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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






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






3. The Viking Rollo and his tribe settle in what is now Normandy by the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte - founding the Duchy of Normandy.






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






5. St. Norbert and 29 companions make their solemn vows marking the beginning of the Premonstratensian Order.This order played a significant role in evangelizing the Slavs - the Wends - to the east of the Holy Roman Empire.






6. 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.






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






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






9. Mieszko I becomes duke of Polans.First historical ruler of Poland and de facto founder of the Polish State.






10. 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.






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






12. Christianization of Bulgaria.






13. 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.






14. Canute the Great becomes King of England after the death of Edmund Ironside - who he shared the English throne with.Danes become kings of England for the next 26 years before the last rise of the Anglo-Saxons before the Norman Conquest.






15. Founding of the Franciscan Order.One of the more significant orders in the Roman Catholic church - founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.






16. Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate.Would become the longest lasting caliphate - until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.






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






18. The final Peace of Constance between Frederick Barbarossa - the pope - and the Lombard towns is signed.The various articles of the treaty destroyed the unity of the Empire and Germany and Italy underwent separate developments.






19. Muhammad Migrates from Mecca to Medina.Event will have designated first year of the Islamic Calendar - as Anno Hegirae.






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






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






22. North South States Period begins in Korea.






23. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.






24. 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.






25. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






26. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






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






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






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






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






31. The Concordat of Worms was drawn up between Emperor Henry V and Pope Calixtus II.This concordat ended the investiture struggle - but bitter rivalry between emperor and pope remained.






32. Through the Compromise of 1107 - suggested by Adela - the sister of King Henry - theInvestiture Struggle in England is ended.This compromise removed one of the points of friction between the English monarchy and the Catholic Church.






33. 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.






34. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.






35. Viking state in Russia founded under Rurik - first at Novgorod - then Kiev.






36. The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire - lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.






37. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.






38. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.






39. North South States Period begins in Korea.






40. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)






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.






42. Onin War takes place in Japan.First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.






43. Joseon Dynasty founded in Korea.Becomes longest reigning Korean dynasty.






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. The Viking Rollo and his tribe settle in what is now Normandy by the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte - founding the Duchy of Normandy.






50. Windmills are first recorded.






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