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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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1. Battle of Anchialus. Simeon I the Great defeats the Byzantines.Recognition of the Imperial Title of the Bulgarian rulers.






2. Joseon Dynasty founded in Korea.Becomes longest reigning Korean dynasty.






3. Siege of BaghdadMongols (the Ilkhanate) ensure control of the region; Generally considered the end of the Islamic Golden Age.






4. Accession of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.






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






6. Sack of Lindisfarne. Viking attacks on Britain begin.Generally considered the beginning of the Viking Age that would span over two centuries - and reach as far south as Hispania and as far east as the Byzantine Empire - and present day Russia.






7. Last great Roman-Persian War.Long conflict leaves both empires exhausted and unable to cope with the newly united Arab armies under Islam in the 630s






8. Christianization of Bulgaria.






9. The Anarchy begins in England.This will mark a 19 year period of Government strife and Civil War between the supporters of Stephen and Matilda - and end with the crowning of Matilda's son - Henry II - and beginning the Plantagenet dynasty.






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






11. The astrolabe - an ancient tool of navigation - is first used in Europe.






12. Augustine arrives in Kent.Christianization of Britain (Anglo-Saxons) begins.






13. 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.






14. Massive Chinese (Sui and Tang) invasions against Korean Goguryeo.Contributed to the fall of the Sui Dynasty - and Goguryeo fell under the forces of the Tang and Silla.






15. First Arab siege of Constantinople.First time Islamic armies defeated - preventing Europe from Islamic conquest.






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






17. Justinian I becomes Eastern Roman Emperor.Justinian is best remembered for his Code of Civil Law (529) - and expansion of imperial territory retaking Rome from the Ostrogoths.






18. The first King of Croatia (rex Croatorum) - Tomislav (910






19. The University of Cambridge is founded.






20. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.






21. 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.






22. Establishment of the Bulgarian Empire.A country with great influence in the European history in the Middle Ages.






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






27. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.






28. Marco Polo publishes his tales of China - along with Rustichello da Pisa.A key step to the bridging of East and West in trade.






29. Byzantines - under Belisarius - retake North Africa from the Vandals.






30. The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.First print published in English (Vulgate)






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir becomes de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus.Peak of power of Moorish Iberia under 'Almanzor'.






34. Battle of Dun Nechtain. Picts defeat Northumbrians - whose dominance ends.






35. Sui Dynasty in China.China unified once again during this period for the first time in almost 400 years.






36. Chinese Naval Expeditions of Southeast Asia and theIndian Ocean (to Eastern Africa) begins - under the leadership of Zheng He.This will be the first of seven of the Ming Dynasty-sponsored expeditions - lasting until 1433.






37. 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.






38. Grand Canal of China constructed.






39. Windmills are first recorded.






40. Vasco da Gama begins his first voyage from Europe toIndia and back.Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail directly to Eastern Asia directly from Europe.






41. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.






42. Succession of Hugh Capet to the French Throne.Beginning of Capetian Dynasty.






43. Death of Bede.Bede was later regarded as 'the father of English history'






44. Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - begins Scandinavian colonization of Greenland.






45. 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.






46. Dictatus Papae in which Pope Gregory VII defines the powers of the pope.Peak of the Gregorian Reform - and an immense factor in theInvestiture Controversy.






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






48. Kievan Rus' is established.Would be sustained until the Mongol invasion of Rus' over four and a half centuries - despite peaking during the middle 11th century during the reign of Yaroslav the Wise.






49. 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.






50. North South States Period begins in Korea.