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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.






2. 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.






3. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.






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






5. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire






6. Through the Compromise of 1107 - suggested by Adela - the sister of King Henry - theInvestiture Struggle in England is ended.This compromise removed one of the points of friction between the English monarchy and the Catholic Church.






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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






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






12. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910






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






14. Children's Crusade.






15. August 22ndBattle of Bosworth Field.Richard III dies in battle - and Henry Tudor becomes king of England; last shift of Houses/kingship during the War of the Roses.






16. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






17. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.






18. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive






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






20. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910






21. 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.






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






23. Muhammad Migrates from Mecca to Medina.Event will have designated first year of the Islamic Calendar - as Anno Hegirae.






24. 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.






25. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.






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






27. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.






28. 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.






29. The Byzantine army defeats the Turks at Philomelion.The Turks abandon the entire coastal area of Anatolia and all of western Anatolia






30. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.






31. The Hundred Years' War ends.England's once vast territories in France is now reduced to only Calais - which they eventually lose control of as well.






32. The Anarchy begins in England.This will mark a 19 year period of Government strife and Civil War between the supporters of Stephen and Matilda - and end with the crowning of Matilda's son - Henry II - and beginning the Plantagenet dynasty.






33. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.






34. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl






35. June 15The Magna Carta is sealed by John of England.This marks one of the first times a medieval ruler is forced to accept limits on his power.






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






37. 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






38. 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.






39. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals






40. The Second Crusade was in retaliation for the fall of Edessa - one of the first Crusader States founded in theFirst Crusade. It was an overall failure.This was the first Crusade to have been led by European Queens.






41. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. Christianization of Bulgaria.






47. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine






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.






49. The Second Crusade was in retaliation for the fall of Edessa - one of the first Crusader States founded in theFirst Crusade. It was an overall failure.This was the first Crusade to have been led by European Queens.






50. 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.