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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.
668
1439
1125
868
2. 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.
1208
927
896
1370
3. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1215
1396
1066
872
4. Muslims take Alexandria.
1135
643
525
871
5. 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.
786
885
1107
618
6. The Black Death ravages Europe for the first of many times. An estimated 20% - 40% of the population is thought to have perished within the first year.The first of many concurrences of this plague - This was believed to have wiped out as many as 50%
793
1347
1389 June 28th
794
7. In the Battle of Hundsfeld - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats Emperor Henry V.German expansion to the east is stopped.
1209
1108/24
1117
1202
8. Battle of Nineveh.The Byzantines - under Heraclius - crush the Persians.
1258
698
1274
627
9. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.
1209
581
1163
1109
10. Muhammad Migrates from Mecca to Medina.Event will have designated first year of the Islamic Calendar - as Anno Hegirae.
1215
622
570
1272-73
11. 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.
1208
1279
754
989
12. Mieszko I becomes duke of Polans.First historical ruler of Poland and de facto founder of the Polish State.
866
825
c.960
1297
13. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.
919
868
936
910
14. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.
987
1102
862
1193
15. 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.
1487
1429
c. 1001
927
16. Vikings attack Paris.
1122 9/23
885
598
1147
17. Arpad and the Magyars are present in Pannonia.
896
1274
1455 May 22
1431
18. St. Norbert and 29 companions make their solemn vows marking the beginning of the Premonstratensian Order.This order played a significant role in evangelizing the Slavs - the Wends - to the east of the Holy Roman Empire.
1121 12/25
866
814
1209
19. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.
581
1381
1185
882
20. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
868
1492
1461
1415
21. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
1066
985
726
632
22. December 25thCharlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.With his crowning - Charlemagne's kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.
794
1147
800
1123 3/18-3/27
23. Beginning of the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy during which the Popes moved to Avignon.Begins a period of over seven decades of the Papacy outside of Rome that would be one of the major factors of the Western Schism.
864
1298
1307
1392
24. The Cistercian Order is founded.Was a return to the original observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.
1088
899
754
1098
25. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1415
1204
1497
1257
26. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.
645
1402 July 20th
1257
1328
27. Battle of St. AlbansTraditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.
1455 May 22
626
1258
1459
28. 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.
1050
1016
1209
1176 5/29
29. 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.
1215
1106 9/28
1088
840
30. The Ninth Crusade occurs.Considered to be theLast Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
827
643
1272-73
800
31. 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.
1016
1282
1459
602
32. 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.
1279
976
919
1444 November 10th
33. Canute the Great becomes King of England after the death of Edmund Ironside - who he shared the English throne with.Danes become kings of England for the next 26 years before the last rise of the Anglo-Saxons before the Norman Conquest.
525
1016
843
1297
34. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.
1066
577
1117
962
35. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
638
1176 5/29
868
751
36. Death of Offa.Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England.
525
1088
795
1054
37. The Kingdom of the Lombards is founded in Italy.
568
1328
674-678
910
38. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.
1018
1429
1442
1206
39. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.
663
1310
1121 12/25
960
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.
825
962
726
1455 May 22
41. The West Saxons continue their advance at the Battle of Deorham.
1409
577
1429
552
42. August 22ndBattle of Bosworth Field.Richard III dies in battle - and Henry Tudor becomes king of England; last shift of Houses/kingship during the War of the Roses.
1485
1444 November 10th
843
1163
43. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.
965-967
1487
872
885
44. The Empire of Trebizond falls to the Ottoman Turks.Last Roman outpost to be conquered by the Ottomans.
1461
899
793
1215
45. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.
1461
910
1296
896
46. Battle of Bannockburn.Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.
1152
1314
525
698
47. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.
1467
534
969
1077
48. The Knights Templar are founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims on their journey to the city.Becomes the most recognizable - and impactful military orders during the Crusades.
1066
1118
1399
1467
49. Earliest known printed book in China with a date.
1147
868
911
1109
50. 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.
874
960
1099
1054