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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1215
843
1204
1402 July 20th
2. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
1147
668
1206
1499
3. Otto deposes Pope John XII who is replaced with Pope Leo VIII.Citizens of Rome promise not to elect another Pope without Imperial approval.
581
1405
963-964
1434
4. 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.
1193
768
1381
1171
5. 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.
1206
1297
1429
1176 5/29
6. Arpad and the Magyars are present in Pannonia.
1209
1077
896
638
7. Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
534
1067
1204
1215
8. Children's Crusade.
1216
955
1212
632
9. 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.
1307 Friday - October 13th
1108/24
1396
1189
10. Spanish Christians succeed in defeating the Moors in the long Reconquista campaigns - after the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.By 1248 - only the small southern kingdom of Granada remained under Muslim control.
1273
1212
1202
1193
11. August 26thBattle of Cr
1346
866
965-967
1118
12. Mongol invasion of Rus' resumes.Causes the split of Kievan Rus' into three components (present day Russia - Ukraine - Belarus - greatly effects various regions of Eastern Europe; Golden Horde formed.
1237
515
862
987
13. Muslims take Carthage.
1439
978
698
685
14. Gregory the Great becomes Pope.The missionary work reached new levels during his pontificate - revolutionized the way of worship for the Catholic Church (Gregorian Chants) - liturgy - etc. - and was soon canonized after his death.
590
525
1487
1215
15. 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
627
674-678
1434
1485
16. 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.
919
681
1202
1282
17. 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
768
1257
1067
1415 October 25th
18. The Franks under Edward defeat the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouill
500
768
1453
987
19. The Fourth Crusade sacked Croatian town of Zadar (ItalianZara) - a rival of Venice. Unable to raise enough funds to pay to their Venetian contractors - the crusaders agreed to sack the city despite letters from PopeInnocent III forbidding such an act
1202
605
597
1067
20. Basil II (called 'Bulgar Slayer') begins final conquest of Bulgaria by Eastern Empire.Conquest finished by 1018.
1150
1189
981
1328
21. The first cornerstone is laid for the construction of Notre Dame de Paris.
1095
1163
1204
989
22. Synod of Whitby.Roman Christianity triumphs over Celtic Christianity in England.
754
663
1370
955
23. University of Bologna is formed.It is the oldest university in Europe.
1088
965-967
1166
1494
24. 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.
1258
1431
1016
969
25. Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to a victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo.
1347
1381
1380
1049
26. Benedict of Nursia founds monastery at Monte Cassino.The first of twelve monasteries founded by Saint Benedict - beginning the Order of Saint Benedict.
597
529
641
1135
27. 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.
1492
1314
1086
1174 7/12
28. Ladislaus of Naples sells his 'rights' on Dalmatia to the Venetian Republic for 100000 ducats.Dalmatia would with some interruptions remain under Venetian rule for nearly four centuries - until 1797.
985
598
1193
1409
29. The Byzantine conquest of Italy completes.
925
1189
552
955
30. 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
1150
1442
864
1185
31. Edward the Elder - son of Alfred - defeats the Northumbrian Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall; they never raid south of the River Humber again.
563
1431
650
910
32. TheFirst War of ScottishIndependence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.
1150
1328
605
1492
33. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.
1370
645
1415
963-964
34. The Synod of Kells-Mellifont established the present diocesan system of Ireland (with later modifications) and recognized the primacy of Armagh.This synod marks the inclusion of the Irish Church into western European Catholicism.
1333
1107
1405
1152
35. Pope Urban issues the Crusades to capture the Holy Land - and to repel the Seljuk Turks from the Byzantine Empire from Alexios I Komnenos.This would be the first of 9 Major Crusades - and a number of other crusades that would spread into the late 13t
1095
1185
685
1299 July 27th
36. 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
698
1077
1054
1102
37. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.
1215
687
936
1189
38. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.
632
1098
1163
751
39. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.
598
668
1381
1192
40. 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.
885
1378
874
1396
41. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
1279
786
778
1189
42. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire
871
1209
410
1189
43. 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
1415 October 25th
1077
711
1166
44. 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.
c.960
1174 7/12
1171
1215
45. Ends of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea.
581
1193
1184
668
46. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.
976
622
786
910
47. 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.
1328
1431
711
896
48. Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed Sei-i Taishogun - or shogun for short.He is the first of a long line of military dictators to bear this title. The institution would last until 1913.
1494
929
1102
1192
49. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
778
1456
840
1050
50. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
552
1237
985
1381