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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.






2. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.






3. 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.






4. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.






5. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






6. Windmills are first recorded.






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






8. 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.






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






10. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.






11. The compilation of the Domesday Book - a great land and property survey commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess his new possessions.This is the first such undertaking since Roman times.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.






15. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






19. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.






20. 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.






21. At the Battle of Dan no Ura - Minamoto Yoshitsune annihilates the Taira clan.The elimination of the Taira leaves the Minamoto the virtual rulers of Japan and marks the beginning of the first period of feudal rule known as the Kamakura Period.






22. 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.






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






24. August 26thBattle of Cr






25. Otto the Great crowned the Holy Roman Emperor.First to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.






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






27. Battle of Tertry






28. 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






29. The first known merchant guild.






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






31. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.






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






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






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






35. Battle of Nineveh.The Byzantines - under Heraclius - crush the Persians.






36. 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.






37. Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to a victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo.






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






39. The East-West Schism which divided the church into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.Tensions will vary between the Catholic and Orthodox churches throughout the Middle Ages.






40. Battle of Anchialus. Simeon I the Great defeats the Byzantines.Recognition of the Imperial Title of the Bulgarian rulers.






41. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.






42. Christianization of Bulgaria.






43. Death of Muhammed.By this point - all of Arabia is Muslim.






44. JingkangIncidentThe Jurchen soldiers sack Kaifeng - bringing an end to the Northern Song Dynasty in China; the Song moves further south and makes Lin'an their new capital.






45. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.






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






47. 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.






48. Pope Gregory VII elevated to the papal throne.This begins a period of church reform.






49. Children's Crusade.






50. 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.