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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






2. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.






3. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. Simeon I becomes ruler of theFirst Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans.






7. Battle of Heavenfield.Northumbrian army under Oswald defeat Welsh army.






8. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






9. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.






10. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






11. 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.






12. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Muslims take Alexandria.






19. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910






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






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






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






23. Battle of Tertry






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.






30. Division of Charlemagne's Empire between his grandsons with the Treaty of Verdun.Sets the stage for the founding of the Holy Roman Empire and France as separate states.






31. Vikings attack Paris.






32. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.






33. Simeon I becomes ruler of theFirst Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans.






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






35. The Seljuks under Alp Arslan defeat the Byzantine army at Manzikert. The Normans capture Bari - the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy.Beginning of the end of Byzantine rule in Asia Minor.






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






37. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






38. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.






39. The Knights Templar are founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims on their journey to the city.Becomes the most recognizable - and impactful military orders during the Crusades.






40. 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.






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






42. Massive Chinese (Sui and Tang) invasions against Korean Goguryeo.Contributed to the fall of the Sui Dynasty - and Goguryeo fell under the forces of the Tang and Silla.






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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






47. The Anarchy begins in England.This will mark a 19 year period of Government strife and Civil War between the supporters of Stephen and Matilda - and end with the crowning of Matilda's son - Henry II - and beginning the Plantagenet dynasty.






48. Basil II (called 'Bulgar Slayer') begins final conquest of Bulgaria by Eastern Empire.Conquest finished by 1018.






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






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