Introduction
Before Christ
0-100
100-200
200-300
300-400
400-500
500-600
600-700
700-800
800-900
900-1000
1000-1100
1100-1200
1200-1300
1300-1400
1400-1500
1500-1600
1600-1700
1700-1800
1800-1900
1900-2000
2000-Present
Index
Bibliography
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1000 - 1100
Text History |
World History |
1001
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Leif Eriksson discovers North America in Newfoundland (modern-day Canada).
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1040
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King Macbeth of Scotland begins to rule. His life would become the subject for Shakespeare's later Macbeth.
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1041-1048
The Chinese develop a method of copying called "movable type" for the production of mass printing by use of clay foundation.
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This work would later be expanded upon by use of metal in Korea (1234) and eventually the printing press by Johann Gutenberg (1447) would become the staple of printing technology.
1058
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The Great Schism begins as the church splits over the matter of the filioque in the Nicene Creed (589 AD).
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1071
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The Byzantine Empire is defeated at the Battle of Menzikert by a Turkish army.
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1095
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The Crusades begin under the authority of William the Conqueror.
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1096
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The First Crusade officially begins when the Byzantine Emperor calls on Christians to help defend him against the Turks.
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1099
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The First Crusade captures Jerusalem.
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