The Timeline of the early Middle Ages starts in 1066 with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest and ends in 1485 with the death of King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. This comprehensive Middle Ages Timeline details the major events significant to life during the Medieval era. The Timeline of covers all of the reigns of the Kings of England from the Normans to the Plantagenet's culminating in the events surrounding the Wars of the Roses.