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. |