The Fall of
Western Roman
Empire (476 AD)
Charles the
Hammer and the
Battle of Tours
(732 AD)
 In 732 AD, he
defeated Moorish
invaders in the Battle
of Tours which
permanently ended
the Islamic invaders
and their expansion in
western Europe.
Treaty of
Verdun (843
AD)
 The Carolingian empire was
divided in three parts in
August 842 AD through the
Treaty of Verdun which ended
the three years long Civil War.
The
Ottonian
Holy
Roman
Empire of
Germany
(962 AD)
 Otto I was the
successor of Henry the
Fowler, the duke of
Saxony who became
the first Saxon Emperor.
The Battle of
Hastings (1066
AD)
 William the Conqueror, the
Duke of Normandy
defeated the last Anglo-
Saxon king Harold II.
Declaration
of Magna
Carta (1215
AD)
 Restricted the
power of the
Emperor and proved
the importance of a
Constitution.
The Great
Famine (1315-
1317 AD)
 During these
two years of
famine, a big
portion of the
population
died of
hunger and
diseases.
The Hundred Years’
War (1337 AD)
The Kingdom of
England waged
war against the
Kingdom of
France.
The Black
Death
(1348-1350
AD)
 The most
threatening
epidemic of the
European Middle
Ages
The Great
Schism (1378-
1417 AD)
 The Church was
divided in Eastern
and Western
Christian Church.

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