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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






2. Christianization of Bulgaria.






3. Founding of the University of Paris.






4. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.






5. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.






6. 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.






7. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.






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






9. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.






10. Heian periodin Japan.Considered to be the last classical period of History of Japan. Chinese influence was at its strongest during this era in Japan.






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






12. The first known merchant guild.






13. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.






14. Gregory the Great becomes Pope.The missionary work reached new levels during his pontificate - revolutionized the way of worship for the Catholic Church (Gregorian Chants) - liturgy - etc. - and was soon canonized after his death.






15. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






16. MarchThe Third Lateran Council limits papal electees to the cardinals alone - condemns simony - and forbids the promotion of anyone to the episcopate before the age of thirty.






17. Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed Sei-i Taishogun - or shogun for short.He is the first of a long line of military dictators to bear this title. The institution would last until 1913.






18. Vasco da Gama begins his first voyage from Europe toIndia and back.Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail directly to Eastern Asia directly from Europe.






19. Battle of Kosovo in Serbia.This was in many respects the decisive battle between the Turks - led by Sultan Murat - and Christian army - led by the Serbs and their duke Lazar. The battle took place in Kosovo - the southern province of the Medieval Ser






20. 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.






21. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






22. 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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.






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






27. 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.






28. Beginning of the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy during which the Popes moved to Avignon.Begins a period of over seven decades of the Papacy outside of Rome that would be one of the major factors of the Western Schism.






29. Richard II abdicates the throne to Henry of Bolingbroke - who becomes Henry IV of England.End of Plantagenet Dynasty - beginning of the Lancaster lineage of kings.






30. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.






31. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.






32. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.






33. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.






34. Trial and execution of Joan of Arc.Death of the woman who helped turned the Hundred Years' War in favor of the French over the past two years.






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






36. Gregory the Great becomes Pope.The missionary work reached new levels during his pontificate - revolutionized the way of worship for the Catholic Church (Gregorian Chants) - liturgy - etc. - and was soon canonized after his death.






37. Mieszko I of Poland and his court embrace Christianity - which becomes national religion.






38. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.






39. 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.






40. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.






41. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.






42. Pope Gregory VII elevated to the papal throne.This begins a period of church reform.






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






48. Sack of Lindisfarne. Viking attacks on Britain begin.Generally considered the beginning of the Viking Age that would span over two centuries - and reach as far south as Hispania and as far east as the Byzantine Empire - and present day Russia.






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






50. Vasco da Gama begins his first voyage from Europe toIndia and back.Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail directly to Eastern Asia directly from Europe.