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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. 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.
1176 5/29
602
1212
1075
2. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
1122 9/23
1453
1499
1086
3. 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.
1487
840
732
1204
4. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.
874
1272-73
1088
1107
5. 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%
1347
1075
1095
1485
6. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.
1431
c.960
641
793
7. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.
663
1485
1347
685
8. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1299 July 27th
1193
1204
1237
9. 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.
618
1282
1125
698
10. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.
618
1439
1347
627
11. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.
1492
1257
1347
962
12. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.
1381
874
1163
899
13. Justinian I publishes the Code of Civil Law.This compiled centuries of legal writings and imperial pronouncements into three parts of one body of law.
1296
795
529
885
14. 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.
1193
1185
1176 5/29
1077
15. 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.
1212
1208
910
674-678
16. Siege of BelgradeMajor Ottoman advances are halted for 7 decades - last major victory for Hunyadi.
1179
711
1399
1456
17. The Empire of Trebizond falls to the Ottoman Turks.Last Roman outpost to be conquered by the Ottomans.
936
1098
627
1461
18. The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire - lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.
1299 July 27th
718
605
1185
19. 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.
1409
962
1444 November 10th
1314
20. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.
515
827
871
754
21. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.
1417
768
893
1485
22. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.
1380
1444 November 10th
1467
969
23. In the Battle of Naklo - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.Polish access to the sea is re-established.
1109
581
1185
795
24. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.
1405
1166
1176 5/29
1117
25. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.
685
410
1184
1189
26. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1166
1396
1298
1077
27. Founding of the Franciscan Order.One of the more significant orders in the Roman Catholic church - founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.
527 August 1
1209
1439
1174 7/12
28. Fujiwara period in Japan.Would become the most powerful clan during the Heian period in Japan for around three centuries.
927
1095
1179
866
29. Otto the Great crowned the Holy Roman Emperor.First to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
962
1135
751
598
30. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.
1189
1378
1314
685
31. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.
825
605
963-964
1037
32. 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.
1139
618
650
1310
33. Founding of the University of Paris.
1257
843
1258
925
34. 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.
1397
1389 June 28th
910
633
35. The Anarchy begins in England.This will mark a 19 year period of Government strife and Civil War between the supporters of Stephen and Matilda - and end with the crowning of Matilda's son - Henry II - and beginning the Plantagenet dynasty.
1135
965-967
1116
751
36. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1205
1499
1152
1396
37. 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.
1118
618
1135
1494
38. Leif Ericson is to settle during the winter in present day Canada at L'Anse aux Meadows.Ericson is to be the European to settle in the Americas during the Norse exploration of the Americas.
c. 1001
786
1123 3/18-3/27
1467
39. July 6Richard I ascends the throne of England.His heavy taxation to finance his European ventures created an antipathy of barons and people toward the crown - but his being absent enabled the English to advance in their political development.
527 August 1
1189
1370
1274
40. 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
1333
1077
1439
1459
41. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910
927
1381
989
925
42. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.
907
1337
632
978
43. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.
602
1215
1175
552
44. 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.
1121 12/25
794
1139
1227
45. 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
674-678
1397
1185
1102
46. 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
1492
1202
751
750
47. 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.
681
1237
c. 1001
1368
48. Simeon I becomes ruler of theFirst Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans.
1333
893
1121 12/25
626
49. Arpad and the Magyars are present in Pannonia.
896
598
726
1166
50. The Construction of the Tower of London begins.The tower of London was the ultimate keep of the British Empire.
687
1389 June 28th
1077
1108/24