Middle/Dark Ages Timeline Project

By CJ87
  • Vandals Sack Rome
    455

    Vandals Sack Rome

    The vandals sack and pillage Rome, sieging the capital city for 14 days and weakening the Roman empire.
  • Clovis Merovingian Dynasty (476-750)
    476

    Clovis Merovingian Dynasty (476-750)

    Dynasty that began with King Clovis I, who single handedly united all the Frankish tribes underneath him. He also changed the leadership from a group of royal chieftans, to one ruler that came from his dynasty.
  • Benedict of Nursia
    480

    Benedict of Nursia

    St. Benedict was a religious reformer who is known for establishing the Benedict Rule, changing people's way of life as Christians and monks.
  • Saint Bede
    672

    Saint Bede

    English Monk, historian, and scholar, who contributed to our knowledge of early humans through his writing, including information on the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon tribes.
  • Battle of Tours
    Oct 10, 732

    Battle of Tours

    Faught between Christian Europeans and the Spanish Moors. The loss of the Moors stopped Muslim advance in Western Europe.
  • Missi Dominici
    768

    Missi Dominici

    Officials that were sent by Frankish Kings and Queens to investigate the behavior of royal officials and report back were named the Missi Dominici.
  • Al-Khwarizmi
    780

    Al-Khwarizmi

    Al-Khwarizmi is the individual who introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and algebra to the European mathmaticians.
  • Massacre of Verden
    782

    Massacre of Verden

    Charlamagne orders the massacre of 4500 Saxons, which made the Saxons lose their leadership to be governed under the Franks and Charlamagne.
  • Vikings Attack Lindisfarne
    Jun 8, 793

    Vikings Attack Lindisfarne

    Vikings attack the monks on the "Holy Island", one of the first landing sites of the vikings.
  • Death of Charlamagne
    814

    Death of Charlamagne

    After his reign of more than 4 decades, Charlamagne dies, leaving king Louis to come after him.
  • Muhammed Al-Razi
    854

    Muhammed Al-Razi

    Muhammed Al-Razi was the first individual to describe smallpox and expose the difference between smallpox and measles.
  • King Alfred of England
    899

    King Alfred of England

    King alfred was the extraordinary King of England who defended his kingdom against the vikings, reformed the law and coinage, and implemented more defenses.
  • Battle of Hastings
    Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

    Fought between England, led by King Harold II, and the Norman forces, led by William the Conqueror. Established the Normans as the new rulers of England, which changed the culture of England.
  • Doomsday Book
    1085

    Doomsday Book

    This book was commissioned by an order from William the Conqueror, that assessed the wealth of his subjects. It was used to raise money for his army.
  • Ibn Zuhur
    1094

    Ibn Zuhur

    Considered the father of experimental surgery, first person to use animals to experiment surgery before acting on humans.
  • Genghis Khan
    1162

    Genghis Khan

    Genghis Khan is the man who unified the Mongolian Steppe under one dominant, large empire that captured territory in large parts of central Asia and China.
  • Magna Carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta is the document that established that everyone is beneath the law, including the king himself. It guaranteed the rights of individuals in England.
  • Sundiata Keita
    1217

    Sundiata Keita

    Sundiata Keita was the first ruler and founder of the Mali empire, who made it prosper for years to come.
  • Marco Polo (1254 - 1324)
    1254

    Marco Polo (1254 - 1324)

    Marco Polo was an explorer who traveled many places in the world, including the Silk Road to Asia, before many other European explorers.
  • Guy De Chauliac
    1300

    Guy De Chauliac

    Guy De Chauliac was a Middle Ages surgical writer who's work had been useful for the advancement of many surgical procedures.
  • Mansa Musa Journey for the Hajj
    1324

    Mansa Musa Journey for the Hajj

    Mansa Musa, emperor of the Mali empire went on a journey to Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage that spread the thoughts of Mali to portray power and wealth of the empire.
  • Geoffery Chaucer
    1342

    Geoffery Chaucer

    Geoffery Chaucer was an English poet and author who contributed to English literature through his work, including the Canterbury Tales.
  • Jani Beg Siege of Kaffa
    1346

    Jani Beg Siege of Kaffa

    Jani Beg orders an attack on the city of Kaffa, by sending infected troops of the plague to transmit the disease to the people living in the city as well as other parts of the world.
  • Christine De Pisan
    Sep 11, 1364

    Christine De Pisan

    Christine De Pisan was a medieval writer that advocated for the rights of women. She had some of the earliest writings of feminism at the time that set the trend for women's rights later on.
  • Joan of Arc
    1412

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc was a girl peasant who led the French Army to win against England in the Hundred Years War.