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Medieval History Timeline of Key Events 1066 -1154 | 1066-1087 | The reign of King William the Conqueror The Battle of Hastings and the defeat of Harold Godwinson The Building of Norman castles in England including the Tower of London in 1073 1086 - Compilation of the Doomsday book |
1087-1100 | The reign of King William Rufus (son of William) William invades Wales and builds castles on the borders |
1100-1135 | The reign of King Henry I (William Rufus brother) |
1135-1154 | The reign of King Stephen (nephew of Henry I) 1099: First Crusade. Jerusalem is re-taken from the Muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II 1118: The Knights Templar founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims on their journey to the city 1147: Second Crusade |
Medieval History Timeline of Key Events 1154 - 1377 | 1154-1189 | The reign of King Henry II (grandson of Henry I) 1156: Kremlin built in Moscow 1158: The Hanseatic League is founded 1184: The first of many Inquisitions begins 1170: Thomas a Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral |
1189-1199 | The reign of King Richard I (third son of Henry II) 1190: Third Crusade. Saladin manages to unite the Muslim world and recapture Jerusalem, sparking the Third Crusade |
1199-1216 | The reign of King John (fifth son of Henry II) 1200: Fourth Crusade embarks. Eventually sacks Constantinople 1212: Children's Crusade 1214 -1215: Barons revolt 1215: Magna Carta is signed |
1216-1272 | The reign of King Henry III (son of John) 1258: Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England, establishing a new form of government limited regal authority |
1272-1307 | The reign of King Edward I (son of Henry III) 1273: Rudolph I of Germany is elected Holy Roman Emperor 1274: Thomas Aquinas' work, Summa Theologiae is published 1295: Marco Polo publishes his tales of China 1297: William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England |
1307-1327 | The reign of King Edward II (son of Edward I) 1307: The Knights Templar are rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of France, with the backing of the Pope 1311-1315: The Great Famine |
1327-1377 | The reign of King Edward III (son of Edward II) 1337: The Hundred Years War begins. England and France struggle for dominance of Western Europe 1346: Battle of Crecy 1347: The Black Death ravages Europe for the first of many times. An estimated 20% - 40% of the population is thought to have perished within the first year 1356: Battle of Poitiers |
Medieval History Timeline of Key Events 1377 - 1485 | 1377-1399 | The reign of King Richard II (grandson of Edward III, son of the Black Prince) 1380: Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales 1381: Peasants Revolt in England 1382: The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe. |
1399-1413 | The reign of King Henry IV (grandson of Edward III, son of John of Gaunt) |
1413-1422 | The reign of King Henry V (son of Henry IV) 1415: Battle of Agincourt |
1422-1461 | The reign of King Henry VI (son of Henry V) 1429: Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orleans for the Dauphin of France, enabling him to eventually be crowned at Reims 1430: Capture, trial, and execution of Joan of Arc 1434: The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence 1452: Leonardo da Vinci is born 1453: The Hundred Years War ends. Calais is the only English possession on Continental Europe 1455: Johann Gutenberg prints the first of his Bibles on his new printing press 1455: The Wars of the Roses begins in England |
1461-1483 | The reign of King Edward IV ( youngest son of Edward III) William Caxton sets up a printing press in Westminster |
1483-1485 | The reign of King Richard III (uncle of Edward V) 1485: The Wars of the Roses ends and the Tudor dynasty begins |
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