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Western Timeline

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  • Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1527

    Middle Ages

  • Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1000

    Early Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 732

    Charles Martel Halts a Muslim advance into France

  • Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 1300

    High Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 1054

    Great Schism

  • Jan 1, 1066

    William the Conqueror invades England

  • Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1099

    First Crusade

  • Period: Jan 1, 1140 to Jan 1, 1270

    Rise of European Universities

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1527

    Late Middle Ages

  • Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1360

    Hundred Years' war between France and England

  • Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Jan 1, 1350

    Black Death at its height

  • Period: Jan 1, 1375 to Jan 1, 1527

    Renaissance in Italy

  • Period: Jan 1, 1449 to Jan 1, 1492

    Lorenzo de Medici comes to power in Florence

  • Jan 1, 1450

    J. Gutenberg invents printing press

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

  • Jan 1, 1487

    Pico publishes "Oration"

  • Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1547

    Henry VIII becomes King

    This event is important because he played a critical role in the Reformation
  • Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1547

    Henry VIII becomes King of England

    We picked this event because Henry turned his country into a Protestant Nation and played a critical role in the English Reformation
  • Jan 1, 1501

    Michelangelo begins 'The David'

    This event is important because it was one of the first sculptures done in marble
  • Jan 1, 1508

    Michelangelo starts the Sistine Chapel

    We chose this event because it plays an important role in Renaissance art.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the Church Door

    This event is important because it is the start of the Reformation
  • Period: Jan 1, 1525 to

    Reformation

  • Jan 1, 1532

    Machiavelli's 'The Prince' is published