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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.
925
1370
786
955
2. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.
1185
643
568
1492
3. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.
1456
874
827
1150
4. Basil II (called 'Bulgar Slayer') begins final conquest of Bulgaria by Eastern Empire.Conquest finished by 1018.
668
896
1456
981
5. Pope Gregory VII elevated to the papal throne.This begins a period of church reform.
602
1215
1067
1205
6. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.
1282
1296
1399
1499
7. The University of Cambridge is founded.
1125
1209
882
732
8. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.
1492
1185
1125
1158
9. 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
843
633
1088
1150
10. 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.
1456
626
1227
1347
11. 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.
1158
1174 7/12
1453
626
12. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.
1209
1386 October 18-19th
1328
1381
13. Stefan Nemanja united Serbian territories - establishing the Medieval Serbian state.This marks the rise of Serbia which will dominate the Balkans for the next three hundred years. Allies of Serbia at this moment become the Hungarian Kingdom and the R
1166
1494
874
641
14. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.
668
1307 Friday - October 13th
1179
1116
15. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1109
1347
1118
1204
16. Fourth Lateran Council. Dealt with transubstantiation - papal primacy and conduct of clergy. Proclaimed that Jews and Muslims should wear identification marks to distinguish them from Christians.
1439
1215
732
1396
17. King William I of Scotland - captured in the Battle of Alnwick by the English - accepts the feudal lordship of the English crown and does ceremonial allegiance at York.This is the beginning of the gradual acquisition of Scotland by the English.
929
1485
1174 7/12
698
18. 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.
698
1307
1399
1204
19. 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.
910
570
1258
843
20. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.
969
1370
597
1205
21. Death of Charlemagne.Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.
534
1368
814
1186 1/27
22. 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.
1378
1456
1071
515
23. Children's Crusade.
1206
598
1212
1219
24. Through the Compromise of 1107 - suggested by Adela - the sister of King Henry - theInvestiture Struggle in England is ended.This compromise removed one of the points of friction between the English monarchy and the Catholic Church.
1186 1/27
1171
1107
794
25. 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.
1183
685
793
1380
26. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
985
1444 November 10th
1282
1485
27. 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
1431
1050
1202
1189
28. The Third Crusade follows upon Saladin's uniting the Muslim world and recapturing Jerusalem.Despite managing to win several major battles - the Crusaders did not recapture Jerusalem.
1189
1075
1186 1/27
1257
29. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.
1108/24
1337
685
1050
30. 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.
1215
1370
754
1135
31. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.
711
843
825
1185
32. 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
1378
1415 October 25th
1122 9/23
963-964
33. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.
976
843
1415
515
34. 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.
1497
1016
1396
872
35. Leif Ericson is to settle during the winter in present day Canada at L'Anse aux Meadows.Ericson is to be the European to settle in the Americas during the Norse exploration of the Americas.
989
1163
c. 1001
632
36. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
1050
960
1434
874
37. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.
1389 June 28th
668
1442
786
38. Pope Urban issues the Crusades to capture the Holy Land - and to repel the Seljuk Turks from the Byzantine Empire from Alexios I Komnenos.This would be the first of 9 Major Crusades - and a number of other crusades that would spread into the late 13t
955
1095
1282
643
39. Pope Urban issues the Crusades to capture the Holy Land - and to repel the Seljuk Turks from the Byzantine Empire from Alexios I Komnenos.This would be the first of 9 Major Crusades - and a number of other crusades that would spread into the late 13t
568
874
1193
1095
40. Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves. The Italian Wars begin.Italian Wars will eventually lead to the downfall of the Italian city-states. Pope's ruling will lead to the
1397
1150
1494
1370
41. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur
1325
1185
1485
1227
42. Christianization of Bulgaria.
1071
962
864
827
43. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.
1434
1099
1274
1135
44. Pope Leo IX ascends to the papal throne.Leo IX was the pope that excommunicated Patriarch of Constantinople - Michael Cerularius (who also excommunitated Leo) - which caused the Great Schism.
1049
929
633
1125
45. The first known merchant guild.
981
1184
1193
750
46. Through the Compromise of 1107 - suggested by Adela - the sister of King Henry - theInvestiture Struggle in England is ended.This compromise removed one of the points of friction between the English monarchy and the Catholic Church.
1107
1184
641
1431
47. 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.
1215
1166
1431
1185
48. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.
1067
1429
1086
786
49. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.
698
641
1185
1098
50. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
1150
955
868
927