| A | B |
| End of Roman Empire in the West | 476 A.D. |
| Emperor Justinian becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire | 527 A.D. |
| King Arthur (if he really existed, he may have lived around this time.) | c. 550 A.D. |
| Gregory the Great becomes pope. He later sends Augustine of Canterbury to England. | 590 A.D |
| Muhammad flees to Medina | 622 A.D. |
| Charles the Hammer stops the Muslim advance at Tours | 732 A.D |
| Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III | 800 A.D. |
| Alfred the Great becomes King of Wessex | 871 A.D. |
| William of Normandy conquers Saxon England | 1066 A.D. |
| First Crusade takes Jerusalem | 1099 A.D. |
| Magna Carta signed by King John | 1215 A.D. |
| Marco Polo returns to Venice | 1295 A.D. |
| Hundred Years' War between England and France | 1337-1453 |
| Black Death devastates Europe | 1340s A.D |
| Joan of Arc leads the French armies to victory over England | 1428 A.D. |
| Fall of Constantinople | 1453 A.D |
| Wars of the Roses | 1455-1485 |
| Spanish Inquisition established | 1481 A.D. |
| Columbus discovers the New World | 1492. A.D. |