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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. 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.
1066
563
927
1185
2. Mieszko I of Poland and his court embrace Christianity - which becomes national religion.
1392
1419
605
965-967
3. 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.
1212
1125
919
1186 1/27
4. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.
1116
1453
1166
1442
5. 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
1102
570
1206
6. Peace and Truce of God formed.The first movement of the Catholic Church using spiritual means to limit private war - and the first movement in medieval Europe to control society through non-violent means.
911
1409
989
597
7. The Construction of the Tower of London begins.The tower of London was the ultimate keep of the British Empire.
1016
1077
885
955
8. Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.
786
927
1455 May 22
1205
9. The Viking Rollo and his tribe settle in what is now Normandy by the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte - founding the Duchy of Normandy.
911
1166
1184
925
10. 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.
1415
1135
1179
893
11. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.
1192
1455 May 22
866
1307 Friday - October 13th
12. The Third Crusade follows upon Saladin's uniting the Muslim world and recapturing Jerusalem.Despite managing to win several major battles - the Crusaders did not recapture Jerusalem.
882
1189
1209
643
13. Otto the Great crowned the Holy Roman Emperor.First to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
1455 May 22
598
962
525
14. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.
597
1202
1409
1368
15. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
1050
726
410
1347
16. 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.
969
1116
1171
1370
17. 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.
976
1485
668
911
18. Battle of Nineveh.The Byzantines - under Heraclius - crush the Persians.
627
960
529
1125
19. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
1499
963-964
732
685
20. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.
1499
1016
1298
1208
21. According to Theophanes Continuatus (The Continuer of Theophanes's Chronicle) - Tomislav of Croatia defeated Bulgarian army of Tsar Simeon I under Duke Alogobotur - in battle of the Bosnian Highlands.Bulgarian expansion to the west was stopped.
1066
1189
927
1347
22. Battle of Yamen.Marks the end of the Song Dynasty in China - and all of China is under the rule of Kublai Khan as the emperor.
1467
1279
843
1282
23. Spanish Christians succeed in defeating the Moors in the long Reconquista campaigns - after the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.By 1248 - only the small southern kingdom of Granada remained under Muslim control.
1212
1208
893
1117
24. Kievan Rus' is established.Would be sustained until the Mongol invasion of Rus' over four and a half centuries - despite peaking during the middle 11th century during the reign of Yaroslav the Wise.
862
882
500
552
25. The Byzantines under Basil II conquer Bulgaria after a bitter 50-years struggle.Concludes the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria.
1018
641
1258
1257
26. 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.
455
793
1499
960
27. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
1455 May 22
1125
985
732
28. Justinian I publishes the Code of Civil Law.This compiled centuries of legal writings and imperial pronouncements into three parts of one body of law.
1212
1122 9/23
1175
529
29. 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
955
1130 12/25
1381
515
30. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.
1166
1215
674-678
1071
31. 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
929
1049
793
989
32. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.
885
1381
687
1205
33. August 26thBattle of Cr
1066
1346
1193
907
34. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.
1183
1378
645
1123 3/18-3/27
35. Vikings attack Paris.
1307
885
827
751
36. The Seljuks under Alp Arslan defeat the Byzantine army at Manzikert. The Normans capture Bari - the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy.Beginning of the end of Byzantine rule in Asia Minor.
864
1037
1189
1071
37. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.
1193
1212
872
1184
38. 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.
1215
726
786
529
39. 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
1347
1150
1215
1299 July 27th
40. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.
1208
1016
1118
786
41. Battle of Tertry
1204
687
732
1049
42. 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
1075
1399
1179
43. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.
534
455
1485
1186 1/27
44. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
1333
1346
1402 July 20th
1272-73
45. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.
1192
896
885
1402 July 20th
46. The Byzantine army defeats the Turks at Philomelion.The Turks abandon the entire coastal area of Anatolia and all of western Anatolia
1150
1116
1122 9/23
885
47. Pope Gregory VII elevated to the papal throne.This begins a period of church reform.
632
1297
698
1067
48. Pope Leo IX ascends to the papal throne.Leo IX was the pope that excommunicated Patriarch of Constantinople - Michael Cerularius (who also excommunitated Leo) - which caused the Great Schism.
1050
1189
1049
1274
49. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.
527 August 1
1310
1442
1171
50. The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire - lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.
1328
1215
1299 July 27th
1208