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476
Western Roman Empire ends
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Jan 1, 602
Last Great Roman-Persian War
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Jan 1, 605
Grand Canal of China constructed
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Jan 1, 622
Founding of Islam
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Jan 1, 711
Moors start raiding Spain
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Jan 1, 1050
The Astrolabe first used in Europe
An Astrolabe is an old device used to predict positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars. They were also used to predict the local time. -
Jan 1, 1066
William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and becomes King of England
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Jan 1, 1077
The Construction of the Tower of London begins
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Oct 23, 1096
Crusades start
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Jan 1, 1100
Small towns start springing up over Europe
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Jan 1, 1162
The birth of Genghis Khan
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Jan 1, 1192
Minamoto Yorimoto becomes the first shogun of Japan
Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan. He ruled from 1192 until 1199 -
Jan 1, 1206
Genghis Khan was elected as Khagan of the Mongols and the Mongol Empire was established.
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Jun 15, 1215
King John of England signs the Magna Carta
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Aug 1, 1227
Genghis Khan dies
His kingdom is divided among his children and grandchildren: Empire of the Great Khan, Chagatai Khanate, Mongolian Homeland, and the Blue Horde and White Horde. (Which would later become the Golden Horde. -
Jan 1, 1275
First meeting held in England of a parliament
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Jan 1, 1291
Crusades end
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Jan 1, 1337
100 Years' War starts
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Jan 1, 1347
Black Death breaks out in Europe
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Jan 1, 1350
Italian Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1381
Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners
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Jan 1, 1429
Joan of Arc drives out the English from Orleans
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May 30, 1431
Execution of Joan of Arc
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Jan 1, 1453
100 Years' War ends
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Jan 1, 1485
Henry Tudor (Henry XII) is crowned King of England
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Jan 1, 1492
Reconquista ends.
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Jan 1, 1499
Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio
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Vikings start raiding Europe