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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.






2. AprilThe Second Lateran Council declared clerical marriages invalid - regulated clerical dress - and punished attacks on clerics by excommunication.Enforces the major reforms that Gregory VII began to heavily campaign for several decades earlier.






3. 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.






4. The University of Heidelberg is founded.It is the oldest university in Germany.






5. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.






6. 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.






7. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






8. Children's Crusade.






9. 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






10. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.






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






12. Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate.Would become the longest lasting caliphate - until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.






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






14. 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.






15. The Battle of Stirling Bridge.William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England.






16. Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orl






17. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.






18. 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.






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






20. Founding of the University of Paris.






21. The University of Cambridge is founded.






22. Mieszko I of Poland and his court embrace Christianity - which becomes national religion.






23. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.






24. Battle of Ellandun. Egbert defeats Mercians.Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.






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






26. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.






27. 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.






28. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur






29. Battle of Tours. Charles Martel halts Muslim advance.Significant moment that led to the forming of the Carolingian Empire for the Franks - and halted the advancement of the Moors in Western Europe.






30. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.






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






32. The Empire of Trebizond falls to the Ottoman Turks.Last Roman outpost to be conquered by the Ottomans.






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






34. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.






35. Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate.Would become the longest lasting caliphate - until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.






36. The Hanseatic League is founded.This marks a new period of trade and economic development for northern and western Europe.






37. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive






38. 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.






39. The Battle of Stirling Bridge.William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England.






40. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910






41. The Byzantines under Basil II conquer Bulgaria after a bitter 50-years struggle.Concludes the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria.






42. Death of Alfred the Great.






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






44. 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.






45. NovemberPope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.






46. Windmills are first recorded.






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






48. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.






49. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur






50. Grand Canal of China constructed.