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Timeline Of The Middle Ages

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






2. Muslims capture Bari and much of southern Italy.






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






4. In Japan - the Soga clan falls.This initiates a period of imitation of Chinese culture - The Nara period begins a year later.






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






6. Edward I of England invades Scotland - starting theFirst War of ScottishIndependence.






7. AprilThe Second Lateran Council declared clerical marriages invalid - regulated clerical dress - and punished attacks on clerics by excommunication.Enforces the major reforms that Gregory VII began to heavily campaign for several decades earlier.






8. Kenneth McAlpin becomes king of the Picts and Scots - creating the Kingdom of Alba.






9. August 26thBattle of Cr






10. The University of Prague is founded.It its the oldest German-Speaking University in the world






11. The Concordat of Worms was drawn up between Emperor Henry V and Pope Calixtus II.This concordat ended the investiture struggle - but bitter rivalry between emperor and pope remained.






12. The Council of Constance ends.The Western Schism comes to a close - and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.






13. Grand Canal of China constructed.






14. 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.






15. Muslims take Carthage.






16. Windmills are first recorded.






17. John I Tzimiskes murders Nikephoros II and is crowned Byzantine co-emperor in his place.






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






19. August 24Rome is sacked by Alaric - King of the Visigoths.Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire






20. Children's Crusade.






21. Alfred the Great assumes the throne - the first king of a united England.He defended England from Viking invaders - formed new laws and fostered a rebirth of religious and scholarly activities.






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






23. Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves. The Italian Wars begin.Italian Wars will eventually lead to the downfall of the Italian city-states. Pope's ruling will lead to the






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






25. 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.






26. Battle of Roncevaux Pass.






27. Through the Compromise of 1107 - suggested by Adela - the sister of King Henry - theInvestiture Struggle in England is ended.This compromise removed one of the points of friction between the English monarchy and the Catholic Church.






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






29. William the Conqueror - Duke of Normandy - invades England and becomes King after the Battle of Hastings.End of Anglosaxon rule in England and start of Norman lineage.






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






34. Pepin promises the Pope central Italy. This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy.






35. 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.






36. In the Battle of Hundsfeld - Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats Emperor Henry V.German expansion to the east is stopped.






37. 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.






38. Death of Alfred the Great.






39. June 16Battle of Stoke.Marks end of the War of the Roses.






40. 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






41. 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.






42. Accession of Abu Bakr as first Caliph.






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






44. Battle of Mons Badonicus.The West Saxon advance is halted by Britons.






45. Turkic Muslim invaders sack and burn the university at Nalanda.This is the beginning of the decline of Buddhism inIndia.






46. Thomas Aquinas' work - Summa Theologica is published - after his death.Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. The Viking Rollo and his tribe settle in what is now Normandy by the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte - founding the Duchy of Normandy.






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