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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. 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.






2. Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.






3. In the Battle of Hundsfeld - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats Emperor Henry V.German expansion to the east is stopped.






4. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.






5. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.






6. Second Muslim attack on Constantinople - ending in failure. The combined Byzantine






7. Chinese Naval Expeditions of Southeast Asia and theIndian Ocean (to Eastern Africa) begins - under the leadership of Zheng He.This will be the first of seven of the Ming Dynasty-sponsored expeditions - lasting until 1433.






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






9. The first known merchant guild.






10. 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.






11. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world






12. Otto the Great crowned the Holy Roman Emperor.First to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.






13. 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






14. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






15. 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.






16. The University of Cambridge is founded.






17. Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.Literature - News - etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.






18. The Viking Rollo and his tribe settle in what is now Normandy by the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte - founding the Duchy of Normandy.






19. 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.






20. The reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.






21. 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






22. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.






23. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.






24. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals






25. Death of Offa.Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England.






26. 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.






27. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.






28. Dictatus Papae in which Pope Gregory VII defines the powers of the pope.Peak of the Gregorian Reform - and an immense factor in theInvestiture Controversy.






29. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.






30. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.






31. Genghis Khan was elected as Khagan of the Mongols and the Mongol Empire was established.The Mongols would conquer much of Eurasia - changing former political borders.






32. Death of Muhammed.By this point - all of Arabia is Muslim.






33. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.






34. Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's greatest work - and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language






35. Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.






36. Chinese Naval Expeditions of Southeast Asia and theIndian Ocean (to Eastern Africa) begins - under the leadership of Zheng He.This will be the first of seven of the Ming Dynasty-sponsored expeditions - lasting until 1433.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.






40. 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.






41. Battle of Tertry






42. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.






43. Simeon I becomes ruler of theFirst Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans.






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






45. 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.






46. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.






47. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.






48. Smederevo falls under the Turks.Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.






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






50. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.