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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.






2. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910






3. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.






4. TheFirst Lateran Council followed and confirmed the Concordat of Worms.






5. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






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






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






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






9. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.






10. 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.






11. Abd-ar-Rahman III of the Ummayad dynasty in al-Andalus (part of the Iberian peninsula) takes the title of Caliph or ruler of the Islamic world.Beginning of the Caliphate of C






12. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.






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






14. First Crusade. Jerusalem is re-taken from the Muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II.This would lead to the beginning of the Kingdom of Jerusalem - which would last for nearly two centuries; within the era of the Crusades to the Holy Land.






15. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.






16. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.






17. Ladislaus of Naples sells his 'rights' on Dalmatia to the Venetian Republic for 100000 ducats.Dalmatia would with some interruptions remain under Venetian rule for nearly four centuries - until 1797.






18. August 26thBattle of Cr






19. 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.






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






21. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.






22. William the Conqueror - Duke of Normandy - invades England and becomes King after the Battle of Hastings.End of Anglosaxon rule in England and start of Norman lineage.






23. 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.






24. Dante publishes his Divine Comedy.Is one of the most defining works of literature during the Late Middle Ages - and among the most recognizable in all of literature.






25. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.






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






27. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






28. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl






29. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.






30. The Second Crusade was in retaliation for the fall of Edessa - one of the first Crusader States founded in theFirst Crusade. It was an overall failure.This was the first Crusade to have been led by European Queens.






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






38. Ladislaus of Naples sells his 'rights' on Dalmatia to the Venetian Republic for 100000 ducats.Dalmatia would with some interruptions remain under Venetian rule for nearly four centuries - until 1797.






39. Justinian I becomes Eastern Roman Emperor.Justinian is best remembered for his Code of Civil Law (529) - and expansion of imperial territory retaking Rome from the Ostrogoths.






40. Pope Gregory VII elevated to the papal throne.This begins a period of church reform.






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






42. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.






43. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world






44. 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.






45. Tang Dynasty in China.The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for 286 years.






46. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






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






48. 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






49. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.






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