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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Muslims under Tarik invade Spain.Will begin a period of Muslim rule within in the Iberian peninsula (with various portions of land) until nearly the end of the Fifteenth Century.






2. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






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






4. Death of Bede.Bede was later regarded as 'the father of English history'






5. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.






6. Kingdom of Croatia and Kingdom of Hungary formed a personal union of two kingdoms united under the Hungarian king. The act of union was deal with Pacta conventa - by which institutions of separate Croatian statehood were maintained through the Sabor






7. Children's Crusade.






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






9. Siege of BelgradeMajor Ottoman advances are halted for 7 decades - last major victory for Hunyadi.






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






11. Battle of Lechfeld. Otto the Great - son of Henry the Fowler - defeats the Magyars.This is the defining event that prevents the Hungarians from entering Central Europe.






12. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.






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






14. TheFirst Lateran Council followed and confirmed the Concordat of Worms.






15. The Aztecs find the city of Tenochtitlan.This would be the epicenter and capital of the Aztec kingdom for nearly 200 years until the Siege of Tenochtitlan led by Hernan Cortes.






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






17. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






18. 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.






19. Battle of Tertry






20. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.






21. Windmills are first recorded.






22. Last great Roman-Persian War.Long conflict leaves both empires exhausted and unable to cope with the newly united Arab armies under Islam in the 630s






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






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






29. The Hundred Years' War begins. England and France struggle for dominance of Western Europe.The war will span through three/four different war periods within a 116 year period.






30. 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.






31. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.






32. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.






33. 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.






34. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur






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






36. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.






37. Founding of the University of Paris.






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






39. Ramon Berenguer IV - Count of Barcelona - married Queen Petronilla of Aragon. They had been betrothed in 1137.This marriage gave the Kingdom of Aragon access to the Mediterranean Sea - creating a powerful kingdom which expanded to control many of the






40. Joseon Dynasty founded in Korea.Becomes longest reigning Korean dynasty.






41. The Franks under Edward defeat the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouill






42. Muslims take Alexandria.






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






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






45. Battle of Tours. Charles Martel halts Muslim advance.Significant moment that led to the forming of the Carolingian Empire for the Franks - and halted the advancement of the Moors in Western Europe.






46. 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






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






48. The first known merchant guild.






49. Windmills are first recorded.






50. 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.







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