1104 AD: Crusaders capture Acre
1109 AD: War between England and France until 1113
1120 AD: China: Playing cards invented
1137 AD: Louis VII is king of France
1147 AD: 2nd Crusade begins (to 1149)
1148 AD: Crusaders fail to capture Damascus
1150 AD: First paper made in Europe.
1150 AD: France: Founding of Paris University. Cambodia: Temple at Angkor Wat completed by Suryavaraman II.
1151 AD: Toltec Empire in Mexico comes to an end
1152 AD: Marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII is annulled
1154 AD: England: Henry of Anjou becomes King Henry II (to 1189); he also rules more than half of France. Papacy: Nicholas Breakspear becomes Adrian IV (to 1159), the only English pope.
1155 AD: England: Henry II makes Thomas a Becket Chancellor. Pope Adrian IV grants Henry II the right to rule Ireland. 1156 AD: Civil war rages in Japan
1161 AD: China: Explosives are used at the battle of Ts'ai-shih.
1162 AD: Thomas Becket is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1168 AD: Mexico: Aztecs begin to migrate.
1168 AD: Arabs capture Cairo
1169 AD: Egypt: Saladin becomes vizier (to 1193) and sultan from 1174.
1170 AD: England: Becket is reconciled with King Henry II and returns to Canterbury, but is murdered soon afterward. Oxford University is founded. Ireland: Normans from England invade under the command of Strongbow.
1171 AD: England: Henry II breaks the power of Strongbow and annexes Ireland.
1181 AD: Cambodia: Jayarvarman VII is made king (to 1220).
1182 AD: Philip II banishes the Jews from France
1187 AD: Palestine: Saladin captures Jerusalem.
1189 AD: England: Richard I becomes king of England (to 1199). Palestine: Third Crusade starts (to 1192). North America: The Vikings visit for the last time.
1190 AD: Holy Roman Empire: Fredrick Barbarossa is drowned on his way to Palestine. Henry IV becomes Holy Roman emperor (to 1197). Ethiopia: Lalibela is made emperor (to 1225).
1190 AD: Mongolia: Temujin begins conquests.
1191 AD: Richard I captures Cyprus and Acre
1199 AD: England: Henry II's youngest son, John, becomes king (to 1216).
1200 AD: Europe: Compass first used. Trade undergoes great expansion owing to the growing number of towns that require goods of all types. Polynesia: People from the island of Tahiti arrive in Hawaii and win control over the earlier settlers.
1200 AD: North America: Hunac Ceel revolts against the Mayas of Chichen Itza and sets up a new capital at Mayapan.
1202 AD: Famine in Egypt
1202 AD: 4th Crusade (ends 1204)
1204 AD: Crusaders capture Constantinole
1206 AD: Mongolia: Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan, "Emperor of All Men."
1206 AD: India: Dynasty of the Slave kings
1208 AD: Ghengis Khan conquers Turkestan.
1209 AD: Cambridge University is founded
1212 AD: Frederick II leads the Children's Crusade
1215 AD: England: The barons force John to agree to a statement of their rights in the Magna Carta. France: St. Dominic founds the Dominican Order of frairs at Toulouse.
1216 AD: Henry III becomes king of England
1217 AD: Fifth Crusade (to 1222); the venture fails to capture Egypt. Severe famine in central and eastern Europe.
1218 AD: Genghis Khan conquer Bokhara. Japan: Hojo clan rules (to 1333), after they overthrow the Minamoto family.
1220 AD: South America: Manco Capac founds Incan Empire
1223 AD: Mongols invade Russia
1226 AD: 6th Crusade begins
1227 AD: Genghis Khan dies
1233 AD: Rome: Pope Gregory IX establishes the Inquisition
1234 AD: Mongols annex northern China
1235 AD: Mali: Sundiata Keita is king
1240 AD: Mongols capture Moscow
1240 AD: Ghana is incorporated into the kingdom of Mali
1241 AD: Mongols invade Hungary and cross the Danube River in Austria
1248 AD: 7th Crusade begins (ends 1270)
1260 AD: China: Mongol chief Kublai is elected khan by his army
1268 AD: Muslims capture Antioch
1270 AD: France: King Louis IX dies during the 7th crusade
1271 AD: Marco Polo set of to visit China
1274 AD: Mongols invade Japan
1275 AD: China: Marco Polo enters the service of Kublai Khan for the next 17 years
1277 AD: Roger Bacon is exiled for heresy
1281 AD: Second Mongol invasion of Japan, failure
1293 AD: China: First Christian missionaries arrive
1294 AD: Kubla Khan dies
1297 AD: Southeast Asia: Burmese become the vassals of the Mongols
1305 AD: Scotland: English capture and execute William Wallace (Braveheart)
1320 AD: India: Tughluk dynasty in Delhi is founded
1336 AD: Japan: Daigo II is exiled
1336 AD: India: The Hindu Kingdom of Vijayamagar is founded
1339 AD: Russia: Construction of the Kremlin begins
1347 AD: Black Plague (Death) reaches Cyprus from East Asia
1348 AD: Black Plague (Death) reaches Europe reaching Paris and London
1349 AD: Black Plague reaches northern Russia
1360 AD: Treaty of Bretigny ends the first stage of Hundred Year's War
1360 AD: France: French start making the franc (money)
1368 AD: China: Yuan dynasty (Mongols) is overthrown
1378 AD: The second Great Schism occurs in the church
1381 AD: England: Peasants march on London, staging the Peasant's Revolt over reforms
1388 AD: Mongols are forced out of the capital by the Chinese
1391 AD: Constantinople is attacked by the Turks for the first time
1398 AD: India: Tamerlane ravages kindom of Delhi
1428 AD: English begin seige of Orleans. Joan of Arc sees visions
1429 AD: Joan of Arc is appointed military commander and wins at Orleans
1431 AD: Joan of Arc is burned as a witch
1451 AD: Christopher Columbus is born
1453 AD: Hundred Years War ends
1456 AD: Johannes Gutenberg publishes the first Latin Bible made by his printing press
1462 AD: Russia: Ivan III takes control
1469 AD: Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella, unites Spain
1473 AD: Sistine Chapel is built
1478 AD: Spanish Inquisition begins
1479 AD: Ferndinand becomes king of Spain
1481 AD: Death of Mohhammed II, founder of the Ottoman Empire
1488 AD: Diaz rounds the Cape of Good Hope
1492 AD: Columbus sails west
1494 AD: Treaty of Tordesillas is created dividing the new world
1497 AD: John Cabot rediscovers Newfoundland