| |
| 1500 |
Peace of Basle
(1499)
Louis XII, King of France (r.1498 - 1515)
Suleiman (1494 - 1566)
Columbus sails west (1492)
Fall of Grenada (1492)
Pope Alexander VI (r.1492 - 1503)
James IV, King of Scotland (r.1488 - 1513)
Hernando Cortes (1485 - 1547)
Henry VII (r.1485 - 1509)
Battle of Bosworth (1485)
Pope Innocent (r.1484 - 1492)
Richard III (r.1483 - 1485)
Charles VIII, King of France (r.1483 - 1498)
Edward V (r.1483)
Spanish Inquisition founded (1480)
Plague in England (1479)
Cesare Borgia (1476 - 1507)
Cardinal Wolsey (1475 - 1530)
Tupac Inca (1471 - 1493)
Pope Sixtus IV (r.1471 - 1484)
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527)
Pope Paul II (r.1464 - 1471)
Louis XI, King of France (r.1461 - 1483)
Edward IV (r.1461 - 1483)
James III, King of Scotland (r.1460 - 1488)
Pope Pius II (r.1458 - 1464)
Battle of Belgrade (1456)
Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1485)
Pope Callistus III (r.1455 - 1458)
Start of Ottoman Empire (1453)
Fall of Byzantine Empire (1453)
Turks capture Constantinople (1453)
Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506)
Lorenzo de Medici (1449 - 1492)
Pope Nicholas V (r.1447 - 1455)
Tradesmen's riots in Norwich (1443)
Vlad the Impaler (?)
Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui (1438 - 1471)
James II, King of Scotland (r.1437 - 1460)
Tuareg capture Timbuktu (1433)
Amerigo Vespucci (1431 - 1512)
Pope Eugene IV (r.1431 - 1447)
John Cabot (1430 - 1498)
Earl of Warwick 'King-maker' (1428 - 1471)
Henry VI (r.1422 - 1461)
Charles VII, King of France (r.1422 - 1461)
Hussite Wars (1420 - 1436)
English capture Normandy (1419 - 1420)
Pope Martin V (r.1417 - 1431)
Battle of Agincourt (1415)
Henry V (r.1413 - 1422)
St. Joan of Arc (1412 - 1431)
Pope Gregory XII (r.1406 - 1415)
James I, King of Scotland
(r.1406 - 1437)
Pope Innocent VII (r.1404 - 1406)
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Romano
Giulio (c.1499 - 1546)
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8 - 1543)
John Taverner (1495 - 1545)
François Rabelais (c.1494 - 1553)
Hans Sachs (1494 - 1576)
Jacopo Carucci Pontormo (1494 - 1557)
Jacques Cartier (1491 - 1557)
Hugh Latimer (1490 - 1555)
Thomas Cranmer (1489 - 1556)
Titian (c.1487 - 1576)
Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
Raphael (1483 - 1520)
Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - 1521)
Lucrezia Borgia (1480 - 1519)
St. Thomas More (1478 - 1535)
Girolamo Fracastoro (c.1478 - 1553)
Juan Sebastian del Cano (c.1476 - 1526)
Lambert Simnel (c.1475 - 1535)
Giorgione (c.1475 - 1510)
Michelangelo (1475 - 1535)
Perkin Warbeck (c.1474 - 1499)
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543)
Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528)
Juan de Encina (1469 - 1529)
Nanak (c.1469 - 1539)
Vasco da Gama (c.1469 - 1524)
Desiderius Erasmus (c.1466 - 1536)
Hans Holbein the Elder (c.1464 - 1524)
Hieronymus Bosch (1460 - 1516)
John Skelton (c.1460 - 1529)
Juan Ponce de León (c.1460 - 1521)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)
Amerigo Vespucci (1451 - 1512)
Sandro Botticelli (1445 - 1510)
Robert Henryson (1430 - 1505)
Carlo Crivelli (c.1430 - 1493)
Thomas Malory (1430 - 1471)
William Caxton (c.1422 - 1491)
Masaccio (1401 -1428)
|
Aberdeen University founded (1494)
Playing cards invented (1486)
Aethelhampton built (1485)
Glasgow University founded (1451)
Eton College founded (1441)
Order of the Golden Fleece founded (1429)
St. Andrew's University founded (1411)
|
| 1401 |
| 1400 |
Henry IV (r.1399 - 1413)
Philip the Good (1396 - 1467), Duke of Burgundy
(1419 - 1467)
Golden Horde defeated (1395)
Robert III, King of Scotland (r.1390 - 1406)
Cosimo de Medici (1389 - 1464)
Battle of Kosovo (1389)
Pope Boniface IX (r.1389 - 1404)
Battle of Otterburn (1388)
Aviz Dynasty in Portugal (1385 - 1580)
Peasants' Revolt (1381)
Charles VI, King of France (r.1380 - 1422)
The Great Schism (1378 - 1415)
Pope Urban VI (r.1378 - 1389)
Richard II (r.1377 - 1399)
Robert II, King of
Scotland (r.1371 - 1390)
Pope Gregory XI (r.1370 - 1378)
Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Charles V, King of France (r.1364 - 1380)
Pope Urban V (r.1362 - 1370)
Owen Glendower (c.1359 - 1416)
Dick Whittington (c.1358 - 1423)
Battle of Poitiers (1356)
Pope Innocent VI (r.1352 - 1362)
Jean II, King of France (r.1350 - 1364)
Collapse of Florence Banks (1348)
Black death in Europe (1347 - 1352)
Battle of Crécy (1346)
John Ball (? - 1381)
Pope Clement VI (r.1342 - 1352)
Hundred Years War (1337 - 1453)
Pope Benedict XII (r.1334 - 1342)
Black Death in China (1333)
Edward the Black Prince (1330 - 1376)
David II, King of Scotland (r.1329 - 1371)
Philippe VI, King of France (r.1328 - 1350)
Edward III (r.1327 - 1377)
Charles VI, King of France (r.1322 - 1328)
Philippe V, King of France (r.1316 - 1322)
Jeanne I, Queen of France (r.1316)
Pope John XXII (r.1316 - 1334)
Battle of Bannockburn (1314)
Louis X, King of France (r.1314 - 1316)
King Mansa (Kankan) Musa of Mali (1312 - 1337)
Avignon becomes Papal Seat (1309 - 1377)
Edward II (r.1307 - 1327)
Robert I 'the Bruce', King of Scotland (r.1306 -
1329)
Pope Clement V (r.1305 - 1314)
Pope Benedict XI (r.1303 - 1304)
Battle of Courtrai (1302)
|
Johann
Gutenburg (1400 - 1468)
Guillaume Dufay (1400 -
1474)
Henry the Navigator (1394 - 1460)
Jan van Eyck (1390 - 1441)
Fra Angelico (1387 - 1455)
Thomas à Kempis (1380 - 1471)
Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 - 1455)
Margery Kempe (c.1373 - 1439)
John Lydgate (c.1370 - 1450)
Jan Hus (1369 - 1415)
Christine de Pisan (1364 - 1430)
Eustache Deschamps (c.1340
- 1407)
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340 -
1400)
John of Gaunt (c.1340 - 1399)
Timur the Lame (1336 - 1405)
William Langland (1332 -
1400)
John Gower (c.1325 - 1408)
John Wycliffe (1320 - 1384)
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375)
Cola di Rienzi (c.1313 - 1354)
Petrarch (1304 - 1374)
|
Winchester College founded (1382)
Prague University founded (1348)
Standard weights and measures introduced in England
(1305)
1st gun produced by Arabs (1304) |
| 1301 |
| 1300 |
Auld Alliance formed (1295)
Model Parliament in England (1295)
Pope Boniface VIII (r.1294 - 1303)
Pope St. Celestine V (r.1294)
John Baliol, King of Scotland (r.1292 - 1296)
Swiss Confederation (1291)
Ottoman Empire (1290 - 1923)
Jews expelled from England (1290)
Pope Nicholas IV (r.1288 - 1292)
Margaret of Norway, Queen of Scotland (r.1285 -
1290)
Pope Honorius IV (r.1285 - 1287)
Philippe IV, King of France (r.1285 - 1314)
Sicilian Vespers (1282)
Rudolf of Hapsburg captures Austria (1282)
Pope Martin IV (r.1281 - 1285)
Chinese Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Hapsburg Empire (1278 - 1918)
Pope Nicholas III (r.1277 - 1280)
Pope John XXI (r.1276 - 1277)
Pope Adrian V (r.1276)
Pope Innocent V (r.1276)
Amsterdam founded (1275)
Edward I (r.1272 - 1307)
Pope Gregory X (r.1271 - 1276)
8th Crusade (1270)
Philippe III, King of France (r.1270 - 1285)
Berber Dynasty in Morocco (1269 - 1420)
Barons Parliament in England founded (1265)
Pope Clement IV (r.1265 - 1268)
Pope Urban IV (r.1261 - 1264)
Osman I (1259 - 1326)
Baghdad destroyed by Mongols (1258)
Pope Alexander IV (r.1254 - 1261)
Alexander III, King of Scotland (r.1249 - 1286)
7th Crusade (1248 - 1254)
Pope Innocent IV (r.1243 - 1254)
Pope Celestine IV (r.1241)
House of Commons founded (1238)
Hafsid Dynasty in Tunisia (1229 - 1574)
6th Crusade (1228 - 1229)
Pope Gregory IX (r.1227 - 1241)
Louis IX, King of France (r.1226 - 1270)
Louis VIII, King of France (r.1223 - 1226)
Kublai Khan (1216 - 1294)
Henry III (r.1216 - 1272)
Pope Honorius III (r.1216 - 1227)
Magna Carta (1215)
Alexander II, King of Scotland (r.1214 - 1249)
5th Crusade (1212)
Abigensian Wars (1209 - 1229)
Simon de Montfort (1208 - 1265)
4th Crusade (1202 - 1204)
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William
of Ockham (c.1300 - 1349)
Piers Gaveston (d.1312)
William Wallace (1272 - 1305)
Duns Scotus (1270 - 1308)
Giotto (1265 - 1337)
Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)
Marco Polo (1254 - 1324)
Ramon Lull (1232 - 1315)
Thomas Aquinas (1226 - 1274)
Henry de Bracton (d.1268)
Roger Bacon (1214 - 1292)
Jalal Ad-din Rumi (1207 - 1273)
|
York Minster started (1291)
Hereford Map (1290)
Wells Cathedral built (1285)
Peterhouse College, Cambridge, founded (1284)
Harlech Castle built (1283 - 1289)
Lichfield Cathedral completed (1280)
Chartres Cathedral rebuilt (1260)
Sorbonne founded (c.1252)
University College, Oxford, founded (1249)
Notre Dame completed (1230)
Glass bottles and windows manufactured in England by
(1226)
|
| 1201 |
| 1200 |
John
(r.1199 - 1216)
Robin Hood (?)
Pope Innocent III (r.1198 - 1216)
Chartres Cathedral destroyed by fire (1194)
Shoguns rule Japan (1192 - 1867)
Pope Celestine III (r.1191 - 1198)
Knights of the Teutonic Order founded (1190)
Crusades hold Akko (1189 - 1291)
3rd Crusade (1189 - 1192)
Richard I (r.1189 - 1199)
1st Spanish Cortes (1188)
Saladin captures Jerusalem (1187)
Pope Clement III (r.1187 - 1191)
Pope Gregory VIII (r.1187)
Kamakura period in Japan (1185 - 1333)
Pope Urban III (r.1185 - 1187)
Peace on Constance (1183)
Pope Lucius III (r.1181 - 1185)
Philippe II, King of France
(r.1180 - 1223)
Saladin conquers Egypt (1171)
Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland (1169 - 1171)
Fall of Toltecs (1168)
Lombard League founded (1167)
William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland (r.1165 -
1214)
Ghengis Khan (1162 - 1227)
Simon de Montfort (c.1160 -
1218)
Pope Alexander III (r.1159 - 1181)
Henry II (r.1154 - 1189)
Pope Adrian IV (r.1154 - 1159)
Malcolm IV, King of Scotland
(r.1153 - 1165)
Pope Anastasius IV (r.1153 - 1154)
2nd Crusade (1147 - 1149)
Moscow founded (1147)
Pope Eugene III (r.1145 - 1153)
Pope Lucius II (r.1144 - 1145)
Pope Celestine II (r.1143 -
1144)
Civil War in England (1139 - 1154)
Saladin (1138 - 1193)
Louis VII, King of France (r.1137 - 1180)
Stephen (r.1135 - 1154)
Seljuks of Rum (1134 - 1308)
Pope Innocent II (r.1130 - 1143)
David I, King of Scotland (r.1124 - 1153)
Pope Honorius II (r.1124 - 1130)
Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122 - 1204)
Knights Templars founded (c.1119)
Pope Cailistus II (r.1119 - 1124)
St. Thomas a Beckett (c.1118 -
1170)
Pope Gelasius II (r.1118 - 1119)
Louis VI, King of France (r.1108 -
1137)
Alexander I, King of Scotland (r.1107 - 1124)
Matilda 'Empress Maud' (1102 - 1167)
|
St. Antony of Padua (1195 - 1231)
St. Francis of Assisi (1182 - 1226)
St. Dominic (1170 - 1221)
Walther von der Vogelweide (c.1170 - 1230)
Giraldus Cambrensis (c.1146 - 1220)
Walter Map (c.1140 - 1209)
Ranalf Glanville (d.1190)
|
1st Eisteddfod held in Dyfed (1176)
Tower of Pisa built (1174)
Notre Dame founded in Paris (1163)
End of Anglo-Saxon Chronicles (1154)
Berkeley Castle built (1153)
Chess introduced to England (1151)
Paper making spreads to Europe (c.1150)
Distillation of alcohol appears in Europe (12th century)
Artesian wells used at Artois, France (1126)
1st leper hospital opened in London (1117)
Angkor Wat built (1110)
Exchequer cloth devised to calculate royal accounts (1110)
|
| 1101 |
| 1100 |
Kingdom of Mali
(c.1100 - 1670)
Charter of Liberties (1100)
Henry I (r.1100 - 1135)
Pope Paschal II (r.1099 - 1118)
Edgar, King of Scotland (r.1097 - 1107)
First Crusade (1096 - 1099)
Council of Clermont (1095)
Donald III, King of Scotland (restored) (r.1094 -
1097)
Duncan II, King of Scotland (r.1094)
Donald III 'Donalbane', King of Scotland (r.1093 - 1094)
Hasan-i-Sabbah founds Assassins (1090)
William II (r.1087 - 1100)
Pope Urban II (r.1088 - 1099)
Domesday Book (1086)
Pope Victor III (r.1086 - 1087)
Pope St. Gregory VII (r.1073 - 1085)
Seljuks capture Byzantium (1071)
Seljuks capture Jerusalem (1071)
Knights Hospitallers founded (1070)
Hereward the Wake leads revolt against Normans (1070)
William I (r.1066 - 1087)
Battle of Hastings (1066)
Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)
Harold II (r.1066)
Reconquista in Spain (1063)
Pope Alexander II (r.1061 - 1073)
Normans invade Sicily (1060)
Philippe I, King of France (r.1060 - 1108)
Lateran Synod (1059)
Pope Nicholas II (r.1059 - 1061)
Malcolm III 'Canmore', King of Scotland (r.1057 -
1093)
Pope Stephen IX (X) (r.1057 - 1058)
Seljuks capture Baghdad (1055)
Pope Victor II (r.1055 - 1057)
Pope St. Leo IX (r.1049 - 1054)
Pope Damasus II (r.1048)
Pope Benedict IX (r.1047 - 1048)
Pope Clement II (r.1046 - 1047)
Pope Gregory VI (r.1045 -
1046)
Pope Benedict IX (r.1045)
Pope Sylvester III (r.1045)
1st Burmese Empire (1044 - 1287)
Edward the Confessor (r.1042 - 1066)
Harthacnut (r.1040 - 1042)
Seljuk Empire (1040 - 1157)
Macbeth, King of Scotland (r.1040 - 1057)
Harold I (r.1035 - 1040)
Duncan I, King of Scotland
(r.1034 - 1040)
Pope Benedict IX (r.1032 - 1044)
Caliphate in Cordoba divided (1031)
Henri I, King of France (r.1031 -
1060)
Pope John XIX (r.1024 - 1032)
Cnut (r.1016 - 1035)
Edmund II (r.1016)
Battle of Clontarf (1014)
England divided into shires (1013)
Danes conquer England (1013)
Pope Benedict VIII (r.1012 - 1024)
Pope Sergius IV (r.1009 - 1012)
Malcolm II, King of Scotland (r.1005 - 1034)
Lanfranc (1005 - 1089)
Pope John XVIII (r.1004 - 1009)
Pope John XVII (r.1003)
St. Brice's Day Massacre (1002)
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Geoffrey
de Monmouth (c.1100 - 1154)
William of Malmesbury (c.1080 - 1143)
St. Margaret (c.1045 - 1093)
Omar Khayyam (?)
Lady Godiva (c.1040 - 1080)
'El Cid' (1040 - 1099)
Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033 - 1109)
St. Bruno (c.1030 - 1101)
|
Norwich Cathedral started (1096)
Durham Cathedral started (1093)
Cardiff Castle started (1090)
Bayeux Tapestry (c.1090)
Ely Cathedral started (1083)
Lincoln Castle built (1068)
|
| 1001 |
| 1000 |
Vikings colonise
Greenland (c.1000)
Pope Sylvester II (r.999 - 1003)
Pope Gregory V (r.996 - 999)
Robert II, King of France (r.996 - 1031)
Battle of Maldon (991)
Capetian Dynasty in France (987 - 1328)
Hugues Capet, King of France (r.987 - 996)
Louis V, King of France (r.986
- 987)
Pope John XV (r.985 - 996)
Eric the Red discovers Vinland
(984)
Pope John XIV (r.983 - 984)
Aethelred II (r.978 - 1016)
Edward the Martyr (r.975 - 978)
St. Stephen of Hungary (c.975
- 1038)
Pope Benedict VII (r.974 - 983)
Pope Benedict VI (r.973 - 974)
Hungary founded (972)
Cairo founded (969)
Egypt conquered by Fatimids (969)
Pope John XIII (r.965 - 972)
Pope Benedict V (r.964 - 966)
Pope Leo VIII (r.963 - 965)
Otto I of Germany crowned Emperor in Rome
(962)
Leif Ericsson (?)
Chinese Sung Dynasty (960)
Polish state founded (960)
Eadgar (r.959 - 975)
Unification in England (959)
Eadwig (r.955 - 959)
Magyars defeated by Otto I at Lechfeld (955)
Pope John XII (r.955 - 964)
Lothair II, King of France (r.954 -
986)
Algiers founded (950)
Pope Agapetus II (r.946 - 955)
Eadred (r.946 - 955)
Persian Buyid Dynasty (945 - 1055)
Pope Marinus II (r.942 - 946)
Eric the Red (c.940 - 1010)
Edmund I (r.940 - 946)
Vietnam becomes independent of China (939)
Pope Stephen VIII (IX) (r.939 - 942)
Battle of Brunanburh (937)
Caliphs lose power in Baghdad (936)
Louis IV, King of France
(r.936 - 954)
Pope Leo VII (r.936 - 939)
Tithes introduced in England (935)
Pope John XI (r.931 - 935)
Pope Stephen VII (VIII) (r.928 - 931)
Pope Leo VI (r.928)
Brian Boru (926 - 1014)
Aethelstan (r.924 - 940)
Rudolf, King of France (r.923
- 936)
Robert I, King of France (r.922 - 923)
Henry the Fowler founds Saxon dynasty (919)
Pope John X (r.914 - 928)
Pope Landus (r.913 - 914)
Viking Rollo becomes 1st Duke of Normandy (911)
Pope Anastasius III (r.911 - 913)
Chinese 'Five Dynasties' (907 - 960)
Pope Sergius III (r.904 - 911)
Pope Leo V (r.903)
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St. Dunstan (c.924 - 988)
St. Wenceslas (907 - 929)
|
1st
iron-age settlement in Zimbabwe (c.1000)
Land reclamation and use of dykes in Netherlands (c.1000)
St. Albans School founded (948)
Warwick School founded (914)
Abbey at Cluny founded (910)
|
| 901 |
| 900 |
Pope
Benedict IV (r.900 - 903)
Edward the Elder (r.900 - 924)
Pope John IX (r.898 - 900)
Pope Theodore II (r.897)
Pope Romanus (r.897)
Pope Stephen VI (VII) (r.896 - 897)
Pope Boniface VI (r.896)
Fujiwara Dynasty in Japan (895 - 1192)
Charles III (the Simple), King
of France (r.893 - 922)
Pope Formosus (r.891 - 896)
Hywell Dda (890 - 950)
Angkor founded (889)
Odo, King of France (r.888 - 893)
Pope Stephen V (VI) (r.885 - 891)
Pope St. Adrian III (r.884 - 885)
Pope Marinus I (r.882 - 884)
Charles III (the Fat), King of
France (r.882 - 888)
Kiev becomes capital of Russia (882)
Louis III, King of France (r.879 - 882)
Louis II, King of France (r.877 -
879)
Paris besieged by Vikings (877)
Reykjavik founded (874)
Pope John VIII (r.872 - 882)
Alfred the Great (r.871 - 900)
Pope Adrian II (r.867 - 872)
Aethelred I (r.866 - 871)
Conversion to Christianity of Bulgars and
Serbians (865)
Rurik the Viking founds Novgorod (862)
Aethelbhert (r.858 - 866)
Pope St. Nicholas I (r.858 -
867)
Aethelbald (r.858 - 860)
Pope Benedict III (r.855 - 858)
1st Polynesian settlers in New
Zealand (c.850)
Pope St. Leo IV
(r.847 - 855)
Pope Sergius II (r.844 - 847)
Rhodri the Great, King of
Wales (r.844 - 878)
Kenneth McAlpin (r.843 - 858)
Treaty of Verdun (843)
Charles II (the Bald), King of France (r.843 - 877)
Collapse of Tibetan Empire (842)
Lothair I, King of France
(r.840 - 843)
Aethelwulf (r.839 - 858)
Arabs invade Sicily (827)
Wiglaf (r.827 - 829)
Ecgbert (r.827 - 839)
Pope Gregory IV (r.827 - 844)
Pope Valentine (r.827)
Ludica (r.825 - 827)
Pope Eugene II (r.824 - 827)
Beornwulf (r.823 - 825)
Baldred (r.823 - 825)
Coelwulf (r.821 - 823)
Pope St. Paschal I (r.817 - 824)
Pope Stephen IV (V) (r.816 - 817)
Louis I, King of France (r.814 -
840)
Treaty of Aachen (812)
Khmer Empire (802 - 1432)
Ecgbert, King of Wessex (r.802 - 839)
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|
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle begun (893)
1st book printed in China (868)
Cyrillic alphabet devised in eastern Europe (863)
St. Marks, Venice, built (832)
|
| 801 |
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