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Timeline Of The Middle Ages
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1. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.
1492
872
1123 3/18-3/27
1071
2. Battle of AnkaraBayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces - causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.
643
1402 July 20th
1158
1442
3. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.
685
882
1107
936
4. 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.
515
976
632
1209
5. 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
1071
1442
1257
6. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.
963-964
1193
1152
768
7. 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.
718
1227
754
800
8. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.
981
985
1116
711
9. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.
1346
1237
987
1307 Friday - October 13th
10. Saint Columba founds mission in Iona.
754
963-964
563
1215
11. Slav occupation of Balkans complete.
1456
650
1431
1037
12. The Empire of Trebizond falls to the Ottoman Turks.Last Roman outpost to be conquered by the Ottomans.
1347
602
1461
1204
13. 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.
1257
927
1099
1118
14. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.
978
987
1183
874
15. King William I of Scotland - captured in the Battle of Alnwick by the English - accepts the feudal lordship of the English crown and does ceremonial allegiance at York.This is the beginning of the gradual acquisition of Scotland by the English.
1174 7/12
1497
927
1237
16. Cluny Abbey is founded by William I - Count of Auvergne.Cluny goes on to become the acknowledged leader of Western Monasticism. Cluniac Reforms initiated with the abbey's founding.
1075
1487
793
910
17. Battle of SzebenThird significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.
1325
936
1442
605
18. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.
1431
754
1125
598
19. Harold Fairhair becomes King of Norway.
981
872
1102
885
20. The Hundred Years' War begins. England and France struggle for dominance of Western Europe.The war will span through three/four different war periods within a 116 year period.
1337
1206
965-967
1166
21. The Battle of Nicopolis.The last great Crusade fails.
1396
1453
410
1205
22. Muslims under Tarik invade Spain.Will begin a period of Muslim rule within in the Iberian peninsula (with various portions of land) until nearly the end of the Fifteenth Century.
674-678
985
1419
711
23. Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.
1215
987
874
1453
24. 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.
843
1368
1258
1402 July 20th
25. The Hundred Years' War begins. England and France struggle for dominance of Western Europe.The war will span through three/four different war periods within a 116 year period.
1337
568
1037
618
26. 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.
866
1402 July 20th
1183
1307
27. Joint Persian-Avar-Slav Siege of Constantinople Constantinople saved - Avar power broken and Persians henceforth on the defensive
893
1467
626
1273
28. Wang Geon unified Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.
726
597
936
1328
29. The Knights Templar are rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of France - with the backing of the Pope.Hastens the demise of the order within a decade.
929
1307 Friday - October 13th
455
1257
30. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem.Would lead to the Third Crusades.
1187
525
1118
645
31. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
618
1453
1050
1171
32. In the Battle of Naklo - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats the Pomeranians.Polish access to the sea is re-established.
1186 1/27
1109
698
626
33. 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.
570
527 August 1
795
1176 5/29
34. 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.
1212
455
1257
1186 1/27
35. 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.
1415 October 25th
969
622
955
36. The Aztecs find the city of Tenochtitlan.This would be the epicenter and capital of the Aztec kingdom for nearly 200 years until the Siege of Tenochtitlan led by Hernan Cortes.
1325
1122 9/23
1492
1453
37. 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.
987
1109
732
989
38. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.
866
681
1150
1189
39. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.
814
687
963-964
534
40. 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.
1152
1183
c.960
827
41. 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
1409
638
1108/24
42. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.
866
1494
1219
515
43. Peasants' Revolt in England.Quickest-spread revolt in English history - and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.
754
645
1274
1381
44. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.
1208
840
1434
1378
45. Pepin founds the Carolingian dynasty.
751
698
962
1088
46. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.
1050
527 August 1
1459
598
47. Jerusalem captured by Muslims.
1116
893
638
800
48. 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.
919
1257
1492
927
49. 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.
1399
866
866
1370
50. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.
1487
1106 9/28
843
1206
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