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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






2. Iconoclast movement begun in the Byzantine Empire under Leo III. This was opposed by Pope Gregory II - and an important difference between the Roman and Byzantine churches.






3. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.






4. Muslims under Tarik invade Spain.Will begin a period of Muslim rule within in the Iberian peninsula (with various portions of land) until nearly the end of the Fifteenth Century.






5. 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.






6. Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV walks to Canossa where he stands barefoot in the snow to beg forgiveness of the Pope for his offences - and admitting defeat in theInvestiture Controversy.This helps establish Papal rule over European heads of state for an






7. Onin War takes place in Japan.First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.






8. Battle of Agincourt. Henry V and his army defeat a numerically superior French army - partially because of the newly-introduced English longbow.The turning point in the Hundred Years' War for 15th Century England that lead to the signing of the Treat






9. The University of Cambridge is founded.






10. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






11. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. Christianization of Bulgaria.






16. Death of Alfred the Great.






17. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.






25. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






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






31. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.






32. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.






33. 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.






34. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.






35. Founding of the University of Paris.






36. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. Fujiwara period in Japan.Would become the most powerful clan during the Heian period in Japan for around three centuries.






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






43. The Concordat of Worms was drawn up between Emperor Henry V and Pope Calixtus II.This concordat ended the investiture struggle - but bitter rivalry between emperor and pope remained.






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






48. The Battle of Stirling Bridge.William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England.






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






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