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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Massive Chinese (Sui and Tang) invasions against Korean Goguryeo.Contributed to the fall of the Sui Dynasty - and Goguryeo fell under the forces of the Tang and Silla.
1405
1429
598
969
2. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.
1439
1184
638
868
3. The University of Cambridge is founded.
1399
1209
1193
570
4. 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
927
962
885
5. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
1189
874
1499
598
6. Edward the Elder - son of Alfred - defeats the Northumbrian Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall; they never raid south of the River Humber again.
1310
910
793
1125
7. Battle of Anchialus. Simeon I the Great defeats the Byzantines.Recognition of the Imperial Title of the Bulgarian rulers.
627
917
632
899
8. 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.
1409
840
899
955
9. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive
1130 12/25
626
687
965-967
10. 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
674-678
1206
1102
1492
11. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
864
985
1396
800
12. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine
1298
718
1183
632
13. Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.
965-967
1453
1273
862
14. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.
872
1455 May 22
1417
1307 Friday - October 13th
15. Christianization of Bulgaria.
978
864
882
1485
16. Windmills are first recorded.
1185
1409
866
1125
17. 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
1492
581
929
18. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.
1212
1107
1328
1396
19. Tang Dynasty ends with Emperor Ai deposed.The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China commences.
927
929
907
1174 7/12
20. 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.
1130 12/25
794
1125
1183
21. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire
1216
843
1102
410
22. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.
927
1417
527 August 1
1310
23. The Byzantine army defeats the Turks at Philomelion.The Turks abandon the entire coastal area of Anatolia and all of western Anatolia
1116
793
864
927
24. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.
1459
1102
1298
1346
25. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
929
778
598
1088
26. TheFirst Lateran Council followed and confirmed the Concordat of Worms.
1050
1272-73
1123 3/18-3/27
638
27. Battle of VarnaFinal battle of the Crusade of Varna; Ottomans are victorious over the Hungarian-Polish armies - and Wladyslaw III of Poland dies.
1179
1346
1444 November 10th
1328
28. 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
1215
1439
1071
29. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.
1130 12/25
568
1175
1117
30. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
1258
1216
1050
1130 12/25
31. 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.
1016
638
1108/24
718
32. Christianization of Bulgaria.
1050
1184
597
864
33. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.
718
1077
1417
927
34. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
927
751
1075
633
35. King William I of Scotland - captured in the Battle of Alnwick by the English - accepts the feudal lordship of the English crown and does ceremonial allegiance at York.This is the beginning of the gradual acquisition of Scotland by the English.
500
1174 7/12
1122 9/23
650
36. 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.
1409
1067
794
874
37. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.
866
1396
1415
1071
38. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.
1098
500
862
1429
39. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
963-964
1016
1183
1380
40. August 26thBattle of Cr
1346
633
1310
871
41. 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.
525
1139
1183
1066
42. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
778
1237
663
1397
43. Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.
919
1205
1212
927
44. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
1077
1307 Friday - October 13th
868
1402 July 20th
45. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.
1206
868
989
1187
46. 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
1018
929
633
1095
47. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1396
866
1158
1307 Friday - October 13th
48. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.
618
874
1467
1297
49. Siege of BelgradeMajor Ottoman advances are halted for 7 decades - last major victory for Hunyadi.
1456
907
627
843
50. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1396
1296
1185
866