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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. Arpad and the Magyars are present in Pannonia.






6. 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%






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






8. William the Conqueror - Duke of Normandy - invades England and becomes King after the Battle of Hastings.End of Anglosaxon rule in England and start of Norman lineage.






9. Battle of Yamen.Marks the end of the Song Dynasty in China - and all of China is under the rule of Kublai Khan as the emperor.






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






11. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.






12. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






13. Last great Roman-Persian War.Long conflict leaves both empires exhausted and unable to cope with the newly united Arab armies under Islam in the 630s






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






15. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.






16. 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.






17. 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






18. Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves. The Italian Wars begin.Italian Wars will eventually lead to the downfall of the Italian city-states. Pope's ruling will lead to the






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. Christianization of Bulgaria.






24. At the Battle of Dan no Ura - Minamoto Yoshitsune annihilates the Taira clan.The elimination of the Taira leaves the Minamoto the virtual rulers of Japan and marks the beginning of the first period of feudal rule known as the Kamakura Period.






25. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.






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






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






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






29. Simeon I becomes ruler of theFirst Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans.






30. 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.






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






32. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.






33. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.






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






35. 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.






36. Song Dynasty begins after Emperor of Taizu usurps the throne from the Later Zhou Dynasty - last of the Five Dynasties.A 319 year period of Song rule (Northern & Southern combined) goes underway.






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.






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






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






44. The Battle of Stirling Bridge.William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England.






45. 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






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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.






49. The Third Crusade follows upon Saladin's uniting the Muslim world and recapturing Jerusalem.Despite managing to win several major battles - the Crusaders did not recapture Jerusalem.






50. 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.