The Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror defeats Harold Godwinson (Year 1066 CE)

The Great Schism.The Christian Church splits into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox (Year 1054 CE)

Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, reviving the Roman Empire (Year 800 CE)

Viking raid on Lindisfarne, England. The start of the Viking Age. (Year 793 CE)

The Battle of Tours. The Frankish vs The Umayyad. (Year 732 CE)

Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina. Year 1 of the Islamic calendar. (Year 622 CE)

The Life of the Prophet Muhammad. The foundation of Islam. (Year 570-632 CE)

Reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian 1 and the codification of the Roman Law (Year 527-565 CE)

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire (Year 476 CE)

The Visigoths sack the city of Rome (Year 410 CE)

Emperor Constantine issues the Edict of Milan, legalizing Christianity in Roman Empire (Year 313 CE)

Roman Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire (Year 225 CE)

The Fall of China's Han Dynasty (Year 220 CE)

The Pantheon is built in Rome (Year 100-300 CE)

The Colosseum is completed in Rome (Year 80-100 CE)

The Roman Empire sacks Jerusalem (Year 70-80 CE)