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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Battle of Bannockburn.Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.
552
529
1314
962
2. 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.
1333
962
1163
936
3. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.
645
668
1298
1386 October 18-19th
4. 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.
622
650
645
1337
5. 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.
1171
1125
1216
1337
6. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.
1402 July 20th
1175
864
778
7. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.
1208
1494
960
1467
8. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.
1298
1380
534
1282
9. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.
525
896
786
1117
10. August 26thBattle of Cr
626
1494
1346
1054
11. 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.
1212
1208
1216
698
12. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.
1206
1202
581
827
13. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1257
981
1204
1077
14. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.
1487
515
570
899
15. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1409
862
1397
1396
16. Death of Bede.Bede was later regarded as 'the father of English history'
1378
1205
735
1152
17. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.
963-964
1066
866
960
18. 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.
1174 7/12
962
843
1098
19. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.
515
1171
1273
1492
20. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
1171
1282
1118
1050
21. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.
868
1492
645
981
22. 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.
1185
1135
529
1380
23. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
1216
1192
1499
552
24. Trial and execution of Joan of Arc.Death of the woman who helped turned the Hundred Years' War in favor of the French over the past two years.
1431
1095
1381
1444 November 10th
25. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.
976
1328
1346
1185
26. Death of John I Tzimiskes; Basil II (his co-emperor) takes sole power.Under Basil II zenith of the power of Eastern Empire after Justinian.
754
976
1184
987
27. 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.
882
1183
681
1307
28. Founding of the University of Paris.
1257
864
1347
927
29. 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.
c. 1001
1499
1185
1037
30. Death of Alfred the Great.
1492
1307 Friday - October 13th
1389 June 28th
899
31. 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.
981
529
1405
1347
32. 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.
534
638
1088
1179
33. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.
1152
1193
1492
1125
34. 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%
1185
907
1419
1347
35. Pope Gregory VII elevated to the papal throne.This begins a period of church reform.
896
1067
1455 May 22
605
36. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur
1485
1179
627
663
37. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
1258
1125
978
1415
38. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals
1227
1368
1166
455
39. 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.
534
1037
1118
1389 June 28th
40. 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.
1298
985
1118
1106 9/28
41. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.
1487
1099
1098
529
42. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.
1125
911
1417
1189
43. 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.
1212
1461
602
602
44. Christianization of Bulgaria.
864
1461
577
1298
45. 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
1106 9/28
1193
632
46. Cluny Abbey is founded by William I - Count of Auvergne.Cluny goes on to become the acknowledged leader of Western Monasticism. Cluniac Reforms initiated with the abbey's founding.
1054
1123 3/18-3/27
910
632
47. 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%
1296
1163
1067
1347
48. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.
529
1209
1378
1016
49. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
1444 November 10th
1380
1054
638
50. 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.
581
633
1485
1086