Five historical events pre 1500?

Question

Can you tell me some events which are soooo important? I am not asking for something which took place over a year or two... something which happened in a day or two... just like crucification of Jesus... some other very important events... pleaseeeeeee

Answer 1

Columbus "discovered" America, 1492, for starters.

Answer 2

As a correction to one of the previous answers - the Magna Carta was not at all 1066. It was the year 1215 a.d and serves really not at all as provisions of modern law so much as modern Western government style of a limited monarchy, delegated powers to certain groups, etc. It is one of the great historical events worth remembering pre-1500.

Oh, and before I ramble - lets stra away from using Columbus in 1492 as the "founded" of America. Use the date if you want, I simply find the whole affair greatly overstated.

One I thought would already be here would be the first crusade beginning of 1095 a.d by pope Urban II. That is important on the grounds of well....quite frankly...opening Europe back to the world, which really was the reason for the MINI renaissance of the 12th century, (its a nickname, not a real era) in which Europe began to develop more rapidly socially and economically. Naturally, wars and disease made sure that nothing further came about will the 15th century. This pretty much occurred after a speech one day, (well, figuratively)

Another landmark even pre-1500 would be way back in the 5th (405 /415) century ad when Rome was sacked by the goths, and the last emperor of Rome was taken from the throne in 476 a.d, thus the date we tend to call "the fall of Rome." Pretty big, eh? Naturally, one day he was there, and the next he was toppled, so it helps that we assign a day to a larger evolution of events.

Furthermore, everyone is very accurate - that no pre-1500 history is complete without 1066, the Battle of Hastings. But really, one must understand exactly what the implications were. Everyone knows about it, but few seem to grasp that it meant the End of Saxon England, and the end of developing laws and customs, no more Gamoet, no more line of Kings of the English order. The law, and language, was now officially Norman-(French.) This, rather developed into English, (the french / latin influence) from the Old English Anglo-Saxon we know and love. All this with one battle.

Soo 4/5 so far. One more....lets see...you could talk about....oh yes, 800 a.d King/Emperor Charlemagne! We cannot forget the Frankish King that Defined Western / Central Europe and truly made the transition into what we know as the medieval era. shhh....we call him great, and he was, but the style really took 500 years to sort out......dark ages indeed, but this great ruler was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 by .... Pope Leo III on Christmas Day. Highly Important.

Answer 3

AD570(ish) fall of the Western Roman empire.
AD800 Start of the Viking period
AD1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge(marking the end of Danish presence in Britian.
AD1066Battle of Hastings (start of Norman rule in England)
AD1086Doomsday book.
AD1215 Signing of the Magna Carta
AD1264 Rebllion of Simon de Monfort
AD1347 Black Death spreads through Europe
AD1349 birth of Owain Glyndwr
AD1381 Peasants revolt
AD1455 Start of the war of the Roses
AD1486 Sprenger and Kramer publish the Malleus Maleficarum .Mainly responsible for the witch hunts that spread throughout Europe.
AD1500 late middle ages ends here
Hope this list helps you ,if you want more specific details of events ,i.e what the events themselves signified or (where possible) exact dates, e-mail me and I would be glad to help

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Vinland was the name the Viking explorer Lief Eriksonn gave the area of Canada we call Newfoundland .Not America

Answer 4

Well the magna carta which is the beginning of modern law system, I think that was 1066 in England.

1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue and founded america.

The Vikings found Newfoundland in the tenth century.

Jacques Cartier discovered and developed Hochelaga in 1495, which is where the present day Quebec city is .

And the cruxifiction of Jesus Christ about 2007 years ago.

Answer 5

1. Charles Martel defeats the Moors stopping their furthest advance in Europe
2. Muhammad found religion of Islam
3. Columbus discovers? America
4. Crusades begin in 1095 under Pope Urban I
5. Vikings explore in North America(Vinland they named it)

Answer 6

How about the Battle of Hastings in 1066

Answer 7

what about the building of the pyramids about 2600BC

43 ad ROMAN invasion of britain

79 ad eruption of vesuvius and destruction of pompeii

1324 bc death of tutanhkamun not important in itself but hugely important given that future archlogical events.

3200bc approximate date when stone henge built