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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.
1106 9/28
965-967
1453
633
2. Lothair of Supplinburg - duke of Saxony - is elected Holy Roman Emperor instead of the nearest heir - Frederick of Swabia.This election marks the beginning of the great struggle between the Guelfs and the Ghibellines.
1347
1497
1125
1135
3. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.
1419
534
1130 12/25
800
4. The Fourth Crusade sacked Croatian town of Zadar (ItalianZara) - a rival of Venice. Unable to raise enough funds to pay to their Venetian contractors - the crusaders agreed to sack the city despite letters from PopeInnocent III forbidding such an act
1202
1257
1118
1273
5. 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.
643
794
663
1016
6. 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.
1346
1419
1184
1453
7. December 25thCharlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.With his crowning - Charlemagne's kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.
1325
800
1368
529
8. 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.
681
955
1186 1/27
1497
9. 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.
925
963-964
650
1107
10. 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.
927
843
1209
1193
11. The University of Cambridge is founded.
1152
698
1209
874
12. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1396
1205
1257
1067
13. Viking state in Russia founded under Rurik - first at Novgorod - then Kiev.
985
862
1077
866
14. Windmills are first recorded.
1185
668
1279
751
15. Battle of Heavenfield.Northumbrian army under Oswald defeat Welsh army.
1077
633
1125
1434
16. 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.
927
1139
1405
907
17. 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.
1099
1415 October 25th
1257
960
18. 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.
754
1494
1485
872
19. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
1492
825
1487
751
20. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.
1209
597
632
1389 June 28th
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.
1397
927
1209
929
22. The Black Death ravages Europe for the first of many times. An estimated 20% - 40% of the population is thought to have perished within the first year.The first of many concurrences of this plague - This was believed to have wiped out as many as 50%
1186 1/27
866
1347
1116
23. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)
1108/24
1492
1381
735
24. Stefan Nemanja united Serbian territories - establishing the Medieval Serbian state.This marks the rise of Serbia which will dominate the Balkans for the next three hundred years. Allies of Serbia at this moment become the Hungarian Kingdom and the R
1166
650
1150
1071
25. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.
1135
638
1497
911
26. Mongol invasion of Rus' resumes.Causes the split of Kievan Rus' into three components (present day Russia - Ukraine - Belarus - greatly effects various regions of Eastern Europe; Golden Horde formed.
962
1237
843
987
27. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
410
515
754
978
28. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world
1347
643
1106 9/28
981
29. Henry the Fowler - Duke of Saxony elected German King.First king of the Ottonian Dynasty.Henry I considered the founder and first king of the medieval German state.
1183
1125
919
1237
30. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.
899
698
1439
410
31. 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.
1227
1183
814
1415
32. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.
1179
814
515
778
33. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.
643
1117
1163
1176 5/29
34. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.
1071
866
1175
1399
35. 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.
552
1123 3/18-3/27
1215
718
36. Death of Muhammed.By this point - all of Arabia is Muslim.
976
1381
1307
632
37. 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.
866
1368
668
1147
38. 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.
1123 3/18-3/27
814
1212
1135
39. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.
987
1485
1054
1492
40. Muslims take Carthage.
871
698
768
622
41. The Franks under Edward defeat the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouill
500
866
1487
1307
42. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire
410
638
1185
698
43. 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
1130 12/25
711
1212
602
44. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.
1402 July 20th
1258
825
1397
45. Lothair of Supplinburg - duke of Saxony - is elected Holy Roman Emperor instead of the nearest heir - Frederick of Swabia.This election marks the beginning of the great struggle between the Guelfs and the Ghibellines.
955
500
1125
515
46. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.
962
985
529
681
47. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
1116
778
843
1392
48. Kingdom of Croatia and Kingdom of Hungary formed a personal union of two kingdoms united under the Hungarian king. The act of union was deal with Pacta conventa - by which institutions of separate Croatian statehood were maintained through the Sabor
597
1102
1442
645
49. Stefan Nemanja united Serbian territories - establishing the Medieval Serbian state.This marks the rise of Serbia which will dominate the Balkans for the next three hundred years. Allies of Serbia at this moment become the Hungarian Kingdom and the R
1166
1467
1206
885
50. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.
1307
1185
1405
963-964