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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.
687
1150
1209
1193
2. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.
552
896
1166
1409
3. Death of Muhammed.By this point - all of Arabia is Muslim.
1497
632
1102
899
4. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world
1272-73
1118
1347
1381
5. 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
1183
1175
1102
1125
6. 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
1347
1419
718
885
7. Vikings attack Paris.
1415 October 25th
1118
718
885
8. The fall of the Yuan Dynasty. Its remnants - known as Northern Yuan - continued to rule Mongolia.The breakup of the Mongol Empire - which marked the end of Pax Mongolica.
1431
1485
1396
1368
9. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
568
1272-73
754
711
10. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.
1399
1174 7/12
1307
534
11. 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.
1227
1054
1166
1185
12. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.
872
1054
1130 12/25
1439
13. 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.
1037
638
1166
929
14. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.
1397
1187
1102
1257
15. King Henry II of England lands in Ireland to assert his supremacy and the Synod of Cashel acknowledges his sovereignty.With his landing - Henry begins the English claim to and occupation of Ireland which would last some seven and a half centuries.
563
1381
866
1171
16. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.
698
1187
570
577
17. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.
1402 July 20th
1347
605
1208
18. 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.
963-964
1189
919
668
19. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.
1442
825
929
1296
20. 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.
1050
1054
1016
1049
21. Death of Muhammed.By this point - all of Arabia is Muslim.
632
910
795
1444 November 10th
22. 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.
1485
1337
1018
1125
23. Genghis Khan dies.His kingdom is divided among his children and grandchildrenEmpire of the Great Khan - Chagatai Khanate - Mongolian Homeland - and the Blue Horde and White Horde. (Which would later become the Golden Horde.
1121 12/25
626
1467
1227
24. Viking state in Russia founded under Rurik - first at Novgorod - then Kiev.
1037
985
862
1189
25. 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
987
1494
843
1307 Friday - October 13th
26. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.
552
1227
687
1086
27. Richard II abdicates the throne to Henry of Bolingbroke - who becomes Henry IV of England.End of Plantagenet Dynasty - beginning of the Lancaster lineage of kings.
1461
936
1399
754
28. Roger II is crowned King of Sicily - a royal title given him by the Antipope Anacletus II.This coronation marks the beginning of the Kingdom of Sicily and its Mediterranean empire under the Norman kings - which was able to take on the Holy Roman Empi
1130 12/25
1328
866
1095
29. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.
650
874
525
1109
30. 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.
786
643
1215
1429
31. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur
1485
795
1429
1098
32. The compilation of the Domesday Book - a great land and property survey commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess his new possessions.This is the first such undertaking since Roman times.
1086
1102
794
1139
33. Viking state in Russia founded under Rurik - first at Novgorod - then Kiev.
1347
590
795
862
34. 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.
1370
726
1296
960
35. 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
1163
1212
1202
633
36. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
1215
778
627
1186 1/27
37. North South States Period begins in Korea.
862
1453
698
1050
38. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.
581
1219
1455 May 22
1492
39. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.
1453
1461
650
1179
40. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.
1494
955
969
1282
41. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.
1467
1459
868
978
42. AprilThe Second Lateran Council declared clerical marriages invalid - regulated clerical dress - and punished attacks on clerics by excommunication.Enforces the major reforms that Gregory VII began to heavily campaign for several decades earlier.
1139
1098
1125
1175
43. The Aztecs find the city of Tenochtitlan.This would be the epicenter and capital of the Aztec kingdom for nearly 200 years until the Siege of Tenochtitlan led by Hernan Cortes.
929
862
1325
1122 9/23
44. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.
978
632
1417
907
45. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.
638
907
978
1106 9/28
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.
1130 12/25
1071
1461
1494
47. 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.
1107
1098
1307
1386 October 18-19th
48. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
c. 1001
1380
663
1257
49. 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.
872
598
885
866
50. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
1184
1386 October 18-19th
751
1212
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