What were any major events during 475 AD to 1500 AD?
2007-11-05 12:20:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Yes, in fact there were several major events worldwide from 475 CE to 1500 CE.
476 - End of the Western Roman Empire
600 - Books printed in China by Buddhist monks
637 - Jerusalem captured by Muhammadans (Muslims)
664 - Kingdom of Ghana founded in Africa
771 - Charlemagne becomes the sole ruler of the Frankish kingdom
787 - First Viking raid on Britain
885 - Vikings besiege Paris
982 - Cane sugar arrives in Western Europe
1066 - Chinese establish iron and steel manufactories. Use of gunpowder widespread in China.
1128 - Khmers of Cambodia expand into Vietnam
1163 - Notre dame built, Paris
1167 - Oxford University founded
1187 - Saladin takes Jerusalem
1215 - St. George Day becomes national holiday, England
1237 - Mongols conquer Russia
1272 - Kublai Khan conquers Song of China
1290 - Osman founds Ottoman Turkish Empire
1328 - Ivan I makes Moscow the capital
1347 - Black Death pandemic in Europe; 20% of the population dies
1364 - Aztecs bulid Tenochtitlan
1368 - Ming dynasty expels Mongols from China
1381 - Peasant's Revolt, England
1414 - Medici becomes bankers to the Papacy
1453 - fall of Constantinople to Turks; end of East (Byzantine) Roman Empire
1474 - William Caxton prints first book in English
1497 - John Cabot lands in Canada
2007-11-05 12:48:21 · answer #1 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Samuel de Champlain John Smith William Penn John Winthrop boost Mather William Bradford Roger Williams Anne Bradstreet John Mason Cotton Mather Jonathon Edwards Benjamin Franklin Thomas Paine Phillis Wheatley Olaudah Equiano
2016-12-15 17:53:00 · answer #2 · answered by mckernan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. Let's c.
bubonic plaque
Battle of Hastings in 1066
Viking raids & exploration of Iceland, Greenland, & N. America
establishment of Holy Roman Empire
some explorations of India, Africa, & the New World, notably I think 3 of Columbus' 4 voyages of the Caribbean
Mohammed
Mongols expanding their empire to as far as India and present-day Ukraine
2007-11-05 12:57:33 · answer #3 · answered by The Glorious S.O.B. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The invasion of England by Normandy (battle of Hastings), 1066
Age of Exploration
Early Renaissance
Early Protestant Reformation...
And that's just Europe
2007-11-05 12:29:39 · answer #4 · answered by PamIAm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. nothing at all happened for 1000 years, and nobody studies this period. anyone who says something about crusades, christopher columbus, fall of the roman empire, creation of islam, mongolian empire, bubonic plague, or like the viking invasions is a LIAR.
2007-11-05 16:53:24 · answer #5 · answered by samusssbm85 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in what part of the world?
2007-11-05 12:28:57 · answer #6 · answered by zorro1701e 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋