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Jan 1, 742
Charlemagne
- King of the Franks from 768
- Emperor of the romans from 800 to his death in 814
- Expanded the Frankish Kingdom into a Empire
- During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III
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Period: Jan 1, 742 to May 20, 1506
The Year 1000
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Jan 1, 1095
Crusades
- The Crusades was a series of religious expeditionary wars blessed by the Pope
- The main series of Crusades, mainly against Muslims, occurred between 1095 and 1291
- Several thousand soldiers became Crusaders by taking vows
- The crusaders consisted of military units of Roman Catholics from all over western Europe, and were not under unified command
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Jan 1, 1254
Marco Polo
- Marco was a Venetian merchant traveler
- He embarked on an epic journey to Asia with his father and uncle
- They returned to Venice in 1295, 24 years later, with many riches and treasures
- After returning they find Venice at war with Genoa
- Marco was then imprisoned, and dictated his stories to a cellmates
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Jan 1, 1451
Christopher Columbus
- Christopher Columbus was a explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa
- he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents
- Columbus's voyages led to the first lasting European contact with America
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Leif Ericson
- Leif was a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America
- He established a Norse settlement at Vinland
- After his first trip to Vinland, he returned to Greenland, and started preaching Christianity to the Greenlanders
