800
Charlemagne becomes Holy Roman Emperor
933
Henry I beats back a Magyar
invasion
955
Otto I defeats the Magyars at
Lechfeld
1122
Concordat of Worms between Henry and the
Pope; Henry cedes rights to appoint religious officials
1154
Frederick I Barbarossa crowned emperor
1190
Barbarossa drowns while on crusade
1244
Pope Innocent IV flees to Lyons, away from
Frederick II
1273
Rudolf of the Habsburgs ascends the throne
1440
Frederick III is the last emperor to be
crowned in Rome
1520
Charles V is made emperor
1618-48
Thirty Year's War involved much of Europe
1740-86
Frederick II of Prussia brings his nation to prominence
1806
Holy Roman Empire ends after defeat at
the hands of Napoleon
1862
Otto von Bismark becomes Foreign
Affairs Minister of Prussia
1888
Kaiser Wilhelm II ascends the throne
and dismisses Bismark as chancellor
1918
WWI begins
