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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.






2. 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%






3. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.






4. 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.






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






6. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire






7. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.






8. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine






9. Benedict of Nursia founds monastery at Monte Cassino.The first of twelve monasteries founded by Saint Benedict - beginning the Order of Saint Benedict.






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.






13. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.






14. 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






15. Christianization of Bulgaria.






16. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.






17. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive






18. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.






19. 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.






20. The Empire of Trebizond falls to the Ottoman Turks.Last Roman outpost to be conquered by the Ottomans.






21. 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






22. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






23. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.






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






25. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.






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






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






28. 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






29. Children's Crusade.






30. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.






31. 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






32. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.






33. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.






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






35. In the Battle of Naklo - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.Polish access to the sea is re-established.






36. Mieszko I becomes duke of Polans.First historical ruler of Poland and de facto founder of the Polish State.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.






40. The Byzantines under Basil II conquer Bulgaria after a bitter 50-years struggle.Concludes the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria.






41. 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.






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






43. Founding of the University of Paris.






44. Death of Alfred the Great.






45. The first known merchant guild.






46. 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.






47. 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






48. TheFirst Lateran Council followed and confirmed the Concordat of Worms.






49. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.






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