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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.






2. Battle of Agincourt. Henry V and his army defeat a numerically superior French army - partially because of the newly-introduced English longbow.The turning point in the Hundred Years' War for 15th Century England that lead to the signing of the Treat






3. Battle of Lechfeld. Otto the Great - son of Henry the Fowler - defeats the Magyars.This is the defining event that prevents the Hungarians from entering Central Europe.






4. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.






5. Siege of BelgradeMajor Ottoman advances are halted for 7 decades - last major victory for Hunyadi.






6. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.






7. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






8. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)






9. Beginning of the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy during which the Popes moved to Avignon.Begins a period of over seven decades of the Papacy outside of Rome that would be one of the major factors of the Western Schism.






10. Kievan Rus' is established.Would be sustained until the Mongol invasion of Rus' over four and a half centuries - despite peaking during the middle 11th century during the reign of Yaroslav the Wise.






11. JingkangIncidentThe Jurchen soldiers sack Kaifeng - bringing an end to the Northern Song Dynasty in China; the Song moves further south and makes Lin'an their new capital.






12. Genghis Khan dies.His kingdom is divided among his children and grandchildrenEmpire of the Great Khan - Chagatai Khanate - Mongolian Homeland - and the Blue Horde and White Horde. (Which would later become the Golden Horde.






13. Battle of Nineveh.The Byzantines - under Heraclius - crush the Persians.






14. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.






15. The Third Crusade follows upon Saladin's uniting the Muslim world and recapturing Jerusalem.Despite managing to win several major battles - the Crusaders did not recapture Jerusalem.






16. The Synod of Kells-Mellifont established the present diocesan system of Ireland (with later modifications) and recognized the primacy of Armagh.This synod marks the inclusion of the Irish Church into western European Catholicism.






17. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.






18. Battle of Lechfeld. Otto the Great - son of Henry the Fowler - defeats the Magyars.This is the defining event that prevents the Hungarians from entering Central Europe.






19. Joseon Dynasty founded in Korea.Becomes longest reigning Korean dynasty.






20. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.






21. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.






22. Ladislaus of Naples sells his 'rights' on Dalmatia to the Venetian Republic for 100000 ducats.Dalmatia would with some interruptions remain under Venetian rule for nearly four centuries - until 1797.






23. Tang Dynasty in China.The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for 286 years.






24. Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to a victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo.






25. Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves. The Italian Wars begin.Italian Wars will eventually lead to the downfall of the Italian city-states. Pope's ruling will lead to the






26. Stefan Nemanja united Serbian territories - establishing the Medieval Serbian state.This marks the rise of Serbia which will dominate the Balkans for the next three hundred years. Allies of Serbia at this moment become the Hungarian Kingdom and the R






27. Kievan Rus' is established.Would be sustained until the Mongol invasion of Rus' over four and a half centuries - despite peaking during the middle 11th century during the reign of Yaroslav the Wise.






28. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur






29. Leif Ericson is to settle during the winter in present day Canada at L'Anse aux Meadows.Ericson is to be the European to settle in the Americas during the Norse exploration of the Americas.






30. Abd-ar-Rahman III of the Ummayad dynasty in al-Andalus (part of the Iberian peninsula) takes the title of Caliph or ruler of the Islamic world.Beginning of the Caliphate of C






31. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.






32. December 25thCharlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.With his crowning - Charlemagne's kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.






33. Spanish Christians succeed in defeating the Moors in the long Reconquista campaigns - after the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.By 1248 - only the small southern kingdom of Granada remained under Muslim control.






34. At the Battle of Legnano - the cavalry of Frederick Barbarossa is defeated by the infantry of the Lombard League.This is the first major defeat of cavalry by infantry - signaling the new role of the bourgeosie.






35. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.






36. Battle of Kosovo in Serbia.This was in many respects the decisive battle between the Turks - led by Sultan Murat - and Christian army - led by the Serbs and their duke Lazar. The battle took place in Kosovo - the southern province of the Medieval Ser






37. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.






38. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.






39. Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed Sei-i Taishogun - or shogun for short.He is the first of a long line of military dictators to bear this title. The institution would last until 1913.






40. The reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.






41. Battle of Yamen.Marks the end of the Song Dynasty in China - and all of China is under the rule of Kublai Khan as the emperor.






42. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.






43. The Byzantines under Basil II conquer Bulgaria after a bitter 50-years struggle.Concludes the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria.






44. TheFirst Lateran Council followed and confirmed the Concordat of Worms.






45. The first known merchant guild.






46. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language






47. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.






48. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.






49. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.






50. Onin War takes place in Japan.First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.