Key events of the Middle Ages timeline

The fall of the Western Roman Empire is considered to be the beginning of the Middle Ages.

476 AD

The fall of the Western Roman Empire

Charles Martel, defeated the Moorish invaders in the Battle of Tours, which ended the Islamic invaders and their expansion into Western Europe.

732 AD

Charles "The Hammer" and the Battle of Tours

800 AD

Charlemagne, the emperor of the Romans

Charlemagne or Charles the Great was declared the emperor of the Romans and enjoyed the empire until his death.

The Carolingian empire was divided into three parts through the Verdun Treaty, which ended a three-year civil war.

843 AD

Verdun Treaty

962 AD

The Holy Roman Empire of Germany

Otto I was the first Saxon emperor. The papacy of Italy invited him and declared him as the Emperor of Italy and established his Holy Roman Empire.

William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, divided all the English land into mansions and established the feudal system and manoralism.

1066

The Battle of Hastings

Magna Carta restricted the Emperor's power and demonstrated the importance of a Constitution.

1215 AD

Declaration of the Magna Carta

The whole of northern Europe suffered from the Great Famine. Here a large part of the population died of starvation and disease.

1315-1317 AD

The Great Famine

The Hundred Years War began when the Kingdom of England waged war against the Kingdom of France.

1337 AD

The Hundred Years War

1348-1350 AD

The Black Death

The Black Death or the Black Death is the most threatening epidemic of the European Middle Ages.

1378-1417 AD

The Great Schism

There were three candidates for the papacy. This internal struggle for the supreme power of the papacy significantly reduced the influence and power of the Church over the lay population.

1400

The foundations of modern science

Modern science emerged as the triumph of three civilizations: Greek, Arab, and Christian Christian. At the end of the Middle Ages, the total mass of scientific knowledge was much greater than it had been at the end of the Roman Empire.

1101

The birth of natural rights

Revival of legal studies, lawyers came to see that an adequate concept of natural justice must include a concept of individual rights.

MEDIEVAL AGE

1492

The discovery of America

The discovery of America has been considered the most important phenomenon in universal history.