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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






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






3. First Crusade. Jerusalem is re-taken from the Muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II.This would lead to the beginning of the Kingdom of Jerusalem - which would last for nearly two centuries; within the era of the Crusades to the Holy Land.






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






5. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire






6. 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.






7. Dionysius Exiguus publishes the Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table.This initiated the Anno Domini era - used for the Gregorian and Julian calendars.






8. 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.






9. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.






10. Grand Canal of China constructed.






11. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.






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






13. 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.






14. The Aztecs find the city of Tenochtitlan.This would be the epicenter and capital of the Aztec kingdom for nearly 200 years until the Siege of Tenochtitlan led by Hernan Cortes.






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






16. The Hanseatic League is founded.This marks a new period of trade and economic development for northern and western Europe.






17. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.






18. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.






19. Spanish Christians succeed in defeating the Moors in the long Reconquista campaigns - after the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.By 1248 - only the small southern kingdom of Granada remained under Muslim control.






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






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






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






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






24. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.






33. Death of Alfred the Great.






34. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.






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






36. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






37. 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






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






39. 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.






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






41. Leif Ericson is to settle during the winter in present day Canada at L'Anse aux Meadows.Ericson is to be the European to settle in the Americas during the Norse exploration of the Americas.






42. 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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. Battle of Bannockburn.Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.






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






47. Battle of Lechfeld. Otto the Great - son of Henry the Fowler - defeats the Magyars.This is the defining event that prevents the Hungarians from entering Central Europe.






48. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






49. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world






50. Dionysius Exiguus publishes the Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table.This initiated the Anno Domini era - used for the Gregorian and Julian calendars.







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