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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. 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






2. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






3. 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.






4. July 6Richard I ascends the throne of England.His heavy taxation to finance his European ventures created an antipathy of barons and people toward the crown - but his being absent enabled the English to advance in their political development.






5. The Kalmar Union is formed.Queen Margaret I of Denmark unites the Denmark - Sweden - and Norway - and lasts until 1523.






6. 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






7. Death of Simeon I the Great. Recognition of the Bulgarian Patriarchate - the first independent National Church in Europe.






8. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.






9. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.






10. The Knights Templar are rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of France - with the backing of the Pope.Hastens the demise of the order within a decade.






11. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






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






13. Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV walks to Canossa where he stands barefoot in the snow to beg forgiveness of the Pope for his offences - and admitting defeat in theInvestiture Controversy.This helps establish Papal rule over European heads of state for an






14. The Hanseatic League is founded.This marks a new period of trade and economic development for northern and western Europe.






15. Christianization of Bulgaria.






16. Death of Offa.Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England.






17. June 15The Magna Carta is sealed by John of England.This marks one of the first times a medieval ruler is forced to accept limits on his power.






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






19. Cluny Abbey is founded by William I - Count of Auvergne.Cluny goes on to become the acknowledged leader of Western Monasticism. Cluniac Reforms initiated with the abbey's founding.






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






21. August 22ndBattle of Bosworth Field.Richard III dies in battle - and Henry Tudor becomes king of England; last shift of Houses/kingship during the War of the Roses.






22. The Construction of the Tower of London begins.The tower of London was the ultimate keep of the British Empire.






23. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.






24. Richard II abdicates the throne to Henry of Bolingbroke - who becomes Henry IV of England.End of Plantagenet Dynasty - beginning of the Lancaster lineage of kings.






25. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.






26. Muslims under Tarik invade Spain.Will begin a period of Muslim rule within in the Iberian peninsula (with various portions of land) until nearly the end of the Fifteenth Century.






27. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.






28. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910






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






30. 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.






31. Death of Muhammed.By this point - all of Arabia is Muslim.






32. 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.






33. Mongol invasion of Rus' resumes.Causes the split of Kievan Rus' into three components (present day Russia - Ukraine - Belarus - greatly effects various regions of Eastern Europe; Golden Horde formed.






34. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.






35. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.






36. The fall of the Yuan Dynasty. Its remnants - known as Northern Yuan - continued to rule Mongolia.The breakup of the Mongol Empire - which marked the end of Pax Mongolica.






37. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.






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






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






40. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.






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






42. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






43. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.






44. August 22ndBattle of Bosworth Field.Richard III dies in battle - and Henry Tudor becomes king of England; last shift of Houses/kingship during the War of the Roses.






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






46. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.






47. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl






48. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire






49. Battle of Tertry






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