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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Alfred the Great assumes the throne - the first king of a united England.He defended England from Viking invaders - formed new laws and fostered a rebirth of religious and scholarly activities.
c.960
871
778
1125
2. 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
602
963-964
1307 Friday - October 13th
3. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.
1444 November 10th
976
1216
827
4. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.
732
1494
698
1274
5. 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.
1171
1392
674-678
989
6. Papal recognition of the Dominican Order.
1066
552
1378
1216
7. 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.
1499
1049
1108/24
645
8. 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.
c. 1001
685
1122 9/23
1415 October 25th
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.
1310
989
778
1409
10. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.
581
1049
1337
515
11. Beginning of the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy during which the Popes moved to Avignon.Begins a period of over seven decades of the Papacy outside of Rome that would be one of the major factors of the Western Schism.
1175
917
1307
1257
12. The Taira clan are driven out of Kyoto by Minamoto Yoshinaka.The two-year conflict which follows ends at the Battle of Dan no Ura (1185).
1183
1299 July 27th
896
711
13. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.
1099
1088
1378
1212
14. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
c. 1001
1193
1095
754
15. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.
1050
963-964
965-967
645
16. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.
1380
1257
1184
1307 Friday - October 13th
17. Muhammad Migrates from Mecca to Medina.Event will have designated first year of the Islamic Calendar - as Anno Hegirae.
622
1487
1487
525
18. 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.
1389 June 28th
1274
960
1174 7/12
19. 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
632
1453
1102
681
20. 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
795
1071
1216
21. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.
1122 9/23
1185
1088
965-967
22. 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.
1492
1389 June 28th
1099
1237
23. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.
529
1370
1442
1370
24. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.
871
1487
1314
1453
25. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.
534
868
814
1187
26. 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.
927
1185
965-967
800
27. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.
1174 7/12
581
1123 3/18-3/27
726
28. Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.
1212
1205
1347
1455 May 22
29. Death of Muhammed.By this point - all of Arabia is Muslim.
711
1185
632
1166
30. 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.
989
1174 7/12
1099
868
31. 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.
1185
c. 1001
1121 12/25
c.960
32. 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.
1279
843
1257
1415 October 25th
33. Alfred the Great assumes the throne - the first king of a united England.He defended England from Viking invaders - formed new laws and fostered a rebirth of religious and scholarly activities.
1402 July 20th
893
871
1163
34. Pope Gregory VII elevated to the papal throne.This begins a period of church reform.
1485
602
1067
1189
35. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.
786
632
1216
840
36. 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.
1499
1176 5/29
1227
1174 7/12
37. The Great Seljuk Empire is founded by Tughril Beg.Would be a major force during the first two Crusades - and an antagonist to the Byzantine Empire over the next century.
1389 June 28th
1037
786
577
38. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
687
893
1158
754
39. The Hundred Years' War begins. England and France struggle for dominance of Western Europe.The war will span through three/four different war periods within a 116 year period.
455
1098
1337
1071
40. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.
1370
1499
1439
681
41. Pope Gregory VII elevated to the papal throne.This begins a period of church reform.
1257
1067
1442
778
42. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.
978
1494
1189
674-678
43. Battle of Anchialus. Simeon I the Great defeats the Byzantines.Recognition of the Imperial Title of the Bulgarian rulers.
917
1099
674-678
1209
44. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.
529
1257
1272-73
1298
45. Founding of the Franciscan Order.One of the more significant orders in the Roman Catholic church - founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.
1258
1209
1147
1186 1/27
46. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world
1347
626
1282
1494
47. The Hundred Years' War begins. England and France struggle for dominance of Western Europe.The war will span through three/four different war periods within a 116 year period.
1193
1337
618
1171
48. The University of Cambridge is founded.
925
1467
529
1209
49. 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.
868
1171
1333
866
50. Tang Dynasty in China.The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for 286 years.
1442
618
1347
866