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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. 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.
985
1307 Friday - October 13th
632
1075
2. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1121 12/25
1396
1117
1399
3. Children's Crusade.
1212
726
1386 October 18-19th
626
4. Muslims take Carthage.
1453
641
698
1152
5. Pope Leo IX ascends to the papal throne.Leo IX was the pope that excommunicated Patriarch of Constantinople - Michael Cerularius (who also excommunitated Leo) - which caused the Great Schism.
1179
633
1037
1049
6. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.
632
1118
602
638
7. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.
1442
1125
1461
1175
8. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1204
1279
1075
907
9. 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.
1215
529
910
1099
10. 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%
455
1347
866
1184
11. 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.
525
1193
1392
910
12. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.
795
1193
910
1370
13. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.
1429
1307 Friday - October 13th
552
1147
14. Lothair of Supplinburg - duke of Saxony - is elected Holy Roman Emperor instead of the nearest heir - Frederick of Swabia.This election marks the beginning of the great struggle between the Guelfs and the Ghibellines.
925
590
1125
563
15. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
1467
1050
893
1282
16. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.
1219
687
1307
1158
17. Founding of the University of Paris.
885
955
1257
750
18. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.
1125
1176 5/29
1325
568
19. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.
1442
1175
1381
570
20. Through the Compromise of 1107 - suggested by Adela - the sister of King Henry - theInvestiture Struggle in England is ended.This compromise removed one of the points of friction between the English monarchy and the Catholic Church.
1333
1347
1107
751
21. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire
1216
872
1209
410
22. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.
987
866
843
597
23. 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.
552
843
1257
778
24. The Byzantine army defeats the Turks at Philomelion.The Turks abandon the entire coastal area of Anatolia and all of western Anatolia
1116
866
885
598
25. 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.
1307 Friday - October 13th
1176 5/29
1077
1227
26. 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.
1183
1077
960
1176 5/29
27. The University of Heidelberg is founded.It is the oldest university in Germany.
1389 June 28th
1086
1386 October 18-19th
605
28. August 22ndBattle of Bosworth Field.Richard III dies in battle - and Henry Tudor becomes king of England; last shift of Houses/kingship during the War of the Roses.
1485
1192
1108/24
987
29. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.
1459
1417
1389 June 28th
1381
30. The University of Cambridge is founded.
1209
641
1487
1409
31. August 22ndBattle of Bosworth Field.Richard III dies in battle - and Henry Tudor becomes king of England; last shift of Houses/kingship during the War of the Roses.
602
1485
1215
1328
32. 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.
927
1272-73
641
1492
33. 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.
885
1415
1212
1417
34. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.
1399
1163
827
917
35. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.
963-964
882
1176 5/29
1298
36. The Hanseatic League is founded.This marks a new period of trade and economic development for northern and western Europe.
1158
1086
910
866
37. 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.
786
1086
1166
1174 7/12
38. 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.
1121 12/25
1088
794
718
39. 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.
1227
1237
1381
1415
40. 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.
732
735
1171
962
41. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
917
1130 12/25
1171
1499
42. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.
515
1494
963-964
768
43. Battle of Lechfeld. Otto the Great - son of Henry the Fowler - defeats the Magyars.This is the defining event that prevents the Hungarians from entering Central Europe.
605
955
927
1184
44. 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.
1409
1485
534
919
45. Muslims take Alexandria.
840
1098
882
643
46. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.
1215
1389 June 28th
1185
768
47. December 25thCharlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.With his crowning - Charlemagne's kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.
c.960
800
754
1125
48. The Taira clan are driven out of Kyoto by Minamoto Yoshinaka.The two-year conflict which follows ends at the Battle of Dan no Ura (1185).
687
778
1183
732
49. 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.
605
893
1337
698
50. 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
907
641
1434
1122 9/23
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