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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.






2. Alfred the Great assumes the throne - the first king of a united England.He defended England from Viking invaders - formed new laws and fostered a rebirth of religious and scholarly activities.






3. Muhammed is born.Professed receiving revelations from God - which were recorded in the Qur'an - the basis of Islamic theology - in which he is regarded as the most important prophet.






4. The Fourth Crusade sacked Croatian town of Zadar (ItalianZara) - a rival of Venice. Unable to raise enough funds to pay to their Venetian contractors - the crusaders agreed to sack the city despite letters from PopeInnocent III forbidding such an act






5. 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






6. Edward the Elder - son of Alfred - defeats the Northumbrian Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall; they never raid south of the River Humber again.






7. 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.






8. Founding of the Franciscan Order.One of the more significant orders in the Roman Catholic church - founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.






9. 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.






10. 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






11. The final Peace of Constance between Frederick Barbarossa - the pope - and the Lombard towns is signed.The various articles of the treaty destroyed the unity of the Empire and Germany and Italy underwent separate developments.






12. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.






13. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.






14. August 26thBattle of Cr






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






16. 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.






17. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.






18. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.






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






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






21. Dante publishes his Divine Comedy.Is one of the most defining works of literature during the Late Middle Ages - and among the most recognizable in all of literature.






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






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






24. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.






25. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.






26. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.






27. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.






28. 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.






29. Kingdom of Croatia and Kingdom of Hungary formed a personal union of two kingdoms united under the Hungarian king. The act of union was deal with Pacta conventa - by which institutions of separate Croatian statehood were maintained through the Sabor






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






31. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






32. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






33. 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.






34. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.






35. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






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






37. Founding of the Franciscan Order.One of the more significant orders in the Roman Catholic church - founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.






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






39. Sack of Lindisfarne. Viking attacks on Britain begin.Generally considered the beginning of the Viking Age that would span over two centuries - and reach as far south as Hispania and as far east as the Byzantine Empire - and present day Russia.






40. Arrival of the disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius in BulgariaCreation of the Cyrillic script; in the following decades the country became the cultural and spiritual centre of the whole Eastern Orthodox Slavic World.






41. Papal recognition of the Dominican Order.






42. 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.






43. 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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. Henry the Fowler - Duke of Saxony elected German King.First king of the Ottonian Dynasty.Henry I considered the founder and first king of the medieval German state.






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






49. The reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.






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