503 AD: Britons under war leader Arthur defeat Saxons (This is the actual King Arthur)

505 AD: Fighting between the Byzantine Empire and Persia ends briefly

507 AD: Franks conquer the Visigoths in southern France

511 AD: Death of Clovis, Frankish Empire is divided

524 AD: War between Byzantine Empire and Persia

525 AD: Byzantine Empire: Theodora, previously a prostitute, marries Prince Justinian. She is able to push laws for women's rights, property, divorce, and inheritance

527 AD: Justinian becomes ruler of the Byzantine empire(to 565).

529 AD: Byzantine empire: Justinian starts to codify the laws that are based on the old Roman ones. They fill three volumes and it takes him until the end of his reign to complets them. (The go on to influence the law of nearly all European countries.) Justinian's empire also has its own form of Christanity, which exists today as the Eastern Orthodox Church.

540 AD: Another war between Byzantine Empire and Perisa breaks out

552 AD: Buddhism is introduced into Japan.

553 AD: Justinian reforms Egypt

562 AD: Japanese power ends in Korea.

570 AD: Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, is born in Mecca.

581 AD: Wen Ti, formerly chief minister of the Chou founds Sui Dynasty

584 AD: Foundation of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom

585 AD: China: Reconstruction work starts on the Great Wall. Many thousands of people are conscrited to do the work and many of them die in the harssh conditions.

587 AD: Visigoths in Spain are converted to Christianity

593 AD: China: The first printing press is invented. Japan: Suiko becomes empress of Japan(to 628). Buddhism takes root and becomes the offical religion on 594.

605 AD: Grand Canal is built is China (finished in 610)

606 AD: Harsha, emperor in northern India

610 AD: Muhammad has a vision in which the ARchangel Gabriel commands him to proclaim the one true god, Allah.

618 AD: China: the second Sui emperor is assassinated and Li Yuan founds the Tang dynasty(until 907).

624 AD: Muhammad marries Aisha

625 AD: Muhammad begins dictatinf the Koran, the holy book of Islam. The Persians attack Constantinople, but fail to take it.

627 AD: Heraclus defeats the Persians in Ninevah

627 AD: T'ia Tsung the Great becomes emperor of China

630 AD: Muhammad captures Mecca

632 AD: Muhammad dies

635 AD: Muslims begin conquest of Syria and Persia

638 AD: Muslims capture Jerusalem

645 AD: Byzantine forces capture Alexandria

656 AD: Ali, Caliph of Islam is assasinated

668 AD: Korea is reunited under the kingdom of Silla

673 AD: Arabs attack Constantinople

674 AD: Islamic Empire: Muslims reach Indus River (Modern Day Pakistan)

711 AD: The Moors (Arabs and Berbers from Morocco) invade Spain

716 AD: Second Arab siege of Constantinople

718 AD: Visigothic prince, Pelayo, founds kingdom of the Asturia in Spanish mountains

730 AD: Pope Gregory II excommunicated Leo III

731 AD: Bede completes his history of the church in England.

732 AD: France: Charles Martel, ruler of the Franks, defeats the Moors at Poitiers.

737 AD: Charles Martel again defeats the Moors at Narbonne

741 AD: Pepin the Short succeeds his father, Charles Martel

751 AD: Pepin the Short is crowned the king of the Franks, founding the Carolingian dynasty

771 AD: Pepin's son, Charles becomes king of the Franks(to 814). He is also known as the Charlemagne or Charles the Great.

772 AD: Charlemagne (Charles the Great) Pepin the Short's son becomes sole king of the Franks

773 AD: Charlemagne annexes the Lombard Kingdom

780 AD: Constantine VI, Byzantine Emperor is crowned

782 AD: Charlemagne summons the monk and scholar Alcuin of York to start school

789 AD: England: The firstVikings arrive. They land on the south coast and kill the messenger who is sent to meet them.

791 AD: Constantine VI imprisons his mother because of her cruelty

800 AD: Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne Holy Roman emperor of the west, recongnizing his proptection and expansion of Christian Europe. Germany: the Viking invade.

814 AD: Louis the Pious , son of Charlemagne, becomes king

835 AD: The starts of 15 years of Viking attacks on England.

843 AD: The Treaty of Verdun leads to the division of the Frankish, or Holy Roman, Empire. Louis the German rules east od the Rhine River, Charles the Bald rules France, and Lothair rules Italy, Provence, Burgundy, and Lorraine. Scotland: Kenneth MacAlpin, King of the Scots defeats the Picts and unites his country.

850 AD: Acropolis of Zimbabwe is built

861 AD: Vikings discover Iceland

862 AD: Rurik with a Viking tribe of Russ seize power in northern Russia

869 AD: Arabs capture Malta

881 AD: Charles III, the Fat, Emperor and King of Germany, becomes king of the Franks

874 AD: The Vikings settle in Iceland.

890 AD: Nailes horseshoes are used for the first time. They protect horses'feet and so longer journeys can be made. The shoes are cheap enough for peasants to afford them for their horses.

901 AD: Edward the Elder take the title of "King of the Angles and Saxons."

906 AD: Magyars begin invading Germany

907 AD: End of the T'ang Dynasty in China

920 AD: Africa: The golden age of he kingdomof Ghana begins. It lasts until 1050.

960 AD: Sung Dynasty in China

969 AD: Poland: Mieszko I becomes the first ruler of (to 992). China: The Song Dnyastyis founded(to 1279).

978 AD: The Chinese begin compiling an encyclopedia of 1000 volumes

980 AD: Arabs begin settling along the eastern coast of Africa

985 AD: North America: The Viking, Eric the Red, sets out from Iceland with 25 ships of people who want to settle in the land he called Greenland to make it attractive to them. Denmark: Sweyn ForkBeard is king(to 1014).

987 AD: France: Hugh Capet is elected to king(to 996) and founds the Capetian dynasty.

988 AD: Russia: Vladimir of Kiev introduces the Christian Eastern Orthodox Church into his lands.

1000 AD: The invention of gunpowder is perfected.

1000 AD: Africa: The kingdom of Ghana reaches the height of its power. It controls Atlantic ports, as well as trade routes across the Sahara

1000 AD: Viking Biarni Heriulfsson is blown off course and sights North America

1002 AD: Leif Ericsson leads an expedition west, goes as maybe as far as Maryland

1012 AD: The Danes sack Canterbury

1018 AD: India: Muhmud of Ghazni pillages tge sacred city of Muttra.

1021 AD: Islamic empire: CAliph al-Hakim declares himself divine and founds the Druse sect.

1042 AD: Edward the Confessor becomes king of England

1052 AD: Edward the Confessor founds Westminster Abbey

1054 AD: The final breakcomes between the Byzantine empire and the Roman Church; the Eastern Ortodox Church becomes completely. West Africa: Abdallah ben Yassim begins the Muslim conquest.

1066 AD: England: Battle of Hastings. The last time England was invaded by an outside force.

1068 AD: Shen Tsung, Emperor of China reforms China

1072 AD: William invades Scotland

1086 AD: Domesday Book is completed

1096 AD: First crusade begins under Pope Urban II