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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






2. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






3. Christianization of Bulgaria.






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






5. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl






6. Battle of Nehawand. Muslims conquer Persia.






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






11. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






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






15. The Second Crusade was in retaliation for the fall of Edessa - one of the first Crusader States founded in theFirst Crusade. It was an overall failure.This was the first Crusade to have been led by European Queens.






16. Justinian I becomes Eastern Roman Emperor.Justinian is best remembered for his Code of Civil Law (529) - and expansion of imperial territory retaking Rome from the Ostrogoths.






17. Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate.Would become the longest lasting caliphate - until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.






18. Tang Dynasty ends with Emperor Ai deposed.The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China commences.






19. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






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






24. Arpad and the Magyars are present in Pannonia.






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






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






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






28. The final Peace of Constance between Frederick Barbarossa - the pope - and the Lombard towns is signed.The various articles of the treaty destroyed the unity of the Empire and Germany and Italy underwent separate developments.






29. Roger II is crowned King of Sicily - a royal title given him by the Antipope Anacletus II.This coronation marks the beginning of the Kingdom of Sicily and its Mediterranean empire under the Norman kings - which was able to take on the Holy Roman Empi






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






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






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






33. Dictatus Papae in which Pope Gregory VII defines the powers of the pope.Peak of the Gregorian Reform - and an immense factor in theInvestiture Controversy.






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. Death of Simeon I the Great. Recognition of the Bulgarian Patriarchate - the first independent National Church in Europe.






38. 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.






39. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.






40. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world






41. 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.






42. Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed Sei-i Taishogun - or shogun for short.He is the first of a long line of military dictators to bear this title. The institution would last until 1913.






43. 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.






44. The Synod of Kells-Mellifont established the present diocesan system of Ireland (with later modifications) and recognized the primacy of Armagh.This synod marks the inclusion of the Irish Church into western European Catholicism.






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. The first known merchant guild.






50. 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.