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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Fujiwara period in Japan.Would become the most powerful clan during the Heian period in Japan for around three centuries.






2. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.






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






4. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.






5. 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.






6. The University of Oxford is founded.It is the oldest university in the United Kingdom.






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






8. At the Battle of Legnano - the cavalry of Frederick Barbarossa is defeated by the infantry of the Lombard League.This is the first major defeat of cavalry by infantry - signaling the new role of the bourgeosie.






9. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.






10. 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






11. Justinian I publishes the Code of Civil Law.This compiled centuries of legal writings and imperial pronouncements into three parts of one body of law.






12. Battle of Tertry






13. 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.






14. Tamerlane establishes the Timurid Dynasty.During this 35 year period - Tamerlane would ravage his fellow Islamic states such as the Golden Horde and the Delhi Sultanate in order to accomplish his goal of a restored Mongol Empire.






15. Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.Age of Discovery into the New World begins.






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






17. Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.






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






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






20. Battle of Bannockburn.Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.






21. Iceland is settled by Norsemen.






22. TheFirst Lateran Council followed and confirmed the Concordat of Worms.






23. 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.






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






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






26. Abd-ar-Rahman III of the Ummayad dynasty in al-Andalus (part of the Iberian peninsula) takes the title of Caliph or ruler of the Islamic world.Beginning of the Caliphate of C






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






28. First Crusade. Jerusalem is re-taken from the Muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II.This would lead to the beginning of the Kingdom of Jerusalem - which would last for nearly two centuries; within the era of the Crusades to the Holy Land.






29. 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.






30. Honen Shonin (Genku) founds the Jodo shu (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.This event marks the beginning of the Buddhist sectarian movement in Japan.






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






32. Grand Canal of China constructed.






33. 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






34. 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.






35. Beginning of Charlemagne's reign.






36. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.






37. First Crusade. Jerusalem is re-taken from the Muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II.This would lead to the beginning of the Kingdom of Jerusalem - which would last for nearly two centuries; within the era of the Crusades to the Holy Land.






38. Song Dynasty begins after Emperor of Taizu usurps the throne from the Later Zhou Dynasty - last of the Five Dynasties.A 319 year period of Song rule (Northern & Southern combined) goes underway.






39. 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.






40. Reconquista ends.Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal - respectively.






41. 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.






42. Tang Dynasty in China.The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for 286 years.






43. Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur






44. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






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






46. 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.






47. Battle of Heavenfield.Northumbrian army under Oswald defeat Welsh army.






48. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.






49. Genghis Khan dies.His kingdom is divided among his children and grandchildrenEmpire of the Great Khan - Chagatai Khanate - Mongolian Homeland - and the Blue Horde and White Horde. (Which would later become the Golden Horde.






50. 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.