This timeline is by no means complete (I don't think I have enough bandwidth on this website to make a "complete" timeline of Medieval history!), but it should supply a working representation of the Middle Ages, starting with the fall of Rome and ending with the beginning of England's Tudor Dynasty.
Some other noteworthy events in Medieval History...

• 445: After killing his brother Bleda, Attila becomes sole leader of the huns
• 476: Part-Hun General Odoacer leads a mercenarr revolt in the Roman army, defeats Roman forces at Pavia, and assumes control of Italy. This is generally regarded as the end of the Roman Empire
• 516(?): Many historians believe this to be the beginning of the semi-legendary King Arthur's leadership of the Roman-Briton defenders in southern Britain.
• 534-553: The Italian (Gothic) War
• 650: Swedes first invade the land now named for them
• 717: Charles (The Hammer) Martel suceeds to leader of the Franks
• 789: Vikings make their first raid of Britain
• 954: Tens of thousands of Magyars bring devestation to Bavaria, France, Italy, and the Drava and Danube Valleys in the Great Magyar Raid
• Early 1100's: First known depiction of the Trebuche
• 1137: Normans establish control over southern Italy and Sicily
• 1174: Saladin becomes ruler of Egypt
• 1182: Jews expelled from France
• 1233-83: Teutonic Knights begin their conquest of Prussia
• 1290: Jews expelled from England
• 1279: Kublai Khan founds the Yuan dynasty
• 1298: William Wallace (yes, I know, we all love William Wallace) defeated at Falkirk
• 1326: First documented evidence of guns in Europe in Florentine and English manuscripts
• 1408: Hand-held firearms used in Europe
• 1419-1436: Hussite Wars
• 1447: Tartars invade Russia
• 1486: The Landsknechts army founded by Maximillian I

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