top 10 events of the medieval times

  • 2

    discovery of the new world

  • 476

    the fall of the western roman empire

    the fall of the western roman empire
    the end of ancient rome and the beginning of the middle ages in europe
  • Period: 793 to 1066

    viking age

    the vikings explored, traded, and settled across europe
  • 800

    charlemagne is crowned as emperor

    charlemagne is crowned as emperor
    he was crowned by pope leo the third
  • 1054

    the great schism

    the great schism
    the split between roman catholic church and the eastern orthodox church
  • Period: 1096 to 1099

    first crusade

    initiated by pope urban the second and it aimed to reclaim jerusalem from muslim rule
  • 1215

    signing of the magna carta

    signing of the magna carta
    we learnt this before, u should know
  • Period: 1347 to 1453

    black death

    killed 1/3 of medieval europe
  • 1453

    fall of constantinople

    capture of the byzantine capital by the ottoman turks, marking the end of the byzantine empire.