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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






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






3. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.






4. 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.






5. Arrival of the disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius in BulgariaCreation of the Cyrillic script; in the following decades the country became the cultural and spiritual centre of the whole Eastern Orthodox Slavic World.






6. 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.






7. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.






8. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language






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






10. Tang Dynasty ends with Emperor Ai deposed.The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China commences.






11. 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.






12. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.






13. 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.






14. The Knights Templar are rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of France - with the backing of the Pope.Hastens the demise of the order within a decade.






15. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.






16. Hussite Wars begins after 4 years after the death of Jan Hus in central Europe - dealing with the followers of Jan Hus and those against them.Although the war was a stalemate (ended around 1434) - it was a another factor that between the Catholics an






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






18. Death of Alfred the Great.






19. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.






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






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






22. 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






23. Siege of BaghdadMongols (the Ilkhanate) ensure control of the region; Generally considered the end of the Islamic Golden Age.






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






25. Christianization of Bulgaria.






26. Chinese Naval Expeditions of Southeast Asia and theIndian Ocean (to Eastern Africa) begins - under the leadership of Zheng He.This will be the first of seven of the Ming Dynasty-sponsored expeditions - lasting until 1433.






27. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.






28. The East-West Schism which divided the church into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.Tensions will vary between the Catholic and Orthodox churches throughout the Middle Ages.






29. In the Battle of Hundsfeld - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats Emperor Henry V.German expansion to the east is stopped.






30. Edward the Elder - son of Alfred - defeats the Northumbrian Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall; they never raid south of the River Humber again.






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






32. The Second Crusade was in retaliation for the fall of Edessa - one of the first Crusader States founded in theFirst Crusade. It was an overall failure.This was the first Crusade to have been led by European Queens.






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






34. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






35. The University of Heidelberg is founded.It is the oldest university in Germany.






36. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine






37. Battle of VarnaFinal battle of the Crusade of Varna; Ottomans are victorious over the Hungarian-Polish armies - and Wladyslaw III of Poland dies.






38. The Byzantine army defeats the Turks at Philomelion.The Turks abandon the entire coastal area of Anatolia and all of western Anatolia






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






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






41. Death of Bede.Bede was later regarded as 'the father of English history'






42. 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.






43. The Franks under Edward defeat the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouill






44. The Empire of Trebizond falls to the Ottoman Turks.Last Roman outpost to be conquered by the Ottomans.






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. Children's Crusade.






50. In the Battle of Naklo - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.Polish access to the sea is re-established.