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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






2. King William I of Scotland - captured in the Battle of Alnwick by the English - accepts the feudal lordship of the English crown and does ceremonial allegiance at York.This is the beginning of the gradual acquisition of Scotland by the English.






3. Children's Crusade.






4. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.






5. The East-West Schism which divided the church into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.Tensions will vary between the Catholic and Orthodox churches throughout the Middle Ages.






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






7. August 26thBattle of Cr






8. Simeon I becomes ruler of theFirst Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans.






9. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.






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






14. Justinian I becomes Eastern Roman Emperor.Justinian is best remembered for his Code of Civil Law (529) - and expansion of imperial territory retaking Rome from the Ostrogoths.






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






16. 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.






17. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






18. According to Theophanes Continuatus (The Continuer of Theophanes's Chronicle) - Tomislav of Croatia defeated Bulgarian army of Tsar Simeon I under Duke Alogobotur - in battle of the Bosnian Highlands.Bulgarian expansion to the west was stopped.






19. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.






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






21. Genghis Khan was elected as Khagan of the Mongols and the Mongol Empire was established.The Mongols would conquer much of Eurasia - changing former political borders.






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. Song Dynasty begins after Emperor of Taizu usurps the throne from the Later Zhou Dynasty - last of the Five Dynasties.A 319 year period of Song rule (Northern & Southern combined) goes underway.






29. North South States Period begins in Korea.






30. In the Battle of Naklo - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.Polish access to the sea is re-established.






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






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






36. First Crusade. Jerusalem is re-taken from the Muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II.This would lead to the beginning of the Kingdom of Jerusalem - which would last for nearly two centuries; within the era of the Crusades to the Holy Land.






37. The Great Seljuk Empire is founded by Tughril Beg.Would be a major force during the first two Crusades - and an antagonist to the Byzantine Empire over the next century.






38. 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.






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






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






41. Fourth Lateran Council. Dealt with transubstantiation - papal primacy and conduct of clergy. Proclaimed that Jews and Muslims should wear identification marks to distinguish them from Christians.






42. 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.






43. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.






44. Fourth Lateran Council. Dealt with transubstantiation - papal primacy and conduct of clergy. Proclaimed that Jews and Muslims should wear identification marks to distinguish them from Christians.






45. Children's Crusade.






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






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






48. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.






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






50. Muslims take Carthage.