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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. North South States Period begins in Korea.






2. Last great Roman-Persian War.Long conflict leaves both empires exhausted and unable to cope with the newly united Arab armies under Islam in the 630s






3. 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.






4. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.






5. The Anarchy begins in England.This will mark a 19 year period of Government strife and Civil War between the supporters of Stephen and Matilda - and end with the crowning of Matilda's son - Henry II - and beginning the Plantagenet dynasty.






6. The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire - lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.






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






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






9. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






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






11. 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.






12. Ramon Berenguer IV - Count of Barcelona - married Queen Petronilla of Aragon. They had been betrothed in 1137.This marriage gave the Kingdom of Aragon access to the Mediterranean Sea - creating a powerful kingdom which expanded to control many of the






13. July 6Richard I ascends the throne of England.His heavy taxation to finance his European ventures created an antipathy of barons and people toward the crown - but his being absent enabled the English to advance in their political development.






14. The Synod of Kells-Mellifont established the present diocesan system of Ireland (with later modifications) and recognized the primacy of Armagh.This synod marks the inclusion of the Irish Church into western European Catholicism.






15. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine






16. The Franks under Edward defeat the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouill






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






21. Dictatus Papae in which Pope Gregory VII defines the powers of the pope.Peak of the Gregorian Reform - and an immense factor in theInvestiture Controversy.






22. 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






23. Cluny Abbey is founded by William I - Count of Auvergne.Cluny goes on to become the acknowledged leader of Western Monasticism. Cluniac Reforms initiated with the abbey's founding.






24. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl






25. June 15The Magna Carta is sealed by John of England.This marks one of the first times a medieval ruler is forced to accept limits on his power.






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






27. 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.






28. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals






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






30. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)






31. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.






32. 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.






33. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur






34. Mieszko I becomes duke of Polans.First historical ruler of Poland and de facto founder of the Polish State.






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






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






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






38. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.






39. Death of John I Tzimiskes; Basil II (his co-emperor) takes sole power.Under Basil II zenith of the power of Eastern Empire after Justinian.






40. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.






41. 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






42. 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.






43. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






44. 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.






45. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.






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






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






48. Onin War takes place in Japan.First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.






49. 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






50. Christianization of Bulgaria.







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