The Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 1066

    Norman invasion.

  • Jan 1, 1066

    Production of the Domesday Book.

  • Oct 14, 1066

    The battle of Hastings.

  • Jan 1, 1100

    Henry I became the king.

  • Jan 1, 1135

    Henry I died.

  • Jan 1, 1135

    Henry's nephew, Stephen, was crowned.

  • Jan 1, 1154

    Stephen died.

  • Dec 29, 1170

    Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral.

  • Jan 1, 1173

    Becket was regarded as a saint and canonised.

  • Jan 1, 1189

    Richard I secceeded his father, Henry II.

  • Jan 1, 1190

    Richard I died.

  • May 1, 1215

    Magna Carta was signed.

  • Jan 1, 1216

    Henry III became the king.

  • Jan 1, 1272

    Henry III died and Edward I became the king.

  • Jan 1, 1343

    Geoffrey Chaucer was born.

  • Jan 1, 1387

    Geoffrey Chaucer start to write "The Canterbury Tales".

  • Nov 2, 1400

    Geoffrey Chaucer died.