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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire - lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.






2. In the Battle of Naklo - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.Polish access to the sea is re-established.






3. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.






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






5. 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.






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






7. Windmills are first recorded.






8. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive






9. Battle of Agincourt. Henry V and his army defeat a numerically superior French army - partially because of the newly-introduced English longbow.The turning point in the Hundred Years' War for 15th Century England that lead to the signing of the Treat






10. Battle of Agincourt. Henry V and his army defeat a numerically superior French army - partially because of the newly-introduced English longbow.The turning point in the Hundred Years' War for 15th Century England that lead to the signing of the Treat






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






12. 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.






13. The first known merchant guild.






14. 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.






15. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.






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






17. The reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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.






21. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






22. Division of Charlemagne's Empire between his grandsons with the Treaty of Verdun.Sets the stage for the founding of the Holy Roman Empire and France as separate states.






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






35. 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.






36. According to Theophanes Continuatus (The Continuer of Theophanes's Chronicle) - Tomislav of Croatia defeated Bulgarian army of Tsar Simeon I under Duke Alogobotur - in battle of the Bosnian Highlands.Bulgarian expansion to the west was stopped.






37. Emperor Go-Daigo returns to the throne from exile - and begins the Kenmu restoration.The Kamakura Shogunate comes to an end - and the Kenmu Restoration only lasts a few years before the Ashikaga Shogunate begins.






38. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.






39. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.






40. 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.






41. The Knights Templar are rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of France - with the backing of the Pope.Hastens the demise of the order within a decade.






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






43. The Fourth Crusade sacked Croatian town of Zadar (ItalianZara) - a rival of Venice. Unable to raise enough funds to pay to their Venetian contractors - the crusaders agreed to sack the city despite letters from PopeInnocent III forbidding such an act






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. Tang Dynasty in China.The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for 286 years.