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