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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. The Knights Templar are founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims on their journey to the city.Becomes the most recognizable - and impactful military orders during the Crusades.






2. Fujiwara period in Japan.Would become the most powerful clan during the Heian period in Japan for around three centuries.






3. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.






4. Papal recognition of the Dominican Order.






5. The Hundred Years' War ends.England's once vast territories in France is now reduced to only Calais - which they eventually lose control of as well.






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






7. Ramon Berenguer IV - Count of Barcelona - married Queen Petronilla of Aragon. They had been betrothed in 1137.This marriage gave the Kingdom of Aragon access to the Mediterranean Sea - creating a powerful kingdom which expanded to control many of the






8. 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.






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






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






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. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.






13. The Byzantine army defeats the Turks at Philomelion.The Turks abandon the entire coastal area of Anatolia and all of western Anatolia






14. 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.






15. The Aztecs find the city of Tenochtitlan.This would be the epicenter and capital of the Aztec kingdom for nearly 200 years until the Siege of Tenochtitlan led by Hernan Cortes.






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






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






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






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






20. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.






21. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world






22. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.






23. At the Battle of Dan no Ura - Minamoto Yoshitsune annihilates the Taira clan.The elimination of the Taira leaves the Minamoto the virtual rulers of Japan and marks the beginning of the first period of feudal rule known as the Kamakura Period.






24. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.






25. The University of Heidelberg is founded.It is the oldest university in Germany.






26. Battle of Bannockburn.Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.






27. The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire - lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.






28. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






29. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.






30. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.






31. Mieszko I of Poland and his court embrace Christianity - which becomes national religion.






32. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.






33. Muhammad Migrates from Mecca to Medina.Event will have designated first year of the Islamic Calendar - as Anno Hegirae.






34. Battle of Anchialus. Simeon I the Great defeats the Byzantines.Recognition of the Imperial Title of the Bulgarian rulers.






35. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.






36. August 26thBattle of Cr






37. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.






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






39. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.






40. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.






41. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.






42. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






43. Basil II (called 'Bulgar Slayer') begins final conquest of Bulgaria by Eastern Empire.Conquest finished by 1018.






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






45. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






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






47. Dionysius Exiguus publishes the Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table.This initiated the Anno Domini era - used for the Gregorian and Julian calendars.






48. The Seljuks under Alp Arslan defeat the Byzantine army at Manzikert. The Normans capture Bari - the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy.Beginning of the end of Byzantine rule in Asia Minor.






49. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.






50. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.