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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






2. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)






8. The Synod of Kells-Mellifont established the present diocesan system of Ireland (with later modifications) and recognized the primacy of Armagh.This synod marks the inclusion of the Irish Church into western European Catholicism.






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. North South States Period begins in Korea.






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






14. Founding of the Franciscan Order.One of the more significant orders in the Roman Catholic church - founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.






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






16. Grand Canal of China constructed.






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. Founding of the University of Paris.






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






22. Roger II is crowned King of Sicily - a royal title given him by the Antipope Anacletus II.This coronation marks the beginning of the Kingdom of Sicily and its Mediterranean empire under the Norman kings - which was able to take on the Holy Roman Empi






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






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






25. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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%






30. 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.






31. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






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. The final Peace of Constance between Frederick Barbarossa - the pope - and the Lombard towns is signed.The various articles of the treaty destroyed the unity of the Empire and Germany and Italy underwent separate developments.






34. The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire - lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.






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






36. Muslims take Carthage.






37. Benedict of Nursia founds monastery at Monte Cassino.The first of twelve monasteries founded by Saint Benedict - beginning the Order of Saint Benedict.






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






39. Vikings attack Paris.






40. Muhammed is born.Professed receiving revelations from God - which were recorded in the Qur'an - the basis of Islamic theology - in which he is regarded as the most important prophet.






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






42. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.






43. 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.






44. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world






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






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






47. Chinese Naval Expeditions of Southeast Asia and theIndian Ocean (to Eastern Africa) begins - under the leadership of Zheng He.This will be the first of seven of the Ming Dynasty-sponsored expeditions - lasting until 1433.






48. North South States Period begins in Korea.






49. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.






50. Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.