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Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1527
Middle Ages
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Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1000
Early Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 732
Charles Martel Halts a Muslim advance into France
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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 1300
High Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 1054
Great Schism
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Jan 1, 1066
William the Conqueror invades England
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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1099
First Crusade
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Period: Jan 1, 1140 to Jan 1, 1270
Rise of European Universities
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1527
Late Middle Ages
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Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1360
Hundred Years' war between France and England
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Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Jan 1, 1350
Black Death at its height
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Period: Jan 1, 1375 to Jan 1, 1527
Renaissance in Italy
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Period: Jan 1, 1449 to Jan 1, 1492
Lorenzo de Medici comes to power in Florence
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Jan 1, 1450
J. Gutenberg invents printing press
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Jan 1, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
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Jan 1, 1487
Pico publishes "Oration"
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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
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Jan 1, 1501
Michelangelo begins 'The David'
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Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo starts the Sistine Chapel
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the Church Door
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Period: Jan 1, 1525 to
Reformation
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Jan 1, 1532
Machiavelli's 'The Prince' is published