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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
778
866
1183
1158
2. 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.
866
1125
602
1189
3. The Construction of the Tower of London begins.The tower of London was the ultimate keep of the British Empire.
882
1419
1077
1314
4. 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.
1368
962
1299 July 27th
843
5. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
1499
864
1459
1492
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.
1117
1273
989
1417
7. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
778
c. 1001
1125
674-678
8. Muslims take Alexandria.
1209
643
525
500
9. Dante publishes his Divine Comedy.Is one of the most defining works of literature during the Late Middle Ages - and among the most recognizable in all of literature.
1183
1139
1310
597
10. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)
581
1205
1307 Friday - October 13th
1381
11. 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
410
1402 July 20th
1389 June 28th
1499
12. 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.
1050
751
626
1099
13. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1273
1204
1497
1135
14. In the Battle of Naklo - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.Polish access to the sea is re-established.
1212
840
674-678
1109
15. 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.
1399
570
1016
1485
16. The Great Seljuk Empire is founded by Tughril Beg.Would be a major force during the first two Crusades - and an antagonist to the Byzantine Empire over the next century.
1050
1405
1485
1037
17. Muslims take Carthage.
698
976
685
1049
18. 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.
910
732
1135
1049
19. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive
899
718
626
985
20. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
1018
751
793
1453
21. 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.
1307
1237
c.960
754
22. AprilThe Second Lateran Council declared clerical marriages invalid - regulated clerical dress - and punished attacks on clerics by excommunication.Enforces the major reforms that Gregory VII began to heavily campaign for several decades earlier.
735
1139
1258
962
23. Kievan Rus' is established.Would be sustained until the Mongol invasion of Rus' over four and a half centuries - despite peaking during the middle 11th century during the reign of Yaroslav the Wise.
1116
1485
882
1257
24. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.
872
927
1185
1095
25. Abd-ar-Rahman III of the Ummayad dynasty in al-Andalus (part of the Iberian peninsula) takes the title of Caliph or ruler of the Islamic world.Beginning of the Caliphate of C
929
981
1405
1171
26. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.
1107
1381
c.960
1459
27. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.
641
1185
1185
1204
28. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.
1442
1066
1185
843
29. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
840
1189
1272-73
c.960
30. AprilThe Second Lateran Council declared clerical marriages invalid - regulated clerical dress - and punished attacks on clerics by excommunication.Enforces the major reforms that Gregory VII began to heavily campaign for several decades earlier.
1237
1139
633
1279
31. 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.
978
800
577
1494
32. Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.
1314
978
1121 12/25
1205
33. 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.
590
1107
963-964
726
34. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.
1415
1492
602
1487
35. Arpad and the Magyars are present in Pannonia.
1066
896
1346
1389 June 28th
36. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.
1219
899
893
c. 1001
37. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
751
1193
893
1485
38. Windmills are first recorded.
1296
1185
1215
525
39. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.
1193
1307 Friday - October 13th
910
1396
40. Muhammed is born.Professed receiving revelations from God - which were recorded in the Qur'an - the basis of Islamic theology - in which he is regarded as the most important prophet.
1461
1419
1497
570
41. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.
1299 July 27th
1296
827
1117
42. 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.
1054
1212
1405
1307 Friday - October 13th
43. 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.
1325
960
1297
1497
44. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.
1109
1492
638
1397
45. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine
1208
1158
718
1314
46. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)
1193
1381
1117
590
47. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.
965-967
1389 June 28th
1442
1166
48. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.
1396
1453
1193
674-678
49. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.
1337
515
1117
1176 5/29
50. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.
1389 June 28th
c. 1001
862
843