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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. 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).
1183
534
1397
794
2. The Empire of Trebizond falls to the Ottoman Turks.Last Roman outpost to be conquered by the Ottomans.
795
632
1461
827
3. North South States Period begins in Korea.
1095
793
698
1237
4. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.
534
1054
1467
1282
5. JingkangIncidentThe Jurchen soldiers sack Kaifeng - bringing an end to the Northern Song Dynasty in China; the Song moves further south and makes Lin'an their new capital.
568
936
638
1125
6. The University of Cambridge is founded.
1050
1192
1209
1184
7. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
919
1122 9/23
732
868
8. 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.
1147
570
843
843
9. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.
1492
1121 12/25
1139
1071
10. Alfred the Great assumes the throne - the first king of a united England.He defended England from Viking invaders - formed new laws and fostered a rebirth of religious and scholarly activities.
590
871
1434
1071
11. The Great Seljuk Empire is founded by Tughril Beg.Would be a major force during the first two Crusades - and an antagonist to the Byzantine Empire over the next century.
1487
1049
866
1037
12. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.
1189
1297
866
778
13. 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.
963-964
1310
1192
1075
14. Edward the Elder - son of Alfred - defeats the Northumbrian Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall; they never raid south of the River Humber again.
910
751
1227
1116
15. 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.
919
1497
1497
981
16. 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.
1455 May 22
800
871
778
17. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.
1467
1187
1205
1150
18. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire
410
1179
896
1397
19. The East-West Schism which divided the church into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.Tensions will vary between the Catholic and Orthodox churches throughout the Middle Ages.
885
965-967
1054
581
20. Trial and execution of Joan of Arc.Death of the woman who helped turned the Hundred Years' War in favor of the French over the past two years.
1485
1117
1431
1077
21. North South States Period begins in Korea.
698
768
965-967
1415 October 25th
22. 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.
1139
1325
1492
1075
23. 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.
1152
698
1193
1189
24. 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.
885
1130 12/25
1442
962
25. 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.
1192
622
1399
1307
26. Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV walks to Canossa where he stands barefoot in the snow to beg forgiveness of the Pope for his offences - and admitting defeat in theInvestiture Controversy.This helps establish Papal rule over European heads of state for an
1066
1299 July 27th
1077
1186 1/27
27. Founding of the Franciscan Order.One of the more significant orders in the Roman Catholic church - founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.
907
936
960
1209
28. 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.
602
955
893
1122 9/23
29. 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.
1325
529
598
1492
30. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire
698
718
410
633
31. 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.
681
1193
987
1075
32. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
1147
1380
793
871
33. Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to a victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo.
1380
1444 November 10th
969
1125
34. Battle of Bannockburn.Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.
1054
1314
840
1175
35. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.
1461
735
1206
872
36. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.
1139
641
1237
645
37. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.
663
963-964
632
911
38. 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.
1121 12/25
1163
862
1386 October 18-19th
39. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.
1455 May 22
1117
1208
1150
40. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
632
1272-73
1405
1086
41. Rudolph I of Germany is elected Holy Roman Emperor.This begins the Habsburg de facto domination of the crown that lasted until is dissolution in 1806.
1273
910
1299 July 27th
455
42. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.
1175
1453
1378
1016
43. Battle of Nineveh.The Byzantines - under Heraclius - crush the Persians.
527 August 1
627
1183
1150
44. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)
1152
1108/24
1381
872
45. 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.
641
927
1071
726
46. 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.
632
1176 5/29
910
1215
47. 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.
981
1139
1333
1018
48. 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.
929
1158
1485
1121 12/25
49. Muslims take Carthage.
1067
1378
1274
698
50. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.
871
1492
1122 9/23
1297