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476
Last Roman emporer forced to give up his rule.
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Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1491
Medieval Europe
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Sep 19, 715
Muslim conquest of Spain concluded
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Sep 19, 1066
William of Normandy invades England and is crowned King William I of England
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Sep 19, 1096
Start of the First Crusade, the first of eight wars fought between Christians and Muslims over the next 175 years.
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Sep 19, 1163
Building work starts on the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
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Sep 19, 1187
Under the leadership of Saladin, Muslim forces capture Jerusalem, providing a motive for the Third Crusade.
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Sep 19, 1271
Venetian Marco Polo begins a 25 year exploration of eastern countries (with time spent at the court of the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan.)
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Sep 19, 1337
Start of the One Hundred Years War between England and France.
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Sep 19, 1347
Pandemic known as the Black Death arrives in Sicily (the 'gateway' to Europe)
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Sep 19, 1381
The Peasant's Revolt in England; peasants revolt against strict ruloes imposed on wage rises and working conditions, following the acute labourr shortages caused by the Black Death.
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Sep 19, 1389
Medici family become prominent in the rule of Florence.
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Sep 19, 1400
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.
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Sep 19, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci born
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Sep 19, 1491
Henry VIII crowned King of England
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Charlemagne crowned by the Pope as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire