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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Windmills are first recorded.
1185
1118
754
1328
2. The Byzantines under Basil II conquer Bulgaria after a bitter 50-years struggle.Concludes the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria.
1185
1018
814
732
3. 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.
605
1212
1494
929
4. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.
563
1189
750
726
5. 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.
c.960
1189
899
1016
6. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.
735
577
1237
1139
7. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.
910
1152
1381
732
8. 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
590
1175
c.960
1106 9/28
9. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur
1485
1184
1337
1389 June 28th
10. The Kalmar Union is formed.Queen Margaret I of Denmark unites the Denmark - Sweden - and Norway - and lasts until 1523.
917
1439
1397
c. 1001
11. 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.
626
1193
1485
864
12. 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.
907
726
1123 3/18-3/27
778
13. 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.
1204
1415
1485
529
14. Sack of Lindisfarne. Viking attacks on Britain begin.Generally considered the beginning of the Viking Age that would span over two centuries - and reach as far south as Hispania and as far east as the Byzantine Empire - and present day Russia.
1202
936
793
868
15. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.
1370
515
1417
515
16. Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate.Would become the longest lasting caliphate - until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.
1204
1444 November 10th
750
1307 Friday - October 13th
17. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl
1117
1429
1328
1485
18. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.
1184
641
645
581
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
1122 9/23
1108/24
1202
882
20. 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.
1116
1106 9/28
907
919
21. Death of John I Tzimiskes; Basil II (his co-emperor) takes sole power.Under Basil II zenith of the power of Eastern Empire after Justinian.
1467
976
1386 October 18-19th
1381
22. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive
1347
1237
590
626
23. August 26thBattle of Cr
1163
1381
1347
1346
24. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.
622
825
871
577
25. 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
965-967
1095
1456
643
26. 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.
989
1453
1135
638
27. The future emperor Henry VI marries Constance of Sicily - heiress to the Sicilian throne.This marriage shifts the focus of the Guelphs/Ghibelline struggle to Sicily and marks the ruin of the House of Hohenstaufen.
1186 1/27
1370
1396
674-678
28. 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.
687
1381
754
1049
29. Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to a victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo.
1116
1456
500
1380
30. Lothair of Supplinburg - duke of Saxony - is elected Holy Roman Emperor instead of the nearest heir - Frederick of Swabia.This election marks the beginning of the great struggle between the Guelfs and the Ghibellines.
1216
1183
1125
981
31. 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.
885
1347
1282
1086
32. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
868
1415
978
987
33. 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.
687
1086
1125
1212
34. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
1071
754
1209
1347
35. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.
1219
987
840
1333
36. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.
1106 9/28
1274
1098
1392
37. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.
1461
1163
768
1257
38. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.
1381
1193
1208
1018
39. 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.
778
927
840
910
40. 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.
1370
1456
1307 Friday - October 13th
882
41. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.
962
1431
978
1456
42. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals
455
1370
893
1347
43. Muslims under Tarik invade Spain.Will begin a period of Muslim rule within in the Iberian peninsula (with various portions of land) until nearly the end of the Fifteenth Century.
1296
751
1106 9/28
711
44. 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.
1333
1461
643
843
45. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.
1459
786
955
1456
46. 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.
1037
1386 October 18-19th
1494
1273
47. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
1405
1163
1174 7/12
868
48. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.
1066
843
1346
563
49. 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.
840
989
1442
698
50. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world
1378
570
1347
1122 9/23