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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






2. 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.






3. Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose - duke of Normandy - at the Battle of Tinchebrai - and imprisons him in Devizes castle; EdgarAtheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner.This victory made a later struggle between En






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






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






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






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






8. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.






9. 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.






10. Battle of Nineveh.The Byzantines - under Heraclius - crush the Persians.






11. 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%






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






13. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






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






15. Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose - duke of Normandy - at the Battle of Tinchebrai - and imprisons him in Devizes castle; EdgarAtheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner.This victory made a later struggle between En






16. 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.






17. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.






18. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.






19. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals






20. King William I of Scotland - captured in the Battle of Alnwick by the English - accepts the feudal lordship of the English crown and does ceremonial allegiance at York.This is the beginning of the gradual acquisition of Scotland by the English.






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






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






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






24. Pope Urban issues the Crusades to capture the Holy Land - and to repel the Seljuk Turks from the Byzantine Empire from Alexios I Komnenos.This would be the first of 9 Major Crusades - and a number of other crusades that would spread into the late 13t






25. Death of Offa.Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England.






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






27. Lothair of Supplinburg - duke of Saxony - is elected Holy Roman Emperor instead of the nearest heir - Frederick of Swabia.This election marks the beginning of the great struggle between the Guelfs and the Ghibellines.






28. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.






29. 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.






30. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals






31. Battle of Tertry






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






33. 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.






34. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.






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






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






37. 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.






38. The Taira clan are driven out of Kyoto by Minamoto Yoshinaka.The two-year conflict which follows ends at the Battle of Dan no Ura (1185).






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






40. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






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






42. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.






43. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine






44. Christianization of Bulgaria.






45. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl






46. 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.






47. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.






48. Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves. The Italian Wars begin.Italian Wars will eventually lead to the downfall of the Italian city-states. Pope's ruling will lead to the






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






50. 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.