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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. July 6Richard I ascends the throne of England.His heavy taxation to finance his European ventures created an antipathy of barons and people toward the crown - but his being absent enabled the English to advance in their political development.
1307 Friday - October 13th
529
1189
681
2. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.
843
907
681
1187
3. The Knights Templar are rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of France - with the backing of the Pope.Hastens the demise of the order within a decade.
1189
1307 Friday - October 13th
552
718
4. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.
786
1431
1282
866
5. Battle of Heavenfield.Northumbrian army under Oswald defeat Welsh army.
1209
515
633
911
6. 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.
1282
1429
1147
843
7. Edward the Elder - son of Alfred - defeats the Northumbrian Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall; they never raid south of the River Humber again.
645
955
1417
910
8. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world
1347
1453
552
1202
9. 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.
987
843
527 August 1
1066
10. Papal recognition of the Dominican Order.
1107
1216
965-967
1209
11. 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.
927
1183
1419
786
12. Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate.Would become the longest lasting caliphate - until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.
750
911
1125
917
13. The first known merchant guild.
1299 July 27th
1381
1193
410
14. Battle of Anchialus. Simeon I the Great defeats the Byzantines.Recognition of the Imperial Title of the Bulgarian rulers.
1328
1189
1152
917
15. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.
410
668
570
641
16. 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.
978
1216
1499
1066
17. 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.
410
1397
1215
c. 1001
18. 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.
632
1147
1185
598
19. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
919
868
1037
1257
20. Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava - its first Archbishop.
633
1088
1219
1257
21. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1098
1204
529
1279
22. 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.
1380
1189
1399
590
23. Onin War takes place in Japan.First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.
969
1050
1467
1257
24. 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.
1192
1183
1368
515
25. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive
626
1442
1380
925
26. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.
1346
1415
1121 12/25
978
27. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.
929
1095
1257
1299 July 27th
28. 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.
598
1086
1405
1185
29. 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.
1431
960
955
1174 7/12
30. Simeon I becomes ruler of theFirst Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans.
500
1257
893
c. 1001
31. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)
1381
1202
632
925
32. Battle of Yamen.Marks the end of the Song Dynasty in China - and all of China is under the rule of Kublai Khan as the emperor.
1492
1368
1279
1108/24
33. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.
726
627
1049
786
34. North South States Period begins in Korea.
c.960
698
987
1415
35. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.
1333
1487
1461
843
36. 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.
1175
795
1310
1050
37. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals
1405
455
534
1037
38. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.
1347
919
969
1392
39. 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.
978
627
917
1186 1/27
40. MarchThe Third Lateran Council limits papal electees to the cardinals alone - condemns simony - and forbids the promotion of anyone to the episcopate before the age of thirty.
1205
1209
1237
1179
41. 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.
925
925
726
1186 1/27
42. 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.
927
1389 June 28th
1409
1205
43. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1396
1455 May 22
1429
910
44. Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate.Would become the longest lasting caliphate - until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.
1071
750
978
1453
45. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.
1279
1419
843
827
46. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.
1297
1184
871
1215
47. MarchThe Third Lateran Council limits papal electees to the cardinals alone - condemns simony - and forbids the promotion of anyone to the episcopate before the age of thirty.
893
1192
632
1179
48. Battle of Nineveh.The Byzantines - under Heraclius - crush the Persians.
627
1116
633
1037
49. TheFirst Lateran Council followed and confirmed the Concordat of Worms.
641
872
1123 3/18-3/27
1106 9/28
50. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.
981
1274
868
1179