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800 BCE
Charlemagne, the Emperor of Romans
Charlemagne gave money and land to the Christian church and protected the popes. Charlemagne was crowned as emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III on December 25, 800, at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Charlemagne was crowned to acknowledge his power and reinforce his relationship with the Church -
476
The Fall of Western Roman Empire
The fall of the Western Roman Empire was in 476 and it happened when the central Roman state collapsed due to the migrants forcibly stripping off the tax base that was used to fund its armies then other Roman societies started to collapse. After the Western Roman Empire fell its territory was divided. -
1095
The First Crusade is decreed
On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II made a speech that gave rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against the Muslims to reclaim the Holy Land. -
1215
Magna Carta is signed
In 1215, after years of unsuccessful foreign policies, England’s King was facing down a possible rebellion by England's powerful barons. After he agreed to a charter of liberties known as the Magna Carta that would place him and all of England’s future sovereigns within a rule of law. -
Period: 1315 to 1317
The Great Famine
The Great Famine lasted from 1315 till 1317, this event happened because of bad weather. The bad weather affected crops and caused a shortage of food. This shortage of food led people to starve, get diseases and some died. -
Period: 1348 to 1350
The Black Death
The Black Plague was an illness that was spread by a bacillus called Yersina pestis and it killed more than 20 million people in Europe. It started spreading throughout Europe when 12 boats came back to Messina from the Black Sea. Then the illness spread to Marseilles in France, Tunis in North Africa, Rome, Florence and eventually to Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon and London. The illness didn't only kill people it also killed cows, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens. -
Period: 1378 to 1417
The Great Schism
The Great Schism happened between 1378 and 1417 when there were three rival popes. This started when Bari was elected pope as Urban VI and he was really hostile to the cardinals. Then a group of cardinals elected Robert of Geneva, as Clement VII and they claimed that electing Urban VI had been invalid because it was made under fear. Later in 1409, a third pope, Alexander V, was elected. Eventually, Martin V was elected in 1417 and the schism ended.
