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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Spanish Christians succeed in defeating the Moors in the long Reconquista campaigns - after the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.By 1248 - only the small southern kingdom of Granada remained under Muslim control.
1212
1208
1095
570
2. 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.
1299 July 27th
768
1227
1257
3. 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.
1016
1307 Friday - October 13th
1282
1202
4. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.
911
1098
874
927
5. 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%
866
1347
732
1163
6. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.
1016
1193
1187
632
7. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive
1077
1298
1171
626
8. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.
1396
1405
1274
795
9. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.
827
793
1193
1088
10. 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.
1272-73
1399
750
1206
11. 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.
1152
1442
1135
814
12. 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.
1189
1325
1227
1215
13. The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.The Avignon Papacy ends.
919
1258
1368
1378
14. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.
1175
866
985
552
15. 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.
1337
1442
1189
674-678
16. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
929
1429
1499
1378
17. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
1389 June 28th
1272-73
1216
1183
18. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.
872
1227
963-964
927
19. 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.
726
1179
814
1485
20. King Henry II of England lands in Ireland to assert his supremacy and the Synod of Cashel acknowledges his sovereignty.With his landing - Henry begins the English claim to and occupation of Ireland which would last some seven and a half centuries.
1183
1171
814
685
21. 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.
962
955
1499
911
22. 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
1209
597
1066
1389 June 28th
23. Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose - duke of Normandy - at the Battle of Tinchebrai - and imprisons him in Devizes castle; EdgarAtheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner.This victory made a later struggle between En
1325
871
868
1106 9/28
24. Joseon Dynasty founded in Korea.Becomes longest reigning Korean dynasty.
1237
1459
1392
525
25. Muslims invade Sicily.First encounter of attempts to counquer Byzantine Sicily - until the last Byzantine outpost was conquered in 965.
1333
529
1389 June 28th
827
26. Viking 'Great Army' arrives in England.Northumbria - East Anglia - and Mercia were overwhelmed.
1494
866
735
711
27. The fall of the Yuan Dynasty. Its remnants - known as Northern Yuan - continued to rule Mongolia.The breakup of the Mongol Empire - which marked the end of Pax Mongolica.
1494
1485
1189
1368
28. 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.
1016
410
1386 October 18-19th
1461
29. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.
1171
1402 July 20th
732
910
30. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.
1378
1106 9/28
1487
1185
31. Justinian I publishes the Code of Civil Law.This compiled centuries of legal writings and imperial pronouncements into three parts of one body of law.
529
911
674-678
1183
32. 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
1209
1212
917
33. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.
581
1215
1386 October 18-19th
936
34. Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.
1123 3/18-3/27
650
1185
1205
35. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
1135
1215
1380
581
36. 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.
1381
1187
1409
1307
37. Death of Bede.Bede was later regarded as 'the father of English history'
1067
794
674-678
735
38. Tang Dynasty ends with Emperor Ai deposed.The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China commences.
1346
907
1158
868
39. Dante publishes his Divine Comedy.Is one of the most defining works of literature during the Late Middle Ages - and among the most recognizable in all of literature.
1310
1206
1071
872
40. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.
1492
969
965-967
685
41. The Concordat of Worms was drawn up between Emperor Henry V and Pope Calixtus II.This concordat ended the investiture struggle - but bitter rivalry between emperor and pope remained.
455
1118
814
1122 9/23
42. The Hanseatic League is founded.This marks a new period of trade and economic development for northern and western Europe.
1158
1099
1389 June 28th
751
43. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.
1456
871
814
1370
44. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910
866
925
1175
1415 October 25th
45. North South States Period begins in Korea.
698
1099
1192
552
46. 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.
632
c. 1001
1016
527 August 1
47. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
1202
793
1415
1116
48. Grand Canal of China constructed.
605
1307
893
1298
49. Spanish Christians succeed in defeating the Moors in the long Reconquista campaigns - after the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.By 1248 - only the small southern kingdom of Granada remained under Muslim control.
681
1212
910
1179
50. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.
1415 October 25th
1492
896
732