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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
645
645
602
1050
2. 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.
1299 July 27th
638
754
1337
3. Pope Leo IX ascends to the papal throne.Leo IX was the pope that excommunicated Patriarch of Constantinople - Michael Cerularius (who also excommunitated Leo) - which caused the Great Schism.
843
955
1049
1399
4. 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.
1485
1174 7/12
718
962
5. 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.
1328
598
1333
1237
6. 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
1485
1050
698
7. 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.
1183
1378
1494
1453
8. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine
718
1176 5/29
1174 7/12
1186 1/27
9. 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.
1499
1106 9/28
871
1487
10. 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.
1456
1346
976
1183
11. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.
1066
825
605
1016
12. 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
976
1166
1204
1098
13. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.
1378
1439
800
864
14. Genghis Khan was elected as Khagan of the Mongols and the Mongol Empire was established.The Mongols would conquer much of Eurasia - changing former political borders.
663
1185
750
1206
15. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.
981
1439
1125
1099
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
1453
864
1125
17. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
1193
626
868
1386 October 18-19th
18. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
1347
874
778
529
19. Emperor Go-Daigo returns to the throne from exile - and begins the Kenmu restoration.The Kamakura Shogunate comes to an end - and the Kenmu Restoration only lasts a few years before the Ashikaga Shogunate begins.
1333
1273
1037
1307
20. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.
1187
1192
1135
1147
21. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world
643
1185
1347
778
22. 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.
1381
711
1117
965-967
23. 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
1487
1077
896
529
24. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.
632
1487
795
1171
25. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.
1219
1257
1205
726
26. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.
1049
1117
827
698
27. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910
1328
925
1444 November 10th
1274
28. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire
1184
410
896
1216
29. 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.
866
1282
534
1018
30. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.
732
410
529
1098
31. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.
936
1125
1109
864
32. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.
650
1202
1187
663
33. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.
866
525
1333
1429
34. Division of Charlemagne's Empire between his grandsons with the Treaty of Verdun.Sets the stage for the founding of the Holy Roman Empire and France as separate states.
843
627
1185
899
35. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.
674-678
840
1325
1135
36. 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.
827
1337
602
1434
37. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.
1467
962
581
825
38. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.
1066
1257
1297
1492
39. Dante publishes his Divine Comedy.Is one of the most defining works of literature during the Late Middle Ages - and among the most recognizable in all of literature.
1310
1135
1346
1378
40. The reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.
515
1442
1381
1185
41. 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.
1456
1123 3/18-3/27
1307 Friday - October 13th
1125
42. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.
674-678
1439
768
927
43. 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.
568
976
795
1494
44. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.
911
1409
1088
866
45. 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.
1215
1378
750
1075
46. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals
1107
1099
1347
455
47. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.
1037
1117
1346
1208
48. Death of Alfred the Great.
1368
1095
1118
899
49. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.
650
1139
1118
718
50. Onin War takes place in Japan.First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.
1067
754
1166
1467
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