Middle Ages Timeline
Please put these events in proper order on a timeline and include the date. At least 3 events must have a picture to represent the
event.
 Carolingian Dynasty begins
 Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III
 Charles Martel stops the Muslim invasion of France in the Battle of Tours
 Clovis Converts to Christianity
 Clovis unites the Franks
 Eleanor of Aquitaine is born and becomes a famous woman in the Middle Ages
 King Barbarossa is defeated by Italian soldiers with crossbows at Legnano
 King Henry IV asks for Pope Gregory’s forgiveness
 Otto the Great is crowned emperor
 Piers Plowman is written and tells the life of peasants in feudal Europe
 Rollo, a Viking, given Normandy in France
 St. Benedict sets up rules for monasteries in The Rule of St. Benedict
 Treaty of Verdun is signed and divides Charlemagne’s former empire
 Viking Leif Ericson explores North America
 Vikings sack Rome
Middle Ages Timeline
Please put these events in proper order on a timeline and include the date. At least 3 events must have a picture to represent the
event.
 Carolingian Dynasty begins
 Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III
 Charles Martel stops the Muslim invasion of France in the Battle of Tours
 Clovis Converts to Christianity
 Clovis unites the Franks
 Eleanor of Aquitaine is born and becomes a famous woman in the Middle Ages
 King Barbarossa is defeated by Italian soldiers with crossbows at Legnano
 King Henry IV asks for Pope Gregory’s forgiveness
 Otto the Great is crowned emperor
 Piers Plowman is written and tells the life of peasants in feudal Europe
 Rollo, a Viking, given Normandy in France
 St. Benedict sets up rules for monasteries in The Rule of St. Benedict
 Treaty of Verdun is signed and divides Charlemagne’s former empire
 Viking Leif Ericson explores North America
 Vikings sack Rome
Middle Ages Timeline
Please put these events in proper order on a timeline and include the date. At least 3 events must have a picture to represent the
event.
 Carolingian Dynasty begins
 Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III
 Charles Martel stops the Muslim invasion of France in the Battle of Tours
 Clovis Converts to Christianity
 Clovis unites the Franks
 Eleanor of Aquitaine is born and becomes a famous woman in the Middle Ages
 King Barbarossa is defeated by Italian soldiers with crossbows at Legnano
 King Henry IV asks for Pope Gregory’s forgiveness
 Otto the Great is crowned emperor
 Piers Plowman is written and tells the life of peasants in feudal Europe
 Rollo, a Viking, given Normandy in France
 St. Benedict sets up rules for monasteries in The Rule of St. Benedict
 Treaty of Verdun is signed and divides Charlemagne’s former empire
 Viking Leif Ericson explores North America
 Vikings sack Rome
Middle Ages Timeline
Please put these events in proper order on a timeline and include the date. At least 3 events must have a
picture to represent the event.
 Carolingian Dynasty begins
 Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III
 Charles Martel stops the Muslim invasion of France in the Battle of Tours
 Clovis Converts to Christianity
 Clovis unites the Franks
 Eleanor of Aquitaine is born and becomes a famous woman in the Middle Ages
 King Barbarossa is defeated by Italian soldiers with crossbows at Legnano
 King Henry IV asks for Pope Gregory’s forgiveness
 Otto the Great is crowned emperor
 Piers Plowman is written and tells the life of peasants in feudal Europe
 Rollo, a Viking, given Normandy in France
 St. Benedict sets up rules for monasteries in The Rule of St. Benedict
 Treaty of Verdun is signed and divides Charlemagne’s former empire
 Viking Leif Ericson explores North America
 Vikings sack Rome