Political History

1204
Fourth Crusade
1212
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
1214
Battle of Bouvines
1215
Magna Carta
1248
Seventh Crusade
1250
Death of Emperor Frederick II
1270
Death of Louis IX
1282
Sicilian Vespers
1291
Fall of Acre
1295
Model Parliament
1302
First meeting of the Estates General
1337-1453
Hundred Years' War
1340
Battle of Sluys
1346
Battle of Crécy
1347
Cola di Rienzo
1356
Battle of Poitiers
1360
Peace of Brétigny
1378-1402
Gian Galeazzo Visconti
1410
Battle of Tannenberg
1415
Battle of Agincourt
1429-1431
The Maid of France
1430
Creation of the Janissaries
1451-1481
Mohammed II the Conqueror
1453
Fall of Constantinople
1454
Peace of Lodi
1455-1485
Wars of the Roses
1461-1483
Louis XI
1462-1505
Ivan III the Great
1467-1477
Charles the Bold
1478-1492
Lorenzo de' Medici
1478
Pazzi Conspiracy
1485
Battle of Bosworth Field
1494
Charles VIII invades Italy
1519
Charles V becomes Holy Roman Emperor
1521
Fall of Belgrade
1527
Sack of Rome
1529
Siege of Vienna
1547
Henry VIII dies
1559
Treaty of Cateau-CambrŠsis
1571
Battle of Lepanto
1572
Dutch Revolt begins
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
1584
Assassination of William of Orange
1588
Spanish Armada
1610
Assassination of Henry IV
1611-1632
Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden
1618-1648
Thirty Years' War
1624-1642
Cardinal Richelieu
1642-1660
English Civil War
1648
The Fronde
1649
Execution of Charles I