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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






2. Tamerlane establishes the Timurid Dynasty.During this 35 year period - Tamerlane would ravage his fellow Islamic states such as the Golden Horde and the Delhi Sultanate in order to accomplish his goal of a restored Mongol Empire.






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






4. Muslims take Alexandria.






5. 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.






6. 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%






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Mieszko I becomes duke of Polans.First historical ruler of Poland and de facto founder of the Polish State.






13. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.






14. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.






15. 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.






16. Vikings attack Paris.






17. Arpad and the Magyars are present in Pannonia.






18. 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.






19. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.






25. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.






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






27. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.






28. At the Battle of Legnano - the cavalry of Frederick Barbarossa is defeated by the infantry of the Lombard League.This is the first major defeat of cavalry by infantry - signaling the new role of the bourgeosie.






29. Fourth Lateran Council. Dealt with transubstantiation - papal primacy and conduct of clergy. Proclaimed that Jews and Muslims should wear identification marks to distinguish them from Christians.






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






31. Sicilian Vespers. Sicilians massacres Angevins over a six-week period - after a Frenchman harassed a woman.Would mark a two decade period of war - and peace treaties between mainly between Aragon - Sicily - and the Angevin.






32. Henry the Fowler - Duke of Saxony elected German King.First king of the Ottonian Dynasty.Henry I considered the founder and first king of the medieval German state.






33. 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.






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






35. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






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






37. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.






38. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.






39. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.






40. Iconoclast movement begun in the Byzantine Empire under Leo III. This was opposed by Pope Gregory II - and an important difference between the Roman and Byzantine churches.






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






42. 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.






43. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.






44. The Empire of Trebizond falls to the Ottoman Turks.Last Roman outpost to be conquered by the Ottomans.






45. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.






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






47. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.






48. 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.






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






50. 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.