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476
Last Roman Emperor fell from power
Unity of theRoman Empire was lot too. -
476
Romans pull out of England
The last Roman emperor in the West fell from power. -
Oct 29, 700
Invention of th stirrup
The stirrup made it possible to sit on a horse and charge while holding a spear. -
Jul 15, 732
Charles Martel led the Franks against the Muslims
He defeated them at the Battle of Tours. -
May 7, 1000
Many women entered convents
Most were from noble families.Most educated women became nuns. -
Jun 4, 1000
Europe divided into Feudal territories
It was divided into thousands of feudal terretoritie each with a nobles castle. -
Jul 3, 1000
Europe's building boom.
Architecture is away society demonstrates what is important to it's culture. -
Sep 17, 1000
Europe reaches a high point
As technological and agricultural inovations allowed trade to flourish and crops to increase. -
Nov 25, 1050
Most people in Western Europe are Catholic
Cristianity started in Northern Britain and spead to Europe by A.D. 800.Most people in Western Europe had become Catholics by 1050. -
Feb 3, 1073
Gregory VII elected Pope
He wanted to stop nobles and Kings from interering in Church affairs.He issuedadecree. -
May 3, 1095
Pope Urban II calls the First Crusade
He spoke before a large crowed in eastern France and the crowd got very excited. -
Aug 23, 1098
First Crusade capture Antioch in Syria
It took them unit 1099 to reach Jerusalem. -
Oct 30, 1098
The cisterian order was founded
The most famous monk was Bernard of Clairvaux. -
Mar 17, 1100
Flanders and Italy trade goods regularly
They were enouraged to do so by holding trade fairs. -
Dec 12, 1100
Feudalism made Europe safer
New technology enabled people to produce more food and goods. -
May 22, 1144
Muslims capture Edessa
TheEuropean rulers send another crusade to regain the lost lands. -
Feb 20, 1174
Saladin because ruler of Egypt
He was a brilliant commander. -
Mar 21, 1187
Saladin defeats Christians and takes Jerusalem
He united the muslims and declaredwar against the Christian States the crusders had built. -
May 19, 1200
Guilds are widespread in Europe
Guilds by 1200 the tanners carpenters, bakers, and all other craftpeople had guuilds. -
Nov 13, 1200
The French defeat the English
Philip II went to war against England. -
Nov 19, 1209
Francis of Assisi Founds Franciscan order
This was the first order of friars.They taught Christianity,helped the poor , and were missionaries. -
May 6, 1215
Signing of the Magan Carta
They forced King John to sign it and it took away some of the King's powers. -
May 13, 1231
Oxford University is founded.
Universities were started to educate and train scholars. -
Nov 9, 1233
Catholic church set up the Inguisition
This was the curch court where the tried people for heresy. -
Jan 6, 1240
Kiev falls to the Mongols
The Mongols destroyed most of the large cities and killes many peeople. -
Jun 13, 1267
Thomas Aquihas Begins writing Summa Theological
In it he asks, "Does God exist"? -
Aug 19, 1290
England expelled Jews.
France did the same in 1306 and 1394. Some German ities also forced them to leave by 1350. -
Jul 13, 1331
First outbreak of plague in China
More goods were being shipped across cenral Asia which helped spread Black Death. -
Nov 6, 1337
The Hundred year's war
The English King Edward III declared himself king and this angered the French. they fought back for the next 100 yeaars. -
Sep 23, 1346
The Black Death arrives
It spread quickly. The scientists do not know why. -
Feb 5, 1350
Europe reaches a high pant
Themiddle Ages end and the Renaissance begeins. -
Nov 9, 1394
France expelled Jews
The Jews settled iin Eastern European countries. -
Jan 1, 1400
Printing press invented
Before this this book were rare. -
May 6, 1429
Joan of Arc inspires the French
She told them her favorite saints urged her to free France. -
Dec 31, 1480
Ivan IIII drives the Mongols out of Russia
he called himself a Cza and lived up to his title. -
Aug 20, 1492
The sspanish defeat the Muskims and expel the Jews
Princess Isabella and Prince Ferding force the Muslims to convert to Christianity or leave Spain. -
King Clovis becomes a Catholic
King Clovis turned Catholic at the wish of his wife, he was then crownedby the pope on Christmas Day, 496, in a small church. -
Feudalism begins in Europe
A shift from Kings to nobles began. -
The Vikings conquered part of Western France
Across the English Channel From England. -
Charlemagne is crowed by Pope
Charles the Great impressed the pope so on Christmas day afer the worship service he crowedhim. -
Viking's began trading in Europe
Their raids terrified the Europeans. -
Otto declared emperor of Romans
Otto was one of the Kings of Germany. He sent troops to protect the people ans as a reward the pope made him emporer. -
Charlemagne died
After he died his empire did not last very long.His son was not a strong leader and his sons divided the empire into 3 Kingdoms.