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Timeline of the Middle Ages

Year by year, how well do you remember historical events from the Middle Ages?
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Last updated: November 20, 2023
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1. When did the Western Roman Empire collapse?
533
476
433
576
2. Which city was established by Clovis as the capital of the Kingdom of the Franks in 508?
Paris
Avignon
Toulouse
Carcassonne
3. What was the name of the Codification of Roman Law written in 529?
Zeno’s Code
Justinian’s Code
Heraclius’ Code
Tiberius’ Code
4. What was originally Hagia Sophia when it was built in 537?
Museum
Mosque
Byzantine Christian cathedral
Roman Catholic cathedral
5. The first written account of the Loch Ness monster was in 566. Where is that lake located?
Wales
England
Scotland
Ireland
6. In 622, the year one of the Islamic calendar. Where did Muhammad take his followers?
Medina
Cairo
Carthage
Persia
7. Who fought in the Battle of Tours in the year 732?
Vikings and Franks
Franks and Muslims
Romans and Vikings
Muslims and Romans
8. Who did Charles the Great and Carloman succeed as Kings of the Franks in 768?
Clovis IV
Pepin the Short
Charles Martel
Louis I the Pious
9. In 800, on Christmas Day, Charles the Great was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by which pope?
Leo III
Eugene II
Stephen III
Adrian I
10. Which great Frankish ruler, the first recognised emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire, died in 814?
Pepin the Short
Louis I the Pious
Charles the Great
Clovis I
11. In 841, Vikings built a settlement on the south bank of the River Liffey, which it will eventually become which city?
Rotterdam
Dublin
Edinburgh
Liverpool
12. In 858, missionaries Cyril and Methodius invented the Cyrillic alphabet. Which of the nations do not use it today?
Romanians
Russians
Bulgarians
Serbians
13. Who were first settlers in Iceland in 830?
Vikings
Magyars
Frisians
Franks
14. What king of Wessex defeated the Danes and established a treaty with them in 886?
Charles the Great
King Aethelwulf
King Henry VIII
Alfred the Great
15. Which Viking became the first ruler of Normandy in 918?
Olaf Tryggvason
Harald Hardada
Rollo
Ragnar Lodbrok
16. What Germanic empire was formed under Otto I in 962?
Byzantine Empire
The Holy Roman Empire
West Frankish Empire
Frisian Empire
17. Which Norse explorer founded the first settlement in Greenland in 985?
Erik the Red
Ragnar Lodbrok
Roald Amundsen
Leif Erikson
18. What Native American civilization began in present-day Southern United States in years around 1000?
Mississippi Culture
Colorado Culture
Rio Grande Culture
Missouri Culture
19. Who was the first King of Hungary, crowned on 25 December 1000?
Peter the Venetian
Bela
Saint Stephen I
Andrew I
20. Who was the first European to land in North America around year 1001?
Leif Ericson
Erik the Red
Halard Hardada
Cnut the Great
21. What epic poem written in England around 1010 tells the story of a Scandinavian hero?
The Canterbury Tales
Beowulf
The Golden Legend
The Decameron
22. Cnut the Great, who conquered England in 1016 was prince of which country?
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Iceland
23. In 1054, the Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern Orthodox churches separated from each other. Where are the headquarters of Eastern Orthodox Church?
Belgrade
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Constantinople
24. In which city was the famous St Mark's Basilica on St Mark's Square rebuilt in 1063?
Pisa
Venice
Siena
Florence
25. Which French Duke conquered England in the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and became King of England?
Clovis
William of Normandy
Charles the Great
Alfred the Great
26. The Tower of London in England was founded in 1078. What is the name of its central tower?
Golden Tower
White Tower
Black Tower
Silver Tower
27. Founded in 1088, which university was established as a center of study in law for students across Europe?
University of Bologna
University of Padua
University of Salamaca
University of Coimbra
28. Who captured Valencia from the Moors in 1094 and is considered the national hero of Spain?
El Cid
El Coco
Pancho Villa
Hernán Cortes
29. The earliest initiative for the First Crusade began in 1095 when which Byzantine Emperor requested military support in conflict with the Seljuk-led Turks?
Michael VIII Palaiologos
Basil II
Justinian
Alexios I Komnenos
30. Which university in England was founded in 1096?
Oxford
Manchester
Cambridge
St. Andrews
31. The Knights Templars were founded in 1119. Where were their headquarters?
Paris
Florence
Constantinople
Jerusalem
32. In which part of Paris the construction of medieval Catholic cathedral Notre-Dame began in 1163?
Nanterre
Saint-Denis
Ile de la Cite
Ile Saint-Louis
33. Who was Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancelor of England, who was murdered in 1170 and later canonized as a martyr?
Thomas More
Edward Grim
Reginald Fitzurse
Thomas Becket
34. In which region of Italy the construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa started in 1173?
Veneto
Tuscany
Emilia Romagna
Umbria
35. What empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206?
Chinese Empire
Byzantine Empire
Tibetan Empire
Mongol Empire
36. What document did the King John sign in 1215 that said the people had rights and that the king was not above the law?
The Charter of Liberties
The Magna Carta
The Liber Instrumentorum
The Constitution
37. Which city was the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th century until the 16th-century Spanish conquest?
Teotihuacan
Tikal
Machu Picchu
Cusco
38. Who is the author of the Decameron, the book that has a number of stories and describes life in 14th century Italy?
Dante Alighieri
Marco Polo
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Giovanni Boccaccio
39. According to the legend William Tell is a 14th century folk hero from which country?
Switzerland
Belgium
Germany
Denmark
40. From 1309 to 1376, seven successive popes resided in which French city?
Troyes
Strasbourg
Avignon
Carcassonne
41. What was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty?
Liao
Ming
Qing
Jin
42. In which present country did the Battle of Maritsa, when the Serbs were defeated by the Ottomans, take place in 1371?
Greece
Romania
Bulgaria
Albania
43. Who did the Ottoman Empire fight in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389?
Hungary
Serbs
Holy Roman Empire
Venice
44. Sir William Wallace died in 1305. He was a legendary Medieval knight of which nation?
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
45. Who did England fight in the Battle of Agincourt in 1413?
Ireland
France
Denmark
Spain
46. In 1415, who was burned at the stake for heresy against the doctrines of the Catholic Church?
John Calvin
Giordano Bruno
Martin Luther
Jan Hus
47. Which ruler started the famous navigational school in Lisbon in 1419?
King Charles I
Prince Henry
King Ferdinand
King Henry VII
48. Where was construction of the Forbidden City completed in 1420?
Rome
Athens
Beijing
Jerusalem
49. How was Joan of Arc killed in 1431?
Executed by guillotine
Hung
Drawn and quartered
Burned alive at the stake
50. In which present day country was Machu Picchu constructed in 1450s?
Chile
Bolivia
Peru
Colombia
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Nov 20, 2023
Thorough! Nominated