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The Roman Empire falls when Odoacer (German) deposed Romulus Augustulus (young boy emperor).
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The leader of the Franks. Clovis converts to Roman Catholicisim, earning him the support of the church. He spends the next decade establishing the Frankish Kingdom in modern day France and Germany.
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His successors soon found themselves face to face with oppositon from the imperial forces of the Roman Empire.
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Unlike the Ostrogoths, the Lombards care little for Roman traditions.
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Justinian is determined to reestablish the Roman Empire
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Justinian's general, Belisarius fights two major battles in North Africa.
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Belisarius takes Sicily back from the Ostrogoths.
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A plague breaks out in the eastern Roman Empire badly damaging economy. This makes the re-conquest of Italy impossible to maintain.
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Belisarius finally defeats the Ostrogoths in an invasion more devastating than all the previous Barbaria invasions.
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Muhammad would be orphaned at age five but go on later to the prophet of the Islam faith.
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Muhammad leaves Mecca and travels to lathrib which is later renamed Medina. This becomes year one of the Muslim calendar.
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From Mecca, Muhammad's ideas of Islam spread quickly across the Arabian pennisula.
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The Persian Empire falls. It is conquered by the Muslim forces.
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General Muawiya kills Muhammad's son in law, which makes him caliph of the Muslim Empire. This established Ummayyad Dynasty.
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Muslims destroy Visigothic Kingdom.
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Charles Martel becomes Mayor of the palace of Austria in the Frankish Kingdom.
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Charles Martel leads groups that defeat the Muslims, earning him the nickname "The Hammer".
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By this point, he was the virtual leader of the three Mervingian Kingdoms of the Franks.
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The son of Charles Martel deposed the Merovingian Dynasty.
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Abbasids assume control of Muslim Empire.
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Charlemagne's armies invade Italy and crush the Lomards.
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Charlemagne's army fails to invade Spain and the real guard is ambused in the retreat that is later served as inspiration for the Song of Roland.
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King Canute continued English traditions and supported the Catholic church.
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Edward the Confessor assumes the crown, replacing the short lived Danish line.
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William of Normandy invades England defeating Harold Godwinson.
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Byzantine Army defeated by Muslim Turks causing Byzantine to seek help from the Pope.
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Pope Urban II calls European leaders to join a holy war to free Jerusalem from Muslim control.
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After a five week sege the First Crusade captures Jerusalem.
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The Song of Roland is based off of Charlemagne's defeat in Spain.
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Muslims reconquer the territory claimed in the First Crusade. This led to a Second Crusade which was a total failure.
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Fredrick I is defeated by an alliance of northern Italian cities. In his bid to create a holy Roman Empire.
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French and German forces fall apart leading the English King Richard I to negotiate free access to Jerusalem for Christian pilgrims.
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The Fourth Crusade siezes an opportunity and attacks Constantinople instead of continuing to Jerusalem.
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Pope Innocent III appealed to the nobles of northern France to lead a military campaign against herotics in France.
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Alfonzo VII of Castille leads a Christian army to crush Muslim forces at Las Navas de Tolosa. The Muslims never really recover from this defeat.
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The "Great Charter" is signed by King John under pressure. This charter places limitations on government practices.
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The Fifth Crusade was defeated by the Muslim state of Egypt marking an end to papal leadership of the Crusades.
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German Emperor Fredrick II marches into Jerusalem after making an agreement with Egypt. He is crowned King of Jerusalem without a fight.
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Persia is conquered by the Mongals
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Mongals Conquer Baghdad.
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The English King retained only the dutchy of Gascony which made him a vassal over the French king. This causes disputes when the French king intervenes in Gascony.
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Major German princes select an insignificant noble Rudolf of Habsburg as the new king.
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Acre the last foothole of Crusaders surrendors to Muslim forces.
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Edward I invites two knights from every county and two residents in each city to meet with his council to consent to new taxes. This was the First Parliament.
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Phillip IV summons representatives of the church nobility and towns to meet with him forming the First French Parliament.
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The Pope sends several letters challenging the jurisdiction of the crown on matters of taxes and justice. The backlash starts a decline that lasts over a hundred years.
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Edward III becomes King of England and is denied the French crown dispite the fact that he is the rightful heir.
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Edward III refused to do homage to Philip VI causing the French king to seize the Dutchy. Edward responds by declaring war on Philip VI.
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Edward wins an initial victory allowing his son the Black Prince to begin destructive campaigns in France.
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In 1347, The Black Death arrives in Europe and was carried to Sicily by merchants. In 1348, the Black Death moves through France and reaches Germany. In 1349, The Black Death spreads through Britain and Scandanovia. In 1351, the Black Death spreads through Eastern Europe and Russia. The Black Death does not end here, it keeps coming back every 50 to 100 years.
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The Black Prince degeats French King John II in battle ending the first phase of the hundred years war.
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French peasants attack nobles in a failed rebellion spured on by the Black death and costly wars with Britain.
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English peasants attack the government over a new tax. Richard II goes back on a deal he made with the rebel leaders and arrests most of the, however the tax is still eliminated.
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After 40 more years of minor battles, Britain, and France negotiate a truce.
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Henry V wins a decisive victory against the French and becomes recognized as the heir to the French throne.
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Joan of Arc a French peasant girl accompanies the French arnies in battle against the Enlgish liberating much of the country and allowing Charles VII to be crowned King of France.
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Joan of Arc is captured by the English and burned at the stake on charges of Witchcraft. She was 19 years old.
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France finishes reclaiming the country from England.
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Theodoric killed Odoacer and established himself as ruler of Italy.
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Byzantines destroy Muslim Navy at Constantinople saving the Byzantine Empire and Christian Europe.
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Pepin's death brings his son Charles (Charlemagne) to the throne.
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After eighteen campaigns Saxony is finally added to the Carolingian domain.
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After helping supress a rebellion against the authority of Pope Leo II, Charlemagne is declared emperor of Romans.
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Charlemagne's sons sign the treaty dividing his empire into separate kingdoms for each of them.
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A group of Vikings is given land in France that eventually becomes Normandy.
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The king of Wessicks defeats a danish army setting the stage for a powerful monarchy to form in England.
