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476
FAll of the roman empire
The fall happened becasue the Roman empire was much too large. citezens refused to be soliders. barbarians attacked and eventually everything collapsed. startingt the lovely dark ages. -
Jan 1, 1054
The Great Schism
A split between the eastern and western catholic church. a dispute between the greek speaking, and the latin speaking churches. they will eventually form modern day roman caotholic and christian orthodox churches. -
Period: Jan 1, 1066 to Dec 31, 1484
Dark ages
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Oct 14, 1066
battle of hastings
Edward the 3rd did not have any children to heir is thrown so three people fought for the throne William the Conqueror, Harald Hardrada, and Harold Godwins. The battle was between the normans and the english in the end. Normans won. -
Jan 1, 1086
The Doomsday book
It was a survey of how much a man had and how much his land was worth in england. Commissioned by Willima the conqueror. It is called the doomsday book because like doomsday it got to everyone and everything. -
Jan 1, 1099
The first crusade
Jeruselum is re-taken from the muslims. Western christians try to take it back. Alot of bloodshed. Christians come out on top. The pope was urban the 2nd -
Period: Jan 1, 1147 to Jan 1, 1200
The 2nd 3rd & 4th crusade.
(Considering they all are closely related i just put them all in one) once again, and again,and again a holy war excpet in the fourth one constantinople got sacked and the pope excommunicated those crusaders. -
Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta
King John of england was forced to sign theis document to limit his power as king of england. This document is credited to be the base for the democratic government. It had 37english laws. and allowed for a powerful english parliment. -
Jan 1, 1328
Black death
The Black Death was a virus that was brought from mongolia on trade ships by rats. it moved quickly and killed almost have the population of europe. it was nasty. -
Oct 21, 1337
hundred years' war
england claimed the throne of french. the king of france wasnt having that. therfore a war that lasted over one hundred years over the throne of france. -
Jan 1, 1382
The Bible was translated to english
the christian bible was translated to english from hebrew. this meant that any english person that was literate could read the holy book himslef. -
Mar 22, 1455
The Wars of the Roses
A civil war caused by the rivalry between the house of york and the house of lancaster. Four total wars were fought due to the rivalry. it is called the wars of the roses because the symbol for both of the houses was a rose but one was white and one was red.
