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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. PopeInnocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.
1122 9/23
1208
871
963-964
2. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.
645
1174 7/12
1075
570
3. Alfred the Great assumes the throne - the first king of a united England.He defended England from Viking invaders - formed new laws and fostered a rebirth of religious and scholarly activities.
969
871
1122 9/23
1208
4. Muhammed is born.Professed receiving revelations from God - which were recorded in the Qur'an - the basis of Islamic theology - in which he is regarded as the most important prophet.
1492
1193
570
1071
5. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire
927
989
410
1415 October 25th
6. Muslims take Carthage.
698
1204
750
1205
7. 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.
1273
1328
862
1215
8. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.
989
1439
1459
1310
9. 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.
987
1174 7/12
1152
529
10. Muslims take Alexandria.
800
1208
1125
643
11. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur
1485
1333
840
1257
12. 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.
814
1381
919
711
13. 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
1397
1415 October 25th
1125
925
14. 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.
698
1453
568
963-964
15. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.
1050
1347
862
534
16. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.
795
711
800
663
17. The University of Heidelberg is founded.It is the oldest university in Germany.
1049
1386 October 18-19th
711
868
18. 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
1485
1102
1050
1016
19. 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.
641
1274
711
1099
20. Heian periodin Japan.Considered to be the last classical period of History of Japan. Chinese influence was at its strongest during this era in Japan.
794
1187
896
1444 November 10th
21. Battle of Bannockburn.Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.
1314
794
872
1067
22. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.
1492
871
1077
552
23. 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.
963-964
1297
1016
1086
24. 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
1282
1459
645
25. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
1396
754
963-964
1257
26. 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.
1187
1186 1/27
1297
1212
27. 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
581
1257
1088
28. 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.
674-678
1122 9/23
1212
718
29. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.
1444 November 10th
563
1212
1274
30. 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.
1314
800
1461
1189
31. 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
1205
1185
1117
1150
32. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
868
1368
1189
866
33. 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.
563
825
1185
1485
34. Roger II is crowned King of Sicily - a royal title given him by the Antipope Anacletus II.This coronation marks the beginning of the Kingdom of Sicily and its Mediterranean empire under the Norman kings - which was able to take on the Holy Roman Empi
1108/24
638
1130 12/25
1209
35. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.
1347
1183
963-964
1175
36. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.
529
1193
927
927
37. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.
1102
1077
1392
650
38. 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.
1086
800
864
718
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
1368
1095
1088
1099
40. Papal recognition of the Dominican Order.
896
1204
1216
668
41. William the Conqueror - Duke of Normandy - invades England and becomes King after the Battle of Hastings.End of Anglosaxon rule in England and start of Norman lineage.
581
1102
1066
534
42. 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.
1125
1117
843
1123 3/18-3/27
43. 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
1487
1215
663
44. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.
1189
985
597
1494
45. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.
1346
681
786
1453
46. Battle of Tertry
1147
687
963-964
1494
47. Windmills are first recorded.
925
1192
1185
1187
48. North South States Period begins in Korea.
1370
698
663
778
49. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.
1453
882
1192
874
50. 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
1098
1106 9/28
1415 October 25th
1461