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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. December 25thCharlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.With his crowning - Charlemagne's kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.






2. Christianization of Bulgaria.






3. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.






4. Pope Urban issues the Crusades to capture the Holy Land - and to repel the Seljuk Turks from the Byzantine Empire from Alexios I Komnenos.This would be the first of 9 Major Crusades - and a number of other crusades that would spread into the late 13t






5. Simeon I becomes ruler of theFirst Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans.






6. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.






7. Children's Crusade.






8. August 26thBattle of Cr






9. 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






10. Battle of Heavenfield.Northumbrian army under Oswald defeat Welsh army.






11. Trial and execution of Joan of Arc.Death of the woman who helped turned the Hundred Years' War in favor of the French over the past two years.






12. The Hundred Years' War ends.England's once vast territories in France is now reduced to only Calais - which they eventually lose control of as well.






13. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.






14. 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.






15. 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%






16. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.






17. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.






18. Death of Alfred the Great.






19. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.






20. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






21. 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






22. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.






23. 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.






24. Siege of BelgradeMajor Ottoman advances are halted for 7 decades - last major victory for Hunyadi.






25. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.






26. In the Battle of Naklo - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.Polish access to the sea is re-established.






27. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.






28. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.






29. JingkangIncidentThe Jurchen soldiers sack Kaifeng - bringing an end to the Northern Song Dynasty in China; the Song moves further south and makes Lin'an their new capital.






30. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.






31. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.






32. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.






33. The Byzantine army defeats the Turks at Philomelion.The Turks abandon the entire coastal area of Anatolia and all of western Anatolia






34. 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.






35. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine






36. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.






37. Papal recognition of the Dominican Order.






38. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.






39. 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.






40. Muslims take Alexandria.






41. Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate.Would become the longest lasting caliphate - until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.






42. 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.






43. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive






44. 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.






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






46. Battle of Heavenfield.Northumbrian army under Oswald defeat Welsh army.






47. 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.






48. Onin War takes place in Japan.First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.






49. Joseon Dynasty founded in Korea.Becomes longest reigning Korean dynasty.






50. Muslims under Tarik invade Spain.Will begin a period of Muslim rule within in the Iberian peninsula (with various portions of land) until nearly the end of the Fifteenth Century.