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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. August 26thBattle of Cr
1054
1346
927
899
2. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.
1208
1098
885
917
3. Children's Crusade.
1212
825
1179
1494
4. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.
1381
987
1314
1415
5. 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.
1485
1130 12/25
1227
1163
6. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive
1109
1183
626
1257
7. 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.
577
1380
793
1086
8. Justinian I publishes the Code of Civil Law.This compiled centuries of legal writings and imperial pronouncements into three parts of one body of law.
1415
534
529
645
9. 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.
1402 July 20th
963-964
1054
910
10. The Anarchy begins in England.This will mark a 19 year period of Government strife and Civil War between the supporters of Stephen and Matilda - and end with the crowning of Matilda's son - Henry II - and beginning the Plantagenet dynasty.
1109
976
1086
1135
11. Muslims take Carthage.
1386 October 18-19th
1088
698
1467
12. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.
936
632
1125
638
13. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
1282
1257
1380
868
14. 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
866
1296
1088
1415 October 25th
15. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.
598
1117
1208
969
16. 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
1492
525
1419
718
17. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.
1381
1116
1346
1175
18. 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
1409
1429
1150
1075
19. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.
1328
577
638
1183
20. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.
1219
1298
1419
1272-73
21. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
1088
1273
985
1439
22. 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.
1205
1405
1117
1494
23. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
751
1215
1054
1067
24. 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
1419
1389 June 28th
1415
1116
25. 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%
1095
1347
1402 July 20th
735
26. Grand Canal of China constructed.
874
843
605
1186 1/27
27. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.
1098
1088
1107
500
28. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
1037
1346
1272-73
1402 July 20th
29. Battle of Bannockburn.Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.
663
1314
1396
1415
30. 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.
963-964
1174 7/12
1307 Friday - October 13th
862
31. Basil II (called 'Bulgar Slayer') begins final conquest of Bulgaria by Eastern Empire.Conquest finished by 1018.
1405
718
795
981
32. 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.
1185
1125
1175
598
33. Grand Canal of China constructed.
1442
1381
1193
605
34. Last great Roman-Persian War.Long conflict leaves both empires exhausted and unable to cope with the newly united Arab armies under Islam in the 630s
602
618
632
1439
35. 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.
840
563
885
1185
36. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1204
1077
618
1325
37. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910
1098
843
735
925
38. 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.
1171
1054
590
800
39. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.
1272-73
1381
534
1419
40. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.
681
663
1216
1184
41. 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.
650
1016
668
663
42. Sicilian Vespers. Sicilians massacres Angevins over a six-week period - after a Frenchman harassed a woman.Would mark a two decade period of war - and peace treaties between mainly between Aragon - Sicily - and the Angevin.
919
1166
1282
1299 July 27th
43. Pope Leo IX ascends to the papal throne.Leo IX was the pope that excommunicated Patriarch of Constantinople - Michael Cerularius (who also excommunitated Leo) - which caused the Great Schism.
1453
1049
1485
911
44. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
1209
1399
1499
633
45. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1396
1279
885
1273
46. 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.
1071
1399
962
1347
47. The University of Cambridge is founded.
786
1185
1459
1209
48. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.
534
1405
674-678
685
49. The future emperor Henry VI marries Constance of Sicily - heiress to the Sicilian throne.This marriage shifts the focus of the Guelphs/Ghibelline struggle to Sicily and marks the ruin of the House of Hohenstaufen.
1098
1018
1186 1/27
1139
50. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur
1337
1117
1485
1102