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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.
1492
1399
1380
814
2. Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to a victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo.
1370
602
726
1380
3. The Knights Templar are rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of France - with the backing of the Pope.Hastens the demise of the order within a decade.
1216
1171
1307 Friday - October 13th
570
4. Battle of VarnaFinal battle of the Crusade of Varna; Ottomans are victorious over the Hungarian-Polish armies - and Wladyslaw III of Poland dies.
1037
718
1444 November 10th
1307
5. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
1307 Friday - October 13th
955
868
632
6. Tang Dynasty in China.The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for 286 years.
1071
515
1125
618
7. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine
1174 7/12
718
1193
927
8. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.
534
1075
1325
1098
9. Genghis Khan dies.His kingdom is divided among his children and grandchildrenEmpire of the Great Khan - Chagatai Khanate - Mongolian Homeland - and the Blue Horde and White Horde. (Which would later become the Golden Horde.
1227
1184
885
911
10. 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.
786
1147
1106 9/28
1192
11. 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.
1174 7/12
638
800
917
12. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.
1456
987
1298
1117
13. Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.
1037
1389 June 28th
1314
1205
14. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.
515
927
650
1429
15. The Knights Templar are founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims on their journey to the city.Becomes the most recognizable - and impactful military orders during the Crusades.
1118
1189
1434
899
16. Papal recognition of the Dominican Order.
978
1216
1378
1174 7/12
17. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine
862
893
718
1185
18. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.
1439
1492
963-964
1067
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
1102
866
1183
1171
20. 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.
726
1485
1347
936
21. 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.
1494
925
1186 1/27
1071
22. 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.
1206
1208
1135
643
23. 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.
840
577
1212
925
24. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world
1347
698
527 August 1
698
25. 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.
929
1415 October 25th
1171
874
26. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.
1328
622
1147
685
27. 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.
1485
1184
1215
1107
28. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.
638
1187
1206
1125
29. 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.
602
1107
1257
778
30. At the Battle of Legnano - the cavalry of Frederick Barbarossa is defeated by the infantry of the Lombard League.This is the first major defeat of cavalry by infantry - signaling the new role of the bourgeosie.
1257
1152
871
1176 5/29
31. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.
1409
1123 3/18-3/27
698
1381
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.
1337
626
1279
698
33. The Hanseatic League is founded.This marks a new period of trade and economic development for northern and western Europe.
872
1122 9/23
1158
698
34. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
1307
1396
1415
1467
35. 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.
1202
1444 November 10th
1049
515
36. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
1192
825
1130 12/25
1050
37. 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.
529
1016
960
962
38. Viking state in Russia founded under Rurik - first at Novgorod - then Kiev.
1193
1018
862
1098
39. North South States Period begins in Korea.
410
698
1184
581
40. Division of Charlemagne's Empire between his grandsons with the Treaty of Verdun.Sets the stage for the founding of the Holy Roman Empire and France as separate states.
793
1209
718
843
41. 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
1186 1/27
1325
1107
602
42. 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.
1049
1086
1227
1135
43. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.
1184
1389 June 28th
1174 7/12
969
44. The University of Heidelberg is founded.It is the oldest university in Germany.
711
1130 12/25
1054
1386 October 18-19th
45. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.
1183
917
552
570
46. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.
1237
1497
786
687
47. 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.
1037
681
1205
1135
48. Abd-ar-Rahman III of the Ummayad dynasty in al-Andalus (part of the Iberian peninsula) takes the title of Caliph or ruler of the Islamic world.Beginning of the Caliphate of C
1184
929
1186 1/27
1389 June 28th
49. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.
645
1016
1453
1455 May 22
50. The Second Crusade was in retaliation for the fall of Edessa - one of the first Crusader States founded in theFirst Crusade. It was an overall failure.This was the first Crusade to have been led by European Queens.
1130 12/25
1147
1328
674-678