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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.
793
732
1279
577
2. Heian periodin Japan.Considered to be the last classical period of History of Japan. Chinese influence was at its strongest during this era in Japan.
794
1459
1456
885
3. 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.
698
1439
1273
927
4. 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.
1086
605
960
843
5. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.
840
1396
685
1185
6. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.
1183
1205
1147
1208
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.
1380
911
871
1121 12/25
8. Stefan Nemanja united Serbian territories - establishing the Medieval Serbian state.This marks the rise of Serbia which will dominate the Balkans for the next three hundred years. Allies of Serbia at this moment become the Hungarian Kingdom and the R
735
893
1018
1166
9. Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV walks to Canossa where he stands barefoot in the snow to beg forgiveness of the Pope for his offences - and admitting defeat in theInvestiture Controversy.This helps establish Papal rule over European heads of state for an
1077
1396
778
899
10. August 26thBattle of Cr
410
1346
1431
1189
11. Edward the Elder - son of Alfred - defeats the Northumbrian Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall; they never raid south of the River Humber again.
1392
840
1497
910
12. 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.
1368
527 August 1
1086
1179
13. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive
1442
626
1439
919
14. The Synod of Kells-Mellifont established the present diocesan system of Ireland (with later modifications) and recognized the primacy of Armagh.This synod marks the inclusion of the Irish Church into western European Catholicism.
862
1399
1152
1417
15. 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.
927
885
843
633
16. Dionysius Exiguus publishes the Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table.This initiated the Anno Domini era - used for the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
927
525
800
1442
17. Simeon I becomes ruler of theFirst Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans.
1125
893
1077
581
18. Muslims take Alexandria.
1186 1/27
1077
1215
643
19. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.
794
827
840
919
20. 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.
1314
1370
1130 12/25
750
21. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.
c.960
581
963-964
1298
22. 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.
1158
698
1399
1381
23. 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
1296
1456
987
24. Tang Dynasty in China.The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for 286 years.
726
618
1442
872
25. The Concordat of Worms was drawn up between Emperor Henry V and Pope Calixtus II.This concordat ended the investiture struggle - but bitter rivalry between emperor and pope remained.
1122 9/23
794
1298
602
26. 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.
1442
1389 June 28th
919
1037
27. 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.
910
1066
1492
1206
28. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.
1117
1397
1171
1075
29. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.
455
1274
1325
1386 October 18-19th
30. 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.
868
969
1492
1086
31. Children's Crusade.
981
1135
1212
1209
32. Fujiwara period in Japan.Would become the most powerful clan during the Heian period in Japan for around three centuries.
866
1296
1150
978
33. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
1202
1050
1179
1392
34. 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
800
1095
674-678
1494
35. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.
534
590
1054
500
36. 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
1209
927
1202
529
37. 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
1075
1417
1102
1439
38. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl
955
1049
1429
1202
39. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.
827
1492
910
1272-73
40. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
981
1150
1380
1209
41. Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed Sei-i Taishogun - or shogun for short.He is the first of a long line of military dictators to bear this title. The institution would last until 1913.
814
1192
515
735
42. 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.
1075
1415
1066
726
43. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.
1125
534
1219
1455 May 22
44. 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
793
936
1397
45. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910
1439
925
868
751
46. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.
1485
1442
1296
899
47. 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
1419
602
1067
1212
48. In the Battle of Naklo - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.Polish access to the sea is re-established.
1109
1298
1346
1075
49. Edward the Elder - son of Alfred - defeats the Northumbrian Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall; they never raid south of the River Humber again.
641
843
1397
910
50. 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.
718
1139
641
1485