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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






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






3. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






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






5. 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.






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






7. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.






8. St. Norbert and 29 companions make their solemn vows marking the beginning of the Premonstratensian Order.This order played a significant role in evangelizing the Slavs - the Wends - to the east of the Holy Roman Empire.






9. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






10. Beginning of the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy during which the Popes moved to Avignon.Begins a period of over seven decades of the Papacy outside of Rome that would be one of the major factors of the Western Schism.






11. 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.






12. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.






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






14. Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate.Would become the longest lasting caliphate - until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.






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






16. Stefan Nemanja united Serbian territories - establishing the Medieval Serbian state.This marks the rise of Serbia which will dominate the Balkans for the next three hundred years. Allies of Serbia at this moment become the Hungarian Kingdom and the R






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






18. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.






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






20. 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.






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






22. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






23. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.






24. 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.






25. Vikings attack Paris.






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






27. Christianization of Bulgaria.






28. Gregory the Great becomes Pope.The missionary work reached new levels during his pontificate - revolutionized the way of worship for the Catholic Church (Gregorian Chants) - liturgy - etc. - and was soon canonized after his death.






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






30. 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.






31. Through the Compromise of 1107 - suggested by Adela - the sister of King Henry - theInvestiture Struggle in England is ended.This compromise removed one of the points of friction between the English monarchy and the Catholic Church.






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






33. The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence.This ushers in a period of significance of the Medici's - such as bankers - popes - queens (regents) and dukes - throughout Europe (mainly Italy - especially the Florentine Republic) - over the next t






34. Battle of Agincourt. Henry V and his army defeat a numerically superior French army - partially because of the newly-introduced English longbow.The turning point in the Hundred Years' War for 15th Century England that lead to the signing of the Treat






35. Peace and Truce of God formed.The first movement of the Catholic Church using spiritual means to limit private war - and the first movement in medieval Europe to control society through non-violent means.






36. Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.






37. In the Battle of Hundsfeld - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats Emperor Henry V.German expansion to the east is stopped.






38. 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.






39. Canute the Great becomes King of England after the death of Edmund Ironside - who he shared the English throne with.Danes become kings of England for the next 26 years before the last rise of the Anglo-Saxons before the Norman Conquest.






40. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.






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






42. 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.






43. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. The Franks under Edward defeat the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouill






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






48. Pope Urban issues the Crusades to capture the Holy Land - and to repel the Seljuk Turks from the Byzantine Empire from Alexios I Komnenos.This would be the first of 9 Major Crusades - and a number of other crusades that would spread into the late 13t






49. 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.






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







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