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The fall of rome marks the begging of the middle ages. In 476 AD empereror, Romulus Augustulus , is deposed by the barbarian general Odoacer. This event marks the end of one period and the begging of another.
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The west saxon advance is stopped by the britons in england.
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Gothic War in Italy as a part of Justinian's Reconquest.
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Northumbrian army under Oswald defeat Welsh army.
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First time Islamic armies defeated, stalling Islamic conquest of Europe.
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Would become the longest lasting caliphate, until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.
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Ericson is to be the first European to settle in the Americas during the Norse exploration of the Americas.
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Tensions will vary between the Catholic and Orthodox churches throughout the Middle Ages.
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End of Anglosaxon rule in England and start of Norman lineage.
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This would lead to the beginning of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which would last for nearly two centuries; within the era of the Crusades to the Holy Land.
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This victory made a later struggle between England and the rising Capetian power in France inevitable.
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Becomes the most recognizable, and impactful military orders during the Crusades.
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This coronation marks the beginning of the Kingdom of Sicily and its Mediterranean empire under the Norman kings, which was able to take on the Holy Roman Empire, the Papacy, and the Byzantine Empire.
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This was the first Crusade to have been led by European kings.
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This is the beginning of the gradual acquisition of Scotland by the English.
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Despite managing to win several major battles, the Crusaders did not recapture Jerusalem.
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Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
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This marks one of the first times a medieval ruler is forced to accept limits on his power.
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His kingdom is divided among his children and grandchildren: Empire of the Great Khan, Chagatai Khanate, Mongolian Homeland, and the Blue Horde and White Horde. (Which would later become the Golden Horde.
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Considered to be the Last Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
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This begins the Habsburg de facto domination of the crown that lasted until is dissolution in 1806.
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This starts the first war of scotish independence.
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A key step to the bridging of Asia and Europe in trade.
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Hastens the demise of the order within a decade.
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With the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.
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The war will span through three/four different war periods within a 116 year period.
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The first of many concurrences of this plague, This was believed to have wiped out as many as 50% of Europe's population by its end.
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Quickest-spread revolt in English history
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The turning point in the Hundred Years' War for 15th Century England that lead to the signing of the Treaty of Troyes signed 5 years later, making Henry V heir of France.
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Death of the woman who helped turned the Hundred Years' War in favor of the French over the past two years.
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England's once vast territories in France is now reduced to only Calais, which they eventually lose control of as well.
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Age of Discovery into the New World begins.
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The Reinaissance period begins in Europe. It marks the end of the Middle Ages. The Reinaissance was a term coined by Petrarch which means a rebirth of classical Greek and Roman ideals.
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Ending in failure. The combined Byzantine–Bulgarian forces stop the Arab threat in Southeastern Europe.
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Considered the beginning of the Viking Age that would span over two centuries, and reach as far south as Hispania and as far east as the Byzantine Empire, and present day Russia.
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With his crowning, Charlemagne's kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.
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First encounter of attempts to conquer Byzantine Sicily, until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.
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Sets the stage for the founding of the Holy Roman Empire and France as separate states.
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Creation of the Cyrillic script; in the following decades the country became the cultural and spiritual centre of the whole Eastern Orthodox part of the Slavic World.
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Henry is considered the founder and first king of the medieval German state.
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This is the defining event that prevents the Hungarians from entering Central Europe.
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First to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
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The first movement of the Catholic Church using spiritual means to limit private war, and the first movement in medieval Europe to control society through non-violent means.
