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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






2. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur






3. Stefan Nemanja united Serbian territories - establishing the Medieval Serbian state.This marks the rise of Serbia which will dominate the Balkans for the next three hundred years. Allies of Serbia at this moment become the Hungarian Kingdom and the R






4. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.






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






6. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.






7. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






8. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. The Fourth Crusade sacked Croatian town of Zadar (ItalianZara) - a rival of Venice. Unable to raise enough funds to pay to their Venetian contractors - the crusaders agreed to sack the city despite letters from PopeInnocent III forbidding such an act






15. Mongol invasion of Rus' resumes.Causes the split of Kievan Rus' into three components (present day Russia - Ukraine - Belarus - greatly effects various regions of Eastern Europe; Golden Horde formed.






16. Abd-ar-Rahman III of the Ummayad dynasty in al-Andalus (part of the Iberian peninsula) takes the title of Caliph or ruler of the Islamic world.Beginning of the Caliphate of C






17. The Great Seljuk Empire is founded by Tughril Beg.Would be a major force during the first two Crusades - and an antagonist to the Byzantine Empire over the next century.






18. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.






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






20. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.






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






22. The Second Crusade was in retaliation for the fall of Edessa - one of the first Crusader States founded in theFirst Crusade. It was an overall failure.This was the first Crusade to have been led by European Queens.






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






24. 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.






25. Battle of Bannockburn.Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.






26. 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.






27. The Second Crusade was in retaliation for the fall of Edessa - one of the first Crusader States founded in theFirst Crusade. It was an overall failure.This was the first Crusade to have been led by European Queens.






28. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






29. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.






30. The University of Cambridge is founded.






31. 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.






32. North South States Period begins in Korea.






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






34. 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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. Death of Simeon I the Great. Recognition of the Bulgarian Patriarchate - the first independent National Church in Europe.






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






40. August 26thBattle of Cr






41. 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






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






43. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






44. Battle of Anchialus. Simeon I the Great defeats the Byzantines.Recognition of the Imperial Title of the Bulgarian rulers.






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






46. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.






47. Viking state in Russia founded under Rurik - first at Novgorod - then Kiev.






48. St. Norbert and 29 companions make their solemn vows marking the beginning of the Premonstratensian Order.This order played a significant role in evangelizing the Slavs - the Wends - to the east of the Holy Roman Empire.






49. 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.






50. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910