Fifth Century- angles and Saxons invade Britain.
 486- Clovis leads Frankish Confederacy against Romans and rival Germanic invaders in Gaul
527-565 Reign of Emperor Justinian in the Eastern Empire.
542- Plague hits Egypt, then spreads throughout the Mediterranean area and much of western Europe.
568- Lombards conquer most of northern Italy
570-632- Life of Muhammad
595- Missionaries sent by the pope begin to convert the pagans of England.
711-Muslim invasion of Spain
800-Slavs occupy almost all of eastern Europe