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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.
1487
685
1185
1417
2. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.
1088
1018
529
750
3. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
1139
978
917
751
4. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.
1206
632
681
1184
5. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.
1409
1409
987
1202
6. 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.
1125
1370
871
864
7. 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.
1212
1174 7/12
751
987
8. 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.
515
1179
410
885
9. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.
1310
872
1381
552
10. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
1202
882
1088
1380
11. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
985
698
1497
1016
12. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
732
1193
1272-73
500
13. Dionysius Exiguus publishes the Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table.This initiated the Anno Domini era - used for the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
1297
525
1337
800
14. Muslims take Carthage.
1368
698
751
825
15. The fall of the Yuan Dynasty. Its remnants - known as Northern Yuan - continued to rule Mongolia.The breakup of the Mongol Empire - which marked the end of Pax Mongolica.
1098
1397
c.960
1368
16. The reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.
627
1185
1135
936
17. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur
626
1485
1189
643
18. Battle of Yamen.Marks the end of the Song Dynasty in China - and all of China is under the rule of Kublai Khan as the emperor.
632
1109
1166
1279
19. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire
965-967
1050
1487
410
20. 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.
925
936
1066
1442
21. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.
718
1215
1219
868
22. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.
1415 October 25th
590
936
1208
23. Mieszko I of Poland and his court embrace Christianity - which becomes national religion.
598
978
638
965-967
24. 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.
1499
668
1171
529
25. 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.
1314
910
1227
960
26. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.
1107
750
577
1298
27. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910
864
668
632
925
28. Sack of Lindisfarne. Viking attacks on Britain begin.Generally considered the beginning of the Viking Age that would span over two centuries - and reach as far south as Hispania and as far east as the Byzantine Empire - and present day Russia.
1325
685
793
786
29. Muhammad Migrates from Mecca to Medina.Event will have designated first year of the Islamic Calendar - as Anno Hegirae.
663
c. 1001
1049
622
30. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.
1163
1417
1397
910
31. Dante publishes his Divine Comedy.Is one of the most defining works of literature during the Late Middle Ages - and among the most recognizable in all of literature.
955
1333
674-678
1310
32. Grand Canal of China constructed.
605
1381
899
1202
33. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
885
410
1499
917
34. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.
1434
825
882
1219
35. Kievan Rus' is established.Would be sustained until the Mongol invasion of Rus' over four and a half centuries - despite peaking during the middle 11th century during the reign of Yaroslav the Wise.
882
597
687
936
36. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1397
1396
882
1166
37. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur
698
1485
568
711
38. 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
1122 9/23
1273
598
1130 12/25
39. 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.
960
1419
989
698
40. Battle of Nineveh.The Byzantines - under Heraclius - crush the Persians.
627
1227
1205
1415
41. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.
925
1328
698
1494
42. Windmills are first recorded.
1212
874
643
1185
43. 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
917
1095
885
687
44. 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
711
1405
1192
1106 9/28
45. Battle of Tours. Charles Martel halts Muslim advance.Significant moment that led to the forming of the Carolingian Empire for the Franks - and halted the advancement of the Moors in Western Europe.
1192
732
1107
1125
46. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.
1185
552
1455 May 22
1299 July 27th
47. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.
1347
872
1439
1216
48. 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.
1158
1386 October 18-19th
1107
1077
49. 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.
1257
1212
1415 October 25th
1310
50. 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.
c.960
1206
1193
1071