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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






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






3. Siege of BelgradeMajor Ottoman advances are halted for 7 decades - last major victory for Hunyadi.






4. The Construction of the Tower of London begins.The tower of London was the ultimate keep of the British Empire.






5. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.






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






7. 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.






8. Grand Canal of China constructed.






9. 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.






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






11. Death of Muhammed.By this point - all of Arabia is Muslim.






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






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






15. The University of Cambridge is founded.






16. 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.






17. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.






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






19. 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.






20. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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






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






27. Sicilian Vespers. Sicilians massacres Angevins over a six-week period - after a Frenchman harassed a woman.Would mark a two decade period of war - and peace treaties between mainly between Aragon - Sicily - and the Angevin.






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






29. 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.






30. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Death of John I Tzimiskes; Basil II (his co-emperor) takes sole power.Under Basil II zenith of the power of Eastern Empire after Justinian.






40. JingkangIncidentThe Jurchen soldiers sack Kaifeng - bringing an end to the Northern Song Dynasty in China; the Song moves further south and makes Lin'an their new capital.






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






42. 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.






43. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.






44. Fourth Lateran Council. Dealt with transubstantiation - papal primacy and conduct of clergy. Proclaimed that Jews and Muslims should wear identification marks to distinguish them from Christians.






45. 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.






46. Death of Alfred the Great.






47. Muslims take Carthage.






48. Windmills are first recorded.






49. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.






50. Massive Chinese (Sui and Tang) invasions against Korean Goguryeo.Contributed to the fall of the Sui Dynasty - and Goguryeo fell under the forces of the Tang and Silla.