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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Vikings attack Paris.
605
885
1193
626
2. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910
843
1310
925
c.960
3. 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.
814
529
1347
1099
4. Genghis Khan was elected as Khagan of the Mongols and the Mongol Empire was established.The Mongols would conquer much of Eurasia - changing former political borders.
987
1193
893
1206
5. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.
768
1325
1296
885
6. Muhammed is born.Professed receiving revelations from God - which were recorded in the Qur'an - the basis of Islamic theology - in which he is regarded as the most important prophet.
1257
1107
570
1370
7. Battle of Nineveh.The Byzantines - under Heraclius - crush the Persians.
1185
627
698
1175
8. 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.
882
1123 3/18-3/27
754
871
9. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.
668
1417
1122 9/23
1186 1/27
10. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.
618
1459
843
1402 July 20th
11. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.
969
1328
1399
500
12. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.
1499
1392
1175
687
13. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.
1077
1298
927
814
14. 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
871
882
663
1095
15. Muhammed is born.Professed receiving revelations from God - which were recorded in the Qur'an - the basis of Islamic theology - in which he is regarded as the most important prophet.
570
1347
1337
1392
16. Battle of Lechfeld. Otto the Great - son of Henry the Fowler - defeats the Magyars.This is the defining event that prevents the Hungarians from entering Central Europe.
955
976
632
1310
17. 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.
896
1282
529
750
18. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.
814
874
1453
1402 July 20th
19. 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.
1485
c.960
1071
1176 5/29
20. Battle of Agincourt. Henry V and his army defeat a numerically superior French army - partially because of the newly-introduced English longbow.The turning point in the Hundred Years' War for 15th Century England that lead to the signing of the Treat
911
1461
1453
1415 October 25th
21. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.
1099
1117
1455 May 22
1183
22. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur
866
866
1453
1485
23. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.
1176 5/29
674-678
1212
618
24. 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.
1187
751
927
1107
25. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.
1077
681
925
1296
26. Mieszko I becomes duke of Polans.First historical ruler of Poland and de facto founder of the Polish State.
896
c.960
955
718
27. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.
726
650
1037
1215
28. 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.
1272-73
965-967
1189
1492
29. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine
c. 1001
726
718
1310
30. Vikings attack Paris.
927
925
c.960
885
31. 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.
1174 7/12
1417
1215
1212
32. Grand Canal of China constructed.
885
711
685
605
33. Battle of VarnaFinal battle of the Crusade of Varna; Ottomans are victorious over the Hungarian-Polish armies - and Wladyslaw III of Poland dies.
1086
1392
868
1444 November 10th
34. 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.
552
1297
1399
1121 12/25
35. Beginning of the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy during which the Popes moved to Avignon.Begins a period of over seven decades of the Papacy outside of Rome that would be one of the major factors of the Western Schism.
1139
1415 October 25th
529
1307
36. Iconoclast movement begun in the Byzantine Empire under Leo III. This was opposed by Pope Gregory II - and an important difference between the Roman and Byzantine churches.
726
1442
978
1139
37. North South States Period begins in Korea.
1184
1102
698
645
38. The University of Heidelberg is founded.It is the oldest university in Germany.
1434
1386 October 18-19th
1487
1071
39. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.
963-964
1189
1380
793
40. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
1122 9/23
985
1409
1258
41. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
726
632
978
1204
42. 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.
1152
1189
1347
1189
43. 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.
1212
1299 July 27th
1399
1370
44. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
570
925
1396
605
45. 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.
581
1397
960
1216
46. 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.
1099
911
1098
925
47. The Taira clan are driven out of Kyoto by Minamoto Yoshinaka.The two-year conflict which follows ends at the Battle of Dan no Ura (1185).
1307 Friday - October 13th
1380
1189
1183
48. 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
663
963-964
1419
49. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
529
1152
778
825
50. Arpad and the Magyars are present in Pannonia.
698
896
899
1368