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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Dictatus Papae in which Pope Gregory VII defines the powers of the pope.Peak of the Gregorian Reform - and an immense factor in theInvestiture Controversy.
1485
1378
907
1075
2. 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.
910
1415
1368
1381
3. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl
751
1054
825
1429
4. 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
455
1429
1397
5. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.
581
c.960
1453
500
6. Papal recognition of the Dominican Order.
1118
1158
868
1216
7. 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.
1431
455
515
1086
8. MarchThe Third Lateran Council limits papal electees to the cardinals alone - condemns simony - and forbids the promotion of anyone to the episcopate before the age of thirty.
1016
641
1179
1461
9. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.
674-678
825
750
1370
10. The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire - lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.
1299 July 27th
568
1216
638
11. The Empire of Trebizond falls to the Ottoman Turks.Last Roman outpost to be conquered by the Ottomans.
1389 June 28th
1485
1461
618
12. 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.
1108/24
927
1107
1212
13. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.
552
1272-73
1102
500
14. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.
1125
827
866
825
15. In the Battle of Naklo - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.Polish access to the sea is re-established.
1109
1049
1152
962
16. 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.
1209
1459
1016
1434
17. 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.
c. 1001
1314
1497
1368
18. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive
626
862
1485
1185
19. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.
1417
840
981
1429
20. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.
1189
645
1018
1077
21. Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.
1347
910
1205
1116
22. 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
641
1102
907
455
23. 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.
1282
1185
622
1050
24. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1054
1396
605
1183
25. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
778
735
1122 9/23
1389 June 28th
26. Battle of Tertry
864
687
1497
1130 12/25
27. Windmills are first recorded.
1185
1205
1402 July 20th
868
28. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
1279
1378
868
527 August 1
29. 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.
1054
911
1485
1106 9/28
30. 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.
751
1258
1016
1497
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.
1396
1208
1212
1122 9/23
32. Death of Bede.Bede was later regarded as 'the father of English history'
794
735
882
638
33. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.
1307 Friday - October 13th
410
1444 November 10th
1439
34. 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.
955
c.960
1054
1409
35. 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.
1405
1185
751
529
36. The Knights Templar are founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims on their journey to the city.Becomes the most recognizable - and impactful military orders during the Crusades.
987
1067
1118
1409
37. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.
681
1492
1185
1206
38. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.
1328
1066
732
1386 October 18-19th
39. Muslims take Alexandria.
643
795
1088
814
40. 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
1147
987
1166
1415 October 25th
41. 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.
529
1121 12/25
581
1216
42. Fujiwara period in Japan.Would become the most powerful clan during the Heian period in Japan for around three centuries.
1183
866
726
1389 June 28th
43. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.
896
1208
1185
754
44. Battle of Heavenfield.Northumbrian army under Oswald defeat Welsh army.
965-967
633
1386 October 18-19th
1016
45. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.
687
800
1139
1298
46. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.
1386 October 18-19th
c.960
969
1116
47. 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.
1396
899
1453
726
48. 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.
1296
1099
1098
735
49. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.
602
825
1381
685
50. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
1049
1439
1392
1380