third of four ancient sacks of Rome that was led by the vandals who then went to war with the Western Roman Emperor.

BENEDICT OF NURSIA

547

The Benedict of Nursia is known as the “father of Western monasticism because he created a rule that countless Christians would follow.

BATTLE OF TOURS

Oct 10, 732

A christian beat a large army of Spanish moors stopping the Muslims advance into Western Europe.

SAINT BEDE

May 25, 735

He was an English Benedictine monk at the monastery of St. Peter.

CLOVIS MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY STARTS

750

Merovingian dynasty, Frankish dynasty (ad 476–750) traditionally reckoned as the “first race” of the kings of France.

Massacre of Verden

782

This event is important because the Frankish king Charlemagne ordered the death of 4,500 Saxons

VIKINGS ATTACK LINIDISFARNE

793

A viking raid on Lindisfarne caused much confusion because they attacked the heart of the kingdom out of nowhere.

MISSI DOMINICI

814

He was an official commissioned by the Frankish king to supervise the administration

CHARLEMAGNE DIES

Jan 28, 814

Before Charlemagne dies he crowned his son and after that Charlemagne then dies ending his reign of more than 4 decades.

AL-KHWARIZMI

850

AL-KHWARIZMI was a Persian polymath who created a large amount of influential works in mathematics.

KING ALFRED OF ENGLAND

Oct 26, 899

King Alfred was the great kind of the west Saxons that was the only king of England to ever be given a name like that

MUHAMMED AL-RAZI

Oct 15, 925

He was a musician but the studied medicine and then became one of the greatest physicians of the medieval period.

Battle of Hastings

Oct 14, 1066

The battle of Hastings was important because it was an all out battle the lasted a whole day and decided who was given power and the Normans had took over which meant big changes

DOMESDAY BOOK

1085

The book was made so that William The Conqueror could do a survey on his people to assess their wealth and assets.

IBN ZUHUR

1162

Ibn Zuhur was a Muslim physician that did surgery

MAGNA CARTA

Jun 15, 1215

The Magna Carta is a list of the royal rights processed by King John of England.

GENGHIS KHAN

Aug 18, 1227

Genghis Khan was the founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire which then led to the largest contiguous empire in history after he had died.

Sundiata Keita

1255

Sundiata Keita was a prince and founder of the Mali Empire he also laid the foundation or a powerful and wealthy African empire.

MARCO POLO

1271

Marco Polo wrote the book called the Travels of Marco Polo, which describes his voyage to and experiences in Asia.

MANSA MUSA JOURNEY FOR THE HAJJ

1337

Mansa Musa starts his pilgrimage to mecca to satisfy the five pillars of Islam

JANI BEG SIEGE OF KAFFA/CAFFA

1343

Jani Beg commanded a large Crimean Tatar force that had attacked the Crimean port city of Kaffa.

CHRISTINE DE PISAN

Sep 11, 1364

She was a poet and author at the court of King Charles VI and after her husband died she served as a court writer in medieval France

GUY DE CHAULIAC

1368

Guy De Chauliac was a French physician and surgeon who wrote a influential book on surgery

Geoffrey Chaucer

Oct 25, 1400

He is considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages because of the Canterbury Tales.

JOAN OF ARC

May 30, 1431

She was a maiden that was praised because of her role in the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years War and was declared as a catholic saint.