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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. Arpad and the Magyars are present in Pannonia.






7. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.






8. Children's Crusade.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. August 26thBattle of Cr






12. Mongol invasion of Rus' resumes.Causes the split of Kievan Rus' into three components (present day Russia - Ukraine - Belarus - greatly effects various regions of Eastern Europe; Golden Horde formed.






13. Muslims take Carthage.






14. Gregory the Great becomes Pope.The missionary work reached new levels during his pontificate - revolutionized the way of worship for the Catholic Church (Gregorian Chants) - liturgy - etc. - and was soon canonized after his death.






15. 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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. Basil II (called 'Bulgar Slayer') begins final conquest of Bulgaria by Eastern Empire.Conquest finished by 1018.






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






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






23. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.






24. 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.






25. Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to a victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo.






26. Benedict of Nursia founds monastery at Monte Cassino.The first of twelve monasteries founded by Saint Benedict - beginning the Order of Saint Benedict.






27. The compilation of the Domesday Book - a great land and property survey commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess his new possessions.This is the first such undertaking since Roman times.






28. 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.






29. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.






30. 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






31. Edward the Elder - son of Alfred - defeats the Northumbrian Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall; they never raid south of the River Humber again.






32. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.






33. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.






34. 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.






35. 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






36. Kingdom of Croatia and Kingdom of Hungary formed a personal union of two kingdoms united under the Hungarian king. The act of union was deal with Pacta conventa - by which institutions of separate Croatian statehood were maintained through the Sabor






37. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.






38. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.






39. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






40. 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.






41. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






42. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire






43. 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






44. June 15The Magna Carta is sealed by John of England.This marks one of the first times a medieval ruler is forced to accept limits on his power.






45. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






46. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






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.






48. 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.






49. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






50. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.