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Influence of Europe Timeline

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Otto of Saxony proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor

962

Last of Carolingians dies; lords of France elect Hugh Capet to serve as king

987

Norman pilgrims aid Salerno in an attack by Muslim raiders

999

Norman’s aided city of Bari in struggle against Byzantine authority

1017

Reign of Roman Emperor Henry VI

1056 - 1106

Duke William of Normandy invades England

1066

Saljuqs defeat Byzantine in battle of Manzikert

1071

Reign of Pope Gregory VII

1073 - 1085

Roger Guiscard conquers Sicily

1090

Pope Urban II launches first Crusade

1096

Antioch and Odessa fall to Crusaders

1097

Jerusalem falls to Crusaders

1099

Edessa is taken back from Christian authority by the Turks

1144

Reign of Frederick Barbarossa

1152 - 1190

Life of St. Dominic

1170 - 1221

Life of St. Francis

1182 - 1226

Saladin recaptures Jerusalem

1187

Fourth Crusade

1202 - 1204

Crusaders sack Constantinople

1204

Byzantine recaptures Constantinople

1261

Constantinople conquered by Ottoman Turks; Byzantium falls

1453