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476
Romulus Augustulus is killed
The start of the dark ages. -
Period: 476 to Dec 31, 1300
The Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 1066
Battle of hastings
Normans defeated the English. -
Jan 1, 1087
King William Rufus Invades Wales
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Jan 1, 1099
The First Crusade
They opened an era in which Western Europe came into direct contact with the great trade routes that united the civilizations of Eurasia For the first time since the fall of the Roman empire. -
Jan 1, 1147
The Second Crusade
The success of the Christians in the First Crusade had been largely due to the disunion among their enemies. But the Moslems learned in time the value of united action, and in 1144 A.D. succeeded in capturing Edessa, one of the principal Christian outposts in the East. The fall of the city of Edessa, followed by the loss of the entire county of Edessa, aroused western Europe to the danger which threatened the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and led to another crusading enterprise. -
Jan 1, 1190
The Third Crusade
The news of the taking of Jerusalem spread consternation throughout western Christendom. The cry for another crusade arose on all sides. Once more thousands of men sewed the cross in gold, or silk, or cloth upon their garments and set out for the Holy Land. When the three greatest rulers of Europe - King Philip Augustus of France, King Richard I of England, and the German emperor, Frederick Barbarossa assumed the cross, it seemed that nothing could prevent the restoration of Christian supremacy -
Jan 1, 1200
The Fourth Crusade
Utlimately gets rid of constantanople. -
Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta is Signed
The 1215 Charter required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties, and accept that his will was not arbitrary, for example by explicitly accepting that no "freeman" (in the sense of non-serf) could be punished except through the law of the land, a right which is still in existence today -
The End of the Dark Ages
