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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. 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






2. Otto the Great crowned the Holy Roman Emperor.First to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.






3. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.






4. 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.






5. Massive Chinese (Sui and Tang) invasions against Korean Goguryeo.Contributed to the fall of the Sui Dynasty - and Goguryeo fell under the forces of the Tang and Silla.






6. Founding of the University of Paris.






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






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






9. Arpad and the Magyars are present in Pannonia.






10. Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves. The Italian Wars begin.Italian Wars will eventually lead to the downfall of the Italian city-states. Pope's ruling will lead to the






11. Chinese Naval Expeditions of Southeast Asia and theIndian Ocean (to Eastern Africa) begins - under the leadership of Zheng He.This will be the first of seven of the Ming Dynasty-sponsored expeditions - lasting until 1433.






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






13. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






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






15. The Black Death ravages Europe for the first of many times. An estimated 20% - 40% of the population is thought to have perished within the first year.The first of many concurrences of this plague - This was believed to have wiped out as many as 50%






16. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.






26. Vasco da Gama begins his first voyage from Europe toIndia and back.Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail directly to Eastern Asia directly from Europe.






27. Battle of Heavenfield.Northumbrian army under Oswald defeat Welsh army.






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






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






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






31. Spanish Christians succeed in defeating the Moors in the long Reconquista campaigns - after the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.By 1248 - only the small southern kingdom of Granada remained under Muslim control.






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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






37. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.






38. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals






44. Hussite Wars begins after 4 years after the death of Jan Hus in central Europe - dealing with the followers of Jan Hus and those against them.Although the war was a stalemate (ended around 1434) - it was a another factor that between the Catholics an






45. 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.






46. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.






47. 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.






48. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine






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






50. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.







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