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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.
1067
1257
793
1183
2. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.
663
786
1492
814
3. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
1402 July 20th
1050
1402 July 20th
1202
4. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.
597
1419
1310
1444 November 10th
5. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.
1386 October 18-19th
c. 1001
663
1257
6. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
643
1419
1380
896
7. 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.
1174 7/12
1467
871
1018
8. Emperor Go-Daigo returns to the throne from exile - and begins the Kenmu restoration.The Kamakura Shogunate comes to an end - and the Kenmu Restoration only lasts a few years before the Ashikaga Shogunate begins.
1333
1107
1337
893
9. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.
529
1219
1018
638
10. 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.
1310
955
1135
1337
11. Onin War takes place in Japan.First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.
1467
1409
1176 5/29
455
12. Battle of Lechfeld. Otto the Great - son of Henry the Fowler - defeats the Magyars.This is the defining event that prevents the Hungarians from entering Central Europe.
1328
711
955
1431
13. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.
1107
1088
581
1227
14. 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.
638
885
893
1399
15. The first known merchant guild.
1419
1215
1193
500
16. Founding of the University of Paris.
1102
552
577
1257
17. 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.
871
1257
751
527 August 1
18. 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.
960
896
864
1212
19. Tang Dynasty in China.The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for 286 years.
1453
618
598
1380
20. Battle of Anchialus. Simeon I the Great defeats the Byzantines.Recognition of the Imperial Title of the Bulgarian rulers.
1485
978
925
917
21. The reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.
1130 12/25
1185
1216
1439
22. Muslims take Alexandria.
643
793
1216
1237
23. Tamerlane establishes the Timurid Dynasty.During this 35 year period - Tamerlane would ravage his fellow Islamic states such as the Golden Horde and the Delhi Sultanate in order to accomplish his goal of a restored Mongol Empire.
1370
529
1417
1193
24. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine
1328
874
1409
718
25. 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.
410
1467
899
1121 12/25
26. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.
843
874
1273
1106 9/28
27. 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.
1492
1487
663
1139
28. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.
1380
515
1102
800
29. Rudolph I of Germany is elected Holy Roman Emperor.This begins the Habsburg de facto domination of the crown that lasted until is dissolution in 1806.
1299 July 27th
1273
1066
1185
30. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.
814
1205
632
668
31. 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.
911
1158
1381
1212
32. TheFirst Lateran Council followed and confirmed the Concordat of Worms.
1123 3/18-3/27
1116
687
597
33. Death of Alfred the Great.
899
1204
1346
1054
34. 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.
1049
602
864
1117
35. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.
1492
843
1108/24
698
36. Muslims take Carthage.
525
1193
698
732
37. 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.
1067
1121 12/25
1206
929
38. Battle of VarnaFinal battle of the Crusade of Varna; Ottomans are victorious over the Hungarian-Polish armies - and Wladyslaw III of Poland dies.
1442
827
1444 November 10th
650
39. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
866
1396
1050
1497
40. 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.
1171
1380
598
911
41. Iconoclast movement begun in the Byzantine Empire under Leo III. This was opposed by Pope Gregory II - and an important difference between the Roman and Byzantine churches.
1166
1258
1453
726
42. 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.
1183
1139
1453
500
43. 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.
1016
1077
868
976
44. 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.
827
1325
1186 1/27
1298
45. The Kalmar Union is formed.Queen Margaret I of Denmark unites the Denmark - Sweden - and Norway - and lasts until 1523.
732
1397
698
598
46. Division of Charlemagne's Empire between his grandsons with the Treaty of Verdun.Sets the stage for the founding of the Holy Roman Empire and France as separate states.
843
1122 9/23
1067
1485
47. Founding of the University of Paris.
874
1257
1125
687
48. 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.
1215
1179
1386 October 18-19th
1429
49. Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to a victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo.
732
866
1227
1380
50. 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
563
552
1189
1102