The Dark Ages

Odoacer deposes Romulus Augustus.

476

Marked the end of the period during which Western Roman Emperors exercised sovereignty.

Justinian I

527

Justinian the Great was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. He sought to retake the lost of western half of the classical civiliaztion.

Birth Of Muhammad

570

Muhammad was born in Mecca. He was the founder of Islam. Muslims consider him as the messager of God and the last prophet.

Death of Columbanus

Nov 23, 615

Columbanus was an Irish missionary well known for founding a number of monasteries on the European continent. He spread the Franks a Celtic monastic rule.

First Crusade

Nov 27, 1096

First Crusade was a military crowd by Western Christianity to save the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim win of the Levant, eventually resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem.

Genghis Khan Death

Aug 1, 1227

Temujin was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire. It became the largest next empire in history after his death. He came to power by uniting many of the migrant tribes of northeast Asia.

Battle of Tolbiac

Mar 2, 2022

The Battle of Tolbiac was fought between the Franks under Clovis I and the Alamanni.

First Viking raids

Mar 2, 2022

Viking is used to refer to the explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who explored and settled in areas of Europe and Asia.

Treaty of Verdun

Mar 2, 2022

Treaty of Verdun was a treaty between the three sons of Louis the Pious, the son and successor of Charlemagne, which seperated the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms. It ended the three year Carolingian Civil War.

Song Dynasty in China

Mar 2, 2022

Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279. Tt succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period.It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy. This dynasty was aslo the first to use gun powder as well as the first compass.