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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. 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.






2. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.






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






4. The future emperor Henry VI marries Constance of Sicily - heiress to the Sicilian throne.This marriage shifts the focus of the Guelphs/Ghibelline struggle to Sicily and marks the ruin of the House of Hohenstaufen.






5. At the Battle of Legnano - the cavalry of Frederick Barbarossa is defeated by the infantry of the Lombard League.This is the first major defeat of cavalry by infantry - signaling the new role of the bourgeosie.






6. 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.






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






8. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.






9. Edward the Elder - son of Alfred - defeats the Northumbrian Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall; they never raid south of the River Humber again.






10. 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.






11. The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence.This ushers in a period of significance of the Medici's - such as bankers - popes - queens (regents) and dukes - throughout Europe (mainly Italy - especially the Florentine Republic) - over the next t






12. 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%






13. 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.






14. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






15. The East-West Schism which divided the church into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.Tensions will vary between the Catholic and Orthodox churches throughout the Middle Ages.






16. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.






17. Death of Offa.Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England.






18. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language






19. The Battle of Stirling Bridge.William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England.






20. Founding of the University of Paris.






21. In the Battle of Hundsfeld - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats Emperor Henry V.German expansion to the east is stopped.






22. Windmills are first recorded.






23. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.






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






25. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.






26. Children's Crusade.






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






28. The University of Cambridge is founded.






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






30. The Hanseatic League is founded.This marks a new period of trade and economic development for northern and western Europe.






31. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl






32. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






33. The compilation of the Domesday Book - a great land and property survey commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess his new possessions.This is the first such undertaking since Roman times.






34. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.






35. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.






36. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.






37. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.






38. 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.






39. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.






40. Basil II (called 'Bulgar Slayer') begins final conquest of Bulgaria by Eastern Empire.Conquest finished by 1018.






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






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






43. Tang Dynasty ends with Emperor Ai deposed.The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China commences.






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






45. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.






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.






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






48. Mieszko I of Poland and his court embrace Christianity - which becomes national religion.






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






50. 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.