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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






2. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.






3. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.






4. 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.






5. 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






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






7. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.






14. Christianization of Bulgaria.






15. Gregory the Great becomes Pope.The missionary work reached new levels during his pontificate - revolutionized the way of worship for the Catholic Church (Gregorian Chants) - liturgy - etc. - and was soon canonized after his death.






16. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.






17. 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.






18. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals






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






20. Arrival of the disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius in BulgariaCreation of the Cyrillic script; in the following decades the country became the cultural and spiritual centre of the whole Eastern Orthodox Slavic World.






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






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






23. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.






24. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






29. The fall of the Yuan Dynasty. Its remnants - known as Northern Yuan - continued to rule Mongolia.The breakup of the Mongol Empire - which marked the end of Pax Mongolica.






30. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.






31. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.






32. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.






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






34. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.






35. AprilThe Second Lateran Council declared clerical marriages invalid - regulated clerical dress - and punished attacks on clerics by excommunication.Enforces the major reforms that Gregory VII began to heavily campaign for several decades earlier.






36. 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.






37. MarchThe Third Lateran Council limits papal electees to the cardinals alone - condemns simony - and forbids the promotion of anyone to the episcopate before the age of thirty.






38. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.






39. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.






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






41. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






42. 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.






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






44. According to Theophanes Continuatus (The Continuer of Theophanes's Chronicle) - Tomislav of Croatia defeated Bulgarian army of Tsar Simeon I under Duke Alogobotur - in battle of the Bosnian Highlands.Bulgarian expansion to the west was stopped.






45. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.






46. Mieszko I of Poland and his court embrace Christianity - which becomes national religion.






47. Hussite Wars begins after 4 years after the death of Jan Hus in central Europe - dealing with the followers of Jan Hus and those against them.Although the war was a stalemate (ended around 1434) - it was a another factor that between the Catholics an






48. 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.






49. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.






50. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.