Timeline of Medieval Europe

What happened in 27 CE?

The Roman Empire is formed.

What happened in 323 CE?

Christianity is made the official religion of the Roman Empire.

What happened in 476 CE?

The Western Roman Empire falls.

What happened in 537 CE?

The Hagia Sophia is built in Constantinople (capital of the Eastern Roman Empire).

What happened in 570 CE?

The Prophet Muhammad is born.

What happened in 800 CE?

Charlemagne is named the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.

What happened in 1066 CE?

William of Normandy wins the Battle of Hastings, becoming King of England.

What happened in 1096 CE?

The First Crusade to the "Holy Land" begins.

What happened in 1187 CE?

Saladin recaptures Jerusalem from the Christian armies.

What happened in 1215 CE?

The Magna Carta is created in England, limiting the power of the king and introducing ideas of justice, democracy and individual freedom.

What happened in 1337 CE?

The Hundred Years' War between England and France begins.

What happened in 1346 CE?

The Battle of Crécy is won with the use of the deadly English longbow.

What happened in 1348 CE?

Sailors bring the bubonic plague to Italy from the East; the Black Death quickly spreads across Europe.

What happened in 1353 CE?

The Black Death kills more than a third of Europe's population.

What happened in 1378 CE?

A split occurs within the Catholic Church, creating two popes (the Western Schism).

What happened in 1381 CE?

The Peasants' Revolt breaks out in England.

What happened in 1415 CE?

The English gain the upper hand in the Hundred Years' War at the Battle of Agincourt.

What happened in 1431 CE?

Joan of Arc leads French armies into battle and inspires great victories; when captured by the English, Joan is burned at the stake as a heretic.

What happened in 1453 CE?

The Hundred Years' War ends as English forces are finally forced from most of France.

What is the Dark Ages period (label)?

Dark Ages (476-1000 CE) — the period following the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

What is the High Middle Ages period (label)?

High Middle Ages (1000-1300 CE) — the period of medieval growth and the Crusades.

What is the Late Middle Ages period (label)?

Late Middle Ages (1300-1500 CE) — the period including the Black Death and the Hundred Years' War.