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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Fourth Lateran Council. Dealt with transubstantiation - papal primacy and conduct of clergy. Proclaimed that Jews and Muslims should wear identification marks to distinguish them from Christians.






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






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






4. Battle of Anchialus. Simeon I the Great defeats the Byzantines.Recognition of the Imperial Title of the Bulgarian rulers.






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






6. Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to a victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo.






7. Sack of Lindisfarne. Viking attacks on Britain begin.Generally considered the beginning of the Viking Age that would span over two centuries - and reach as far south as Hispania and as far east as the Byzantine Empire - and present day Russia.






8. Benedict of Nursia founds monastery at Monte Cassino.The first of twelve monasteries founded by Saint Benedict - beginning the Order of Saint Benedict.






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






10. Death of Offa.Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England.






11. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.






12. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.






13. 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.






14. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.






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






16. Viking state in Russia founded under Rurik - first at Novgorod - then Kiev.






17. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.






18. TheFirst Lateran Council followed and confirmed the Concordat of Worms.






19. Death of Muhammed.By this point - all of Arabia is Muslim.






20. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.






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






22. 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.






23. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.






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






25. Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.






26. The Hanseatic League is founded.This marks a new period of trade and economic development for northern and western Europe.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. The future emperor Henry VI marries Constance of Sicily - heiress to the Sicilian throne.This marriage shifts the focus of the Guelphs/Ghibelline struggle to Sicily and marks the ruin of the House of Hohenstaufen.






32. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.






33. Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose - duke of Normandy - at the Battle of Tinchebrai - and imprisons him in Devizes castle; EdgarAtheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner.This victory made a later struggle between En






34. Battle of Tertry






35. 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






36. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






37. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






38. 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.






39. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.






40. 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.






41. Benedict of Nursia founds monastery at Monte Cassino.The first of twelve monasteries founded by Saint Benedict - beginning the Order of Saint Benedict.






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






43. August 26thBattle of Cr






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






45. Vikings attack Paris.






46. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






47. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world






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.






49. 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.






50. 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.