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Period: 476 to
Timeline Activity
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Jan 1, 732
Charles Martel halts a Muslim advance into France
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Jan 1, 1098
William the Conqueror invades England (1096 - 1099) first crusade
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Jan 1, 1270
Rise of European Universities (1140 – 1270)
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Jan 1, 1345
Hundred Years’ War between France and England 1337-1453
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Jan 1, 1349
Black Death at its height (1347-1350)
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Jan 1, 1397
Great Schism (1378-1417)
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Jan 1, 1450
Printing press invented by J. Gutenberg
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Jan 1, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
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Jan 1, 1469
Lorenzo de Medici comes to power in Florence
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Jan 1, 1486
Pico publishes “Oration”
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Jan 1, 1492
*Columbus encounters America*
Christopher Columbus sails the Atlantic Ocean on the Santa Maria and discovers new land now known as America. -
Jan 1, 1517
*Luther posts 95 Theses*
Martin Luther nails 95 theses to the Bishop’s church tell the clergy how they should act, creating the path towards the Reformation. -
Jan 1, 1532
Machiavelli’s The Prince is published
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Jan 1, 1545
*Council of Trent opens*
A Roman Catholic Church council held to counter the Reformation, and against Martin Luther. -
*Defeat of Spanish Armada*
The English fleet fends off the spanish armada with faster and more equipped ships. Eventually leading the spanish armada to retreat into storming seas where the last ships get destroyed.
