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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. The East-West Schism which divided the church into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.Tensions will vary between the Catholic and Orthodox churches throughout the Middle Ages.
1310
529
1054
1121 12/25
2. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
1429
1257
1272-73
1186 1/27
3. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.
1176 5/29
985
563
1417
4. 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.
527 August 1
1455 May 22
1419
1086
5. Rome is sacked by Genseric - King of the Vandals
862
1205
1227
455
6. 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.
597
1209
917
919
7. Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
1193
1415
1095
1333
8. The Taira clan are driven out of Kyoto by Minamoto Yoshinaka.The two-year conflict which follows ends at the Battle of Dan no Ura (1185).
1183
c. 1001
1121 12/25
1431
9. Battle of VarnaFinal battle of the Crusade of Varna; Ottomans are victorious over the Hungarian-Polish armies - and Wladyslaw III of Poland dies.
1431
1444 November 10th
1185
590
10. Death of Bede.Bede was later regarded as 'the father of English history'
960
1108/24
1202
735
11. Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate.Would become the longest lasting caliphate - until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire.
750
1121 12/25
633
866
12. The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence.This ushers in a period of significance of the Medici's - such as bankers - popes - queens (regents) and dukes - throughout Europe (mainly Italy - especially the Florentine Republic) - over the next t
1219
1205
1434
1050
13. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
751
1492
1298
1258
14. 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.
1380
1139
1147
529
15. 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
1328
1150
711
1179
16. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.
1492
1099
1174 7/12
597
17. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.
1183
1193
1333
1402 July 20th
18. Mieszko I of Poland and his court embrace Christianity - which becomes national religion.
864
1066
929
965-967
19. Muslims take Carthage.
1123 3/18-3/27
750
1193
698
20. Battle of Anchialus. Simeon I the Great defeats the Byzantines.Recognition of the Imperial Title of the Bulgarian rulers.
1444 November 10th
917
1485
632
21. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
1050
750
1307
1098
22. 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.
645
976
1018
597
23. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.
1189
645
1456
1098
24. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.
1298
927
663
985
25. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.
794
645
896
590
26. The reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.
874
1499
1185
864
27. Arrival of the disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius in BulgariaCreation of the Cyrillic script; in the following decades the country became the cultural and spiritual centre of the whole Eastern Orthodox Slavic World.
1389 June 28th
885
1102
1189
28. 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.
1237
1215
1381
1310
29. Christianization of Bulgaria.
622
864
1237
793
30. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
1368
754
800
1381
31. 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.
1189
911
632
1206
32. 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.
1378
726
1187
1453
33. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
602
754
1417
1487
34. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.
1328
1171
1209
1497
35. Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.
626
602
1453
960
36. Otto the Great crowned the Holy Roman Emperor.First to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
1121 12/25
1185
962
1174 7/12
37. The Byzantines under Basil II conquer Bulgaria after a bitter 50-years struggle.Concludes the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria.
1102
632
1189
1018
38. 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.
1066
989
1328
987
39. Trial and execution of Joan of Arc.Death of the woman who helped turned the Hundred Years' War in favor of the French over the past two years.
1431
1108/24
1185
925
40. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
1050
681
1405
778
41. Battle of Lechfeld. Otto the Great - son of Henry the Fowler - defeats the Magyars.This is the defining event that prevents the Hungarians from entering Central Europe.
1183
814
955
605
42. Death of Alfred the Great.
1206
515
632
899
43. In the Battle of Hundsfeld - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats Emperor Henry V.German expansion to the east is stopped.
751
795
969
1108/24
44. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
962
698
1461
1396
45. 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.
1272-73
1333
1325
1122 9/23
46. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.
602
1183
1175
1215
47. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
1453
872
985
1185
48. The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire - lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.
969
1299 July 27th
1380
927
49. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.
638
929
1459
1118
50. 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.
732
1067
1186 1/27
534
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