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486
Clovis defeats the last Roman army in Western Europe.
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529
Benedict of Nursia founds the first Benedictine monastery
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732
Charles Martel defeats Muslim invaders in the battle of Tours
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792
Vikings make their earliest known raid on Ireland
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800
Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor in Rome
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1066
Normans conquer England
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1095
Pope Urban II calls for the first crusade on Jerusalem
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1119
Pope Gregory IX begins the Inquisition in France
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1170
English archbishop Thomas Becket is murdered in Canterbury
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1209
The Franciscan Order forms
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1215
King John signs the Magna Carta in England
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1492
Isabella and Ferdinand conquer Granada
