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EARLY NORTHERN EUROPE: 680 to 1417 | ![]() |
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| 680 | Bulgar Empire established in Balkans | |
| 850 | Slavs inhabit most of Eastern Central Europe | |
| 893 | Bulgar Empire in Balkans expands under Simeon | |
| 896 | Magyars rule area around Hungary | |
| 929 | Death of Wenceslas, King of Bohemia | |
| 1000 | Stephen I becomes King of Hungary | |
| 1230 | Teutonic Knights established in Prussia | |
| 1256 | Hanseatic League formed around Baltic - trade flourishes | |
| 1415 | Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer, martyred | |
| 1417 | First Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg (Prussia) |