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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






2. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.






3. 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.






4. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.






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






6. 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.






7. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.






8. Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves. The Italian Wars begin.Italian Wars will eventually lead to the downfall of the Italian city-states. Pope's ruling will lead to the






9. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.






10. St. Norbert and 29 companions make their solemn vows marking the beginning of the Premonstratensian Order.This order played a significant role in evangelizing the Slavs - the Wends - to the east of the Holy Roman Empire.






11. King Henry II of England lands in Ireland to assert his supremacy and the Synod of Cashel acknowledges his sovereignty.With his landing - Henry begins the English claim to and occupation of Ireland which would last some seven and a half centuries.






12. Death of Bede.Bede was later regarded as 'the father of English history'






13. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language






14. Gregory the Great becomes Pope.The missionary work reached new levels during his pontificate - revolutionized the way of worship for the Catholic Church (Gregorian Chants) - liturgy - etc. - and was soon canonized after his death.






15. 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.






16. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. The Aztecs find the city of Tenochtitlan.This would be the epicenter and capital of the Aztec kingdom for nearly 200 years until the Siege of Tenochtitlan led by Hernan Cortes.






20. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.






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






22. The reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.






23. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)






24. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.






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






26. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.






27. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.






28. July 6Richard I ascends the throne of England.His heavy taxation to finance his European ventures created an antipathy of barons and people toward the crown - but his being absent enabled the English to advance in their political development.






29. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.






30. 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.






31. Grand Canal of China constructed.






32. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.






33. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.






34. July 6Richard I ascends the throne of England.His heavy taxation to finance his European ventures created an antipathy of barons and people toward the crown - but his being absent enabled the English to advance in their political development.






35. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






36. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.






37. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.






38. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.






39. 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.






40. The Great Seljuk Empire is founded by Tughril Beg.Would be a major force during the first two Crusades - and an antagonist to the Byzantine Empire over the next century.






41. At the Battle of Dan no Ura - Minamoto Yoshitsune annihilates the Taira clan.The elimination of the Taira leaves the Minamoto the virtual rulers of Japan and marks the beginning of the first period of feudal rule known as the Kamakura Period.






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






43. The Aztecs find the city of Tenochtitlan.This would be the epicenter and capital of the Aztec kingdom for nearly 200 years until the Siege of Tenochtitlan led by Hernan Cortes.






44. Death of Simeon I the Great. Recognition of the Bulgarian Patriarchate - the first independent National Church in Europe.






45. 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






46. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.






47. 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.






48. Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.






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






50. Division of Charlemagne's Empire between his grandsons with the Treaty of Verdun.Sets the stage for the founding of the Holy Roman Empire and France as separate states.