886 Institution Christianisation North Macedonia
School of Ohrid
Clement and Naum train thousands of clerics there and spread Slavic writing.
A shared history
European construction did not begin in 1950. This thread links the ancient inheritance, the Judeo-Christian matrix and the contemporary Union.
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Event density
One century per bar before 1500, one decade after: archives are not evenly spread.
Ancient Greece
Early Middle Ages
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Concert of Europe
European integration
Rome
High and Late Middle Ages
Reformation and wars of religion
Age of revolutions
World wars
Cold War
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800 899
Early Middle Ages 2 events893 Event Christianisation Bulgaria
Birth of the Cyrillic alphabet
The school of Preslav devises the script that will serve Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
900 999
Early Middle Ages 7 events907 Event Middle Ages Slovakia
End of Great Moravia
The first West Slavic state collapses; the territory passes to Hungary for a thousand years.
925 Event Middle Ages Croatia
Kingdom of Croatia
Tomislav is recognised as king; the country anchors itself in Latin Christendom.
930 Institution Middle Ages Iceland
Foundation of the Althing
At Þingvellir the world’s oldest still-functioning parliament is born.
962 Event Middle Ages Germany
Birth of the Holy Roman Empire
Otto I is crowned in Rome. The Empire claims direct descent from ancient Rome and acts as the secular arm of the Church.
963 Institution Middle Ages Luxembourg
Foundation of Lucilinburhuc
Siegfried acquires a rock on the Alzette: the castle will give the country its name.
965 Event Christianisation Denmark
Jelling stone
Harald Bluetooth proclaims the Christianisation of the Danes: the kingdom’s birth certificate.
966 Religion Christianisation Poland
Baptism of Mieszko I
Poland chooses Latin Christianity, a decision that durably fixes its cultural place in Europe.