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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine
638
718
1386 October 18-19th
1107
2. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.
800
1380
1163
1397
3. Muslims take Carthage.
718
1415
698
1189
4. Death of Simeon I the Great. Recognition of the Bulgarian Patriarchate - the first independent National Church in Europe.
1174 7/12
1037
927
1209
5. 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.
500
786
872
960
6. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.
1296
577
577
862
7. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.
1333
598
840
1212
8. Emperor Go-Daigo returns to the throne from exile - and begins the Kenmu restoration.The Kamakura Shogunate comes to an end - and the Kenmu Restoration only lasts a few years before the Ashikaga Shogunate begins.
1108/24
698
1499
1333
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.
581
1409
1485
1184
10. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
840
976
1347
985
11. 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.
602
1237
1328
577
12. 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
1347
1166
1116
963-964
13. The Kalmar Union is formed.Queen Margaret I of Denmark unites the Denmark - Sweden - and Norway - and lasts until 1523.
1397
962
1106 9/28
1227
14. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.
698
1193
1125
866
15. Death of Bede.Bede was later regarded as 'the father of English history'
1088
814
735
1419
16. Dionysius Exiguus publishes the Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table.This initiated the Anno Domini era - used for the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
1298
1257
525
735
17. Grand Canal of China constructed.
768
1075
1166
605
18. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
1497
1107
577
1272-73
19. 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.
1419
1075
793
1077
20. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine
718
1417
965-967
989
21. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
840
1066
754
929
22. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
643
698
1415
598
23. Massive Chinese (Sui and Tang) invasions against Korean Goguryeo.Contributed to the fall of the Sui Dynasty - and Goguryeo fell under the forces of the Tang and Silla.
1273
598
910
840
24. 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.
1184
1485
840
1399
25. Simeon I becomes ruler of theFirst Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans.
c.960
893
1150
919
26. 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.
866
1098
1205
c. 1001
27. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
825
1050
552
960
28. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.
1193
687
1106 9/28
1455 May 22
29. 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
674-678
602
1346
1492
30. 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
1209
1202
1347
1049
31. 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.
1215
1497
1212
1461
32. 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.
1307
1492
1274
1106 9/28
33. Battle of VarnaFinal battle of the Crusade of Varna; Ottomans are victorious over the Hungarian-Polish armies - and Wladyslaw III of Poland dies.
1444 November 10th
552
936
1459
34. Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed Sei-i Taishogun - or shogun for short.He is the first of a long line of military dictators to bear this title. The institution would last until 1913.
1123 3/18-3/27
795
1174 7/12
1192
35. The Third Crusade follows upon Saladin's uniting the Muslim world and recapturing Jerusalem.Despite managing to win several major battles - the Crusaders did not recapture Jerusalem.
1189
638
985
1415 October 25th
36. 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.
632
563
1171
793
37. 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.
1485
794
581
893
38. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.
1258
687
936
c.960
39. Founding of the University of Paris.
985
885
1499
1257
40. Canute the Great becomes King of England after the death of Edmund Ironside - who he shared the English throne with.Danes become kings of England for the next 26 years before the last rise of the Anglo-Saxons before the Norman Conquest.
581
590
1107
1016
41. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.
1396
768
1193
1206
42. 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.
1075
1419
1237
1054
43. Onin War takes place in Japan.First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.
1485
577
1086
1467
44. Vasco da Gama begins his first voyage from Europe toIndia and back.Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail directly to Eastern Asia directly from Europe.
1429
1497
627
1192
45. 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%
1109
1347
1066
1485
46. The Aztecs find the city of Tenochtitlan.This would be the epicenter and capital of the Aztec kingdom for nearly 200 years until the Siege of Tenochtitlan led by Hernan Cortes.
1485
1402 July 20th
1325
1192
47. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.
581
577
893
1297
48. Pope Gregory VII elevated to the papal throne.This begins a period of church reform.
1066
622
1067
605
49. The Byzantine army defeats the Turks at Philomelion.The Turks abandon the entire coastal area of Anatolia and all of western Anatolia
1378
1116
1492
597
50. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)
978
1381
1487
1272-73