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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. William the Conqueror - Duke of Normandy - invades England and becomes King after the Battle of Hastings.End of Anglosaxon rule in England and start of Norman lineage.
1152
1066
1439
874
2. According to Theophanes Continuatus (The Continuer of Theophanes's Chronicle) - Tomislav of Croatia defeated Bulgarian army of Tsar Simeon I under Duke Alogobotur - in battle of the Bosnian Highlands.Bulgarian expansion to the west was stopped.
1183
1307
927
910
3. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910
925
882
843
1237
4. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.
1125
825
1237
515
5. 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.
1185
985
1272-73
1088
6. Windmills are first recorded.
1185
1189
1499
843
7. 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.
663
800
1273
1179
8. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.
985
1163
1219
563
9. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
750
885
778
1399
10. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.
638
1158
1066
632
11. 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.
843
1325
1016
1453
12. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)
1453
698
1381
927
13. The Black Death ravages Europe for the first of many times. An estimated 20% - 40% of the population is thought to have perished within the first year.The first of many concurrences of this plague - This was believed to have wiped out as many as 50%
455
1347
1050
1095
14. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.
1077
645
1099
1204
15. Children's Crusade.
1077
1077
1212
1139
16. 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.
1016
754
605
1237
17. Viking state in Russia founded under Rurik - first at Novgorod - then Kiev.
862
1171
1419
632
18. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.
1054
568
1098
1227
19. The Hanseatic League is founded.This marks a new period of trade and economic development for northern and western Europe.
754
1485
1158
1075
20. Muhammad Migrates from Mecca to Medina.Event will have designated first year of the Islamic Calendar - as Anno Hegirae.
754
622
1186 1/27
1381
21. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.
1459
1380
c. 1001
825
22. Genghis Khan dies.His kingdom is divided among his children and grandchildrenEmpire of the Great Khan - Chagatai Khanate - Mongolian Homeland - and the Blue Horde and White Horde. (Which would later become the Golden Horde.
1227
965-967
1158
1018
23. 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.
633
1147
1117
1185
24. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.
1417
962
1347
919
25. Children's Crusade.
1273
1212
534
1485
26. 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.
1456
c. 1001
919
1212
27. 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.
1189
1272-73
1212
882
28. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.
1492
718
987
1431
29. 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.
668
500
1054
568
30. King Henry II of England lands in Ireland to assert his supremacy and the Synod of Cashel acknowledges his sovereignty.With his landing - Henry begins the English claim to and occupation of Ireland which would last some seven and a half centuries.
1227
1282
1193
1171
31. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.
1193
1215
1492
840
32. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.
1117
1099
1492
1487
33. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.
987
872
981
1117
34. Mongol invasion of Rus' resumes.Causes the split of Kievan Rus' into three components (present day Russia - Ukraine - Belarus - greatly effects various regions of Eastern Europe; Golden Horde formed.
871
1237
750
1274
35. 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.
871
1381
1409
800
36. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.
1118
622
552
1455 May 22
37. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.
1296
732
515
893
38. The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire - lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.
1299 July 27th
800
1347
1147
39. Founding of the University of Paris.
726
1257
1050
602
40. 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.
1206
882
1370
1186 1/27
41. The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence.This ushers in a period of significance of the Medici's - such as bankers - popes - queens (regents) and dukes - throughout Europe (mainly Italy - especially the Florentine Republic) - over the next t
1050
794
1434
1273
42. The first known merchant guild.
1459
1193
1257
910
43. 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.
1453
1347
1467
605
44. 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.
1118
1066
882
1163
45. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.
718
1380
641
1050
46. Siege of BaghdadMongols (the Ilkhanate) ensure control of the region; Generally considered the end of the Islamic Golden Age.
1258
814
907
577
47. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.
936
1487
910
698
48. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.
1215
1415 October 25th
632
814
49. Battle of Yamen.Marks the end of the Song Dynasty in China - and all of China is under the rule of Kublai Khan as the emperor.
602
1279
1176 5/29
1237
50. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals
455
1258
552
989