Timeline Flashcards
1
Q
Alaric’s sack of Rome
A
410
2
Q
battle of Chalons
A
451
3
Q
deposition of the last Western Roman emperor
A
476
4
Q
baptism of Clovis
A
496
5
Q
Codex Justinianus (codification of Roman law)
A
529
6
Q
Hejira (Mohammed’s flight from Mecca)
A
622
7
Q
Charles Martel: Battle of Tours/Poitiers
A
732
8
Q
Charlemagne crowned emperor
A
800
9
Q
Alfred the Great: first English naval victory
A
875
10
Q
Canute becomes king of England
A
1016
11
Q
battle of Hastings
A
1066
12
Q
first capture of Jerusalem by Crusaders
A
1099
13
Q
Saladin captures Jerusalem
A
1187
14
Q
Magna Carta
A
1215
15
Q
final loss of Jerusalem by Europeans
A
1244
16
Q
founding of the Sorbonne
A
1252
17
Q
approximate beginning of the Late Middle Ages
A
1300
18
Q
arrival of the Black Death in Sicily from central Asia
A
1347
19
Q
approximate beginning of Renaissance
A
1350
