Holy Roman Empire founded
962 · Event
Pope John XII crowns Otto I emperor; the title persists for 800 years.
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- German unification (1871)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Hitler's rule of Germany (1933)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
- Reunification of Germany (1990)
Around 962
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Song dynasty (960)
- East–West Schism (1054)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Song invention of gunpowder (950)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)
- William the Conqueror (1028)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)
- Æthelstan, first King of the English (894)