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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.






2. Founding of the Franciscan Order.One of the more significant orders in the Roman Catholic church - founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.






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






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






5. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.






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






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






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






9. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.






10. Pope Gregory VII elevated to the papal throne.This begins a period of church reform.






11. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.






12. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






13. 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.






14. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.






15. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.






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






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






18. The Kalmar Union is formed.Queen Margaret I of Denmark unites the Denmark - Sweden - and Norway - and lasts until 1523.






19. AprilThe Second Lateran Council declared clerical marriages invalid - regulated clerical dress - and punished attacks on clerics by excommunication.Enforces the major reforms that Gregory VII began to heavily campaign for several decades earlier.






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






21. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.






22. Founding of the University of Paris.






23. Leif Ericson is to settle during the winter in present day Canada at L'Anse aux Meadows.Ericson is to be the European to settle in the Americas during the Norse exploration of the Americas.






24. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.






25. Siege of BaghdadMongols (the Ilkhanate) ensure control of the region; Generally considered the end of the Islamic Golden Age.






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






27. The Byzantines under Basil II conquer Bulgaria after a bitter 50-years struggle.Concludes the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria.






28. Battle of Nineveh.The Byzantines - under Heraclius - crush the Persians.






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






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






40. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






41. 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






42. Emperor Go-Daigo returns to the throne from exile - and begins the Kenmu restoration.The Kamakura Shogunate comes to an end - and the Kenmu Restoration only lasts a few years before the Ashikaga Shogunate begins.






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






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






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






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






47. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.






48. The Kalmar Union is formed.Queen Margaret I of Denmark unites the Denmark - Sweden - and Norway - and lasts until 1523.






49. Death of Alfred the Great.






50. Joseon Dynasty founded in Korea.Becomes longest reigning Korean dynasty.