Germanic invasion timeline

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Germanic Invasions
400 to 1000
By Shaina Levin

3. 31 Dec
406:
Many
Germanic
tribes
such as
the
Vandals
and Suebi
take over
Gaul.

4. 24 Aug
410:
Visigoths
invade
and sack
Rome

5. 1 Jan
450:The
Jutes,
Saxons,
and
Angles
invade
and settle
in Britain.

6. 20 Jun
451:Roman and
Germanic
forces unite to
fight the Huns.
The Huns lose,
and are unable
to continue
conquering
western
Europe.

7. 1 Mar 453:
Attila the
Hun dies.
Without
their
leader, the
Huns
begin to
retreat to
the east.

8. 4 Sep 476:
The German
general
Odoacer
deposes
Romulus
and becomes
the first king
of Italy.

9. 1 Jan
486:
Clovis
defeats
Syagrius,
which
ended all
Roman
rule west
of Italy.

10. 1 Jan 509:
Clovis
unites all of
the Frankish
tribes under
one ruler
and begins
the
Merovingian
dynasty.

11. 1 Jan 541:
Outbreak of
the plague. It
affected most
of Europe
and
weakened
many. The
plague left
western
Europe prone
to more
invasions.

12. 1 Mar 568:
Albion
leads the
Lombards
in an
invasion
of Italy.

13. 1 Jan 600:
Around the
year 600,
the Vikings
begin to
raid
northern
Europe and
Britain.

14. 1 Jan 711:
The
Umayyad
Empire
invades
Visigoth
controlled
Spain. The
Muslims
successfully
conquer
Spain.

15. 1 Oct 732:
Charles
Martel leads
a Frankish
army and
defeats the
Umayyads,
ending the
spread of
Islam in
Europe.

16. 1 Dec 753:
Pepin the
Short is
appointed
king of the
Franks. His
reign marks
the
beginning of
the
Carolingian
Dynasty.

17. 25 Dec 800:
Charlemagne
is appointed
by Pope Leo
III on
Christmas
Day and
becomes the
Holy Roman
Emperor.

18. 28 Jan 814:
Charlemagne
passes away.
With his
death the
Frankish
Empire is
weakened
and his son
Louis the
Pious
becomes
king.

19. 15 Aug 843:
Louis the
Pious’s death
leads to a civil
war over the
next heir. 3
years later the
war ends and
the Frankish
Empire is
divided among
his three sons
through the
treaty of
Verdun.

20. 1 Jan 899: Alfred
the Great gains
control over
most of Britain
and lays the
foundation for
the Kingdom of
England. His
grandson is
considered to be
England's first
king.

21. 26 Aug 911:
King Charles
the Simple
gives a part of
northern
France to the
Viking
Normans and
this region
becomes
Normandy.

22. 2 Feb 962:
Otto the
Great
Defeats the
Hungarians
and
becomes the
Emperor of
Rome

23. http://www.slideshare.net/mg
ummerson/barbarian-
invasions
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elines/germanic-invasions-400-
1000
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