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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. 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






2. Viking state in Russia founded under Rurik - first at Novgorod - then Kiev.






3. 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.






4. Justinian I publishes the Code of Civil Law.This compiled centuries of legal writings and imperial pronouncements into three parts of one body of law.






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






6. 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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






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






13. The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence.This ushers in a period of significance of the Medici's - such as bankers - popes - queens (regents) and dukes - throughout Europe (mainly Italy - especially the Florentine Republic) - over the next t






14. 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






15. The Seljuks under Alp Arslan defeat the Byzantine army at Manzikert. The Normans capture Bari - the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy.Beginning of the end of Byzantine rule in Asia Minor.






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






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






18. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.






19. 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.






20. Muslims take Carthage.






21. 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.






22. Henry the Fowler - Duke of Saxony elected German King.First king of the Ottonian Dynasty.Henry I considered the founder and first king of the medieval German state.






23. 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.






24. Papal recognition of the Dominican Order.






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






26. The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence.This ushers in a period of significance of the Medici's - such as bankers - popes - queens (regents) and dukes - throughout Europe (mainly Italy - especially the Florentine Republic) - over the next t






27. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






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






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






30. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.






31. 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%






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. Siege of BelgradeMajor Ottoman advances are halted for 7 decades - last major victory for Hunyadi.






35. 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






36. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.






37. Peace and Truce of God formed.The first movement of the Catholic Church using spiritual means to limit private war - and the first movement in medieval Europe to control society through non-violent means.






38. Battle of Tours. Charles Martel halts Muslim advance.Significant moment that led to the forming of the Carolingian Empire for the Franks - and halted the advancement of the Moors in Western Europe.






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






40. 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






41. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.






45. Battle of Tours. Charles Martel halts Muslim advance.Significant moment that led to the forming of the Carolingian Empire for the Franks - and halted the advancement of the Moors in Western Europe.






46. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






47. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.






48. 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.






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






50. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.