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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Death of Alfred the Great.
681
1147
899
1077
2. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
563
1189
754
750
3. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.
1439
1409
1415
843
4. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.
896
525
1193
1298
5. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.
698
1298
1077
976
6. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.
827
868
650
668
7. 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.
568
1459
1417
989
8. Mieszko I becomes duke of Polans.First historical ruler of Poland and de facto founder of the Polish State.
1183
1434
534
c.960
9. Beginning of the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy during which the Popes moved to Avignon.Begins a period of over seven decades of the Papacy outside of Rome that would be one of the major factors of the Western Schism.
1152
1307
1368
529
10. 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.
1186 1/27
1075
515
1299 July 27th
11. 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.
1328
1122 9/23
1205
872
12. Kievan Rus' is established.Would be sustained until the Mongol invasion of Rus' over four and a half centuries - despite peaking during the middle 11th century during the reign of Yaroslav the Wise.
1116
882
1176 5/29
1402 July 20th
13. 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.
919
1310
976
962
14. Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed Sei-i Taishogun - or shogun for short.He is the first of a long line of military dictators to bear this title. The institution would last until 1913.
698
1075
1192
622
15. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.
1016
645
1208
568
16. Pope Urban issues the Crusades to capture the Holy Land - and to repel the Seljuk Turks from the Byzantine Empire from Alexios I Komnenos.This would be the first of 9 Major Crusades - and a number of other crusades that would spread into the late 13t
1095
1174 7/12
581
1187
17. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.
987
1135
1205
800
18. The Hundred Years' War ends.England's once vast territories in France is now reduced to only Calais - which they eventually lose control of as well.
1237
529
1453
896
19. Battle of VarnaFinal battle of the Crusade of Varna; Ottomans are victorious over the Hungarian-Polish armies - and Wladyslaw III of Poland dies.
1205
981
1444 November 10th
871
20. Vikings attack Paris.
711
885
795
1257
21. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.
c. 1001
978
1257
455
22. Rudolph I of Germany is elected Holy Roman Emperor.This begins the Habsburg de facto domination of the crown that lasted until is dissolution in 1806.
1273
1296
1098
1492
23. 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.
1368
1381
598
1166
24. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.
1455 May 22
1193
552
874
25. 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.
1368
1212
626
577
26. 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.
1274
1346
1185
1431
27. 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.
927
1209
1333
1139
28. Siege of BaghdadMongols (the Ilkhanate) ensure control of the region; Generally considered the end of the Islamic Golden Age.
605
1018
1121 12/25
1258
29. The Seljuks under Alp Arslan defeat the Byzantine army at Manzikert. The Normans capture Bari - the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy.Beginning of the end of Byzantine rule in Asia Minor.
681
1402 July 20th
1086
1071
30. The Viking Rollo and his tribe settle in what is now Normandy by the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte - founding the Duchy of Normandy.
1405
927
911
750
31. 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.
768
927
1174 7/12
1273
32. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.
735
c.960
1499
663
33. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1396
1125
910
885
34. 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.
1102
871
866
1397
35. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.
907
627
1187
825
36. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.
1175
1208
981
866
37. Ladislaus of Naples sells his 'rights' on Dalmatia to the Venetian Republic for 100000 ducats.Dalmatia would with some interruptions remain under Venetian rule for nearly four centuries - until 1797.
1439
1185
1456
1409
38. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.
681
925
641
1257
39. 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).
1077
1183
1405
1186 1/27
40. 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.
1227
919
1075
650
41. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.
1307 Friday - October 13th
872
1417
1378
42. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.
622
1202
1187
1212
43. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.
1193
1392
814
872
44. 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.
1152
711
563
1370
45. Founding of the Franciscan Order.One of the more significant orders in the Roman Catholic church - founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.
1209
1453
1467
1431
46. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl
1492
1121 12/25
1429
641
47. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
1187
1392
751
927
48. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.
563
825
668
698
49. Tang Dynasty ends with Emperor Ai deposed.The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China commences.
732
638
597
907
50. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.
552
1429
1098
410
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