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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Dionysius Exiguus publishes the Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table.This initiated the Anno Domini era - used for the Gregorian and Julian calendars.






2. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.






3. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.






4. The University of Heidelberg is founded.It is the oldest university in Germany.






5. Battle of Tertry






6. 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.






7. Heian periodin Japan.Considered to be the last classical period of History of Japan. Chinese influence was at its strongest during this era in Japan.






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






9. The Construction of the Tower of London begins.The tower of London was the ultimate keep of the British Empire.






10. Vikings attack Paris.






11. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






12. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.






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






14. Siege of BaghdadMongols (the Ilkhanate) ensure control of the region; Generally considered the end of the Islamic Golden Age.






15. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910






16. Justinian I becomes Eastern Roman Emperor.Justinian is best remembered for his Code of Civil Law (529) - and expansion of imperial territory retaking Rome from the Ostrogoths.






17. Muhammad Migrates from Mecca to Medina.Event will have designated first year of the Islamic Calendar - as Anno Hegirae.






18. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.






19. 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.






20. Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.






21. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.






22. 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.






23. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.






24. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.






25. 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






26. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






27. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.






31. Muslims take Carthage.






32. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. 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






37. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






38. Tang Dynasty in China.The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for 286 years.






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






40. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.






41. Battle of VarnaFinal battle of the Crusade of Varna; Ottomans are victorious over the Hungarian-Polish armies - and Wladyslaw III of Poland dies.






42. Battle of Bannockburn.Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.






43. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.






44. Muslims under Tarik invade Spain.Will begin a period of Muslim rule within in the Iberian peninsula (with various portions of land) until nearly the end of the Fifteenth Century.






45. Richard II abdicates the throne to Henry of Bolingbroke - who becomes Henry IV of England.End of Plantagenet Dynasty - beginning of the Lancaster lineage of kings.






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






47. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.






48. 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.






49. Heian periodin Japan.Considered to be the last classical period of History of Japan. Chinese influence was at its strongest during this era in Japan.






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