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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. 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.
698
1183
825
1152
2. Siege of BaghdadMongols (the Ilkhanate) ensure control of the region; Generally considered the end of the Islamic Golden Age.
1258
751
917
1296
3. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
868
793
965-967
1415
4. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.
718
1279
960
825
5. 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.
568
1118
862
1227
6. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.
1147
552
936
1176 5/29
7. Tang Dynasty ends with Emperor Ai deposed.The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China commences.
711
907
1439
1380
8. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.
1187
663
622
641
9. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive
1346
1185
1274
626
10. The Second Crusade was in retaliation for the fall of Edessa - one of the first Crusader States founded in theFirst Crusade. It was an overall failure.This was the first Crusade to have been led by European Queens.
1086
1455 May 22
1147
641
11. The Byzantine army defeats the Turks at Philomelion.The Turks abandon the entire coastal area of Anatolia and all of western Anatolia
681
962
1116
1215
12. Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose - duke of Normandy - at the Battle of Tinchebrai - and imprisons him in Devizes castle; EdgarAtheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner.This victory made a later struggle between En
1106 9/28
1116
632
907
13. 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.
687
633
c. 1001
1392
14. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.
529
840
978
1189
15. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.
568
597
590
885
16. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.
1147
768
638
840
17. Tang Dynasty ends with Emperor Ai deposed.The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China commences.
597
455
907
627
18. The Concordat of Worms was drawn up between Emperor Henry V and Pope Calixtus II.This concordat ended the investiture struggle - but bitter rivalry between emperor and pope remained.
885
1122 9/23
1456
1192
19. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.
1187
663
795
1106 9/28
20. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.
1077
632
1415 October 25th
1296
21. 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.
685
750
c. 1001
681
22. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.
1163
1216
1461
882
23. Christianization of Bulgaria.
626
962
864
827
24. King Henry II of England lands in Ireland to assert his supremacy and the Synod of Cashel acknowledges his sovereignty.With his landing - Henry begins the English claim to and occupation of Ireland which would last some seven and a half centuries.
1116
1279
633
1171
25. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
1176 5/29
750
882
985
26. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1205
1125
622
1396
27. Death of Bede.Bede was later regarded as 'the father of English history'
793
1346
1208
735
28. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)
1037
1310
1381
645
29. In the Battle of Hundsfeld - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats Emperor Henry V.German expansion to the east is stopped.
1187
633
1108/24
1183
30. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.
1216
866
969
1417
31. The Hundred Years' War begins. England and France struggle for dominance of Western Europe.The war will span through three/four different war periods within a 116 year period.
732
1337
1307 Friday - October 13th
685
32. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.
1121 12/25
1184
1077
1109
33. The reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.
1333
1152
1397
1185
34. The compilation of the Domesday Book - a great land and property survey commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess his new possessions.This is the first such undertaking since Roman times.
570
1370
1086
1399
35. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.
1139
786
563
1273
36. Emperor Go-Daigo returns to the throne from exile - and begins the Kenmu restoration.The Kamakura Shogunate comes to an end - and the Kenmu Restoration only lasts a few years before the Ashikaga Shogunate begins.
1333
1415 October 25th
976
1346
37. The Viking Rollo and his tribe settle in what is now Normandy by the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte - founding the Duchy of Normandy.
840
911
872
1492
38. 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
907
768
1183
929
39. The Hanseatic League is founded.This marks a new period of trade and economic development for northern and western Europe.
1381
1158
896
633
40. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)
1381
969
632
885
41. The Byzantine army defeats the Turks at Philomelion.The Turks abandon the entire coastal area of Anatolia and all of western Anatolia
568
1444 November 10th
1116
882
42. Last great Roman-Persian War.Long conflict leaves both empires exhausted and unable to cope with the newly united Arab armies under Islam in the 630s
885
632
602
843
43. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
590
711
1415
927
44. Onin War takes place in Japan.First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.
1307 Friday - October 13th
1193
643
1467
45. Trial and execution of Joan of Arc.Death of the woman who helped turned the Hundred Years' War in favor of the French over the past two years.
1347
1431
1258
581
46. The Franks under Edward defeat the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouill
1122 9/23
570
1066
500
47. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.
552
827
590
1485
48. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.
1296
1459
1381
529
49. Death of John I Tzimiskes; Basil II (his co-emperor) takes sole power.Under Basil II zenith of the power of Eastern Empire after Justinian.
969
1299 July 27th
c.960
976
50. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.
1123 3/18-3/27
698
866
960