MEDIEVAL HISTORY CHRONOLOGICAL
TABLE
284
Election of Diocletian (17 Sept.).
297
Peace with Persia: acquisition of the five provinces.
303
The Great Persecution (24 Feb.).
305
Abdication of Diocletian (1 May).
306
Elevation of Constantine at York.
309-380
Reign of Sapor II in Persia.
311
Edict of Toleration and death of Galerius.
312
Battle of Saxa Rubra (28 Sept.). Edict of Milan.
314
Council of Arles.
323
Battle of Chrysopolis (Sept.).
325
Council of Nicaea.
328-373
Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria.
330
(11 May) Inauguration of Constantinople, 'New Rome,' by Constantine the Great.
337
Death of Constantine (22 May). War with Persia.
339
Second Exile of Athanasius.
341
Council of the Dedication at Antioch.
343
Council of Sardica.
346
Return of Athanasius.
350
Revolt of Magnentius.
352
Battle of Mursa.
355
Julian made Caesar for Gaul.
356
Third Exile of Athanasius.
357
Battle of Argentoratum.
359
Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia.
360
Mutiny at Paris: Julian proclaimed Augustus. Council of Constantinople.
361-363
Julian Emperor.
363-364
Jovian Emperor. Peace with Persia: cession of the five provinces.
364
Valentinian and Valens Emperors.
369
Count Theodosius in Britain.
374-397
Ambrose Bishop of Milan.
375-383
Gratian Emperor in the West.
376
Passage of the Danube by the Goths.
378
Battle of Hadrianople (9 Aug.).
379-395
Reign of Theodosius.
381
Council of Constantinople.
383-388
Usurpation of Maximus.
386
Execution of Priscillian.
390
Destruction of the Serapeum.
392
Revolt of Arbogast.
394
Battle of the Frigidus (6 Sept.).
395
Arcadius and Honorius Emperors.
400
Revolt of Gainas.
402
Battle of Pollentia.
406
Passage of the Rhine by the Germans (31 Dec.).
407
Withdrawal of the legions from Britain.
408-450
Reign of Theodosius II in the East.
408
Mutiny at Pavia. Execution of Stilicho.
410
Sack of Rome by Alaric (23 Aug.).
412
The Visigoths in Gaul.
418
Rescript of Honorius to Agricola.
425-455
Valentinian III Emperor in the West.
428-633
Persian rule in Armenia.
429
The Vandals in Africa.
429
Mission of Germanus and Lupus to Britain
430
Death of Augustine.
431
Council of Ephesus.
432-461
St Patrick in Ireland.
438
Codex Theodosianus. Legal separation of East and West.
439
Capture of Carthage by the Vandals.
440-461
Pope Leo I.
445
Edict of Valentinian III.
449
The Latrocinium at Ephesus.
c.
449 Traditional date of Hengest and Horsa.
450-458
Marcian Emperor in the East.
451
Council of Chalcedon. Battle of the Mauriac Plain.
452
Destruction of Aquileia by Attila. Embassy of Pope Leo.
454
Assassination of Aetius.
455
Sack of Rome by the Vandals of Gaiseric.
457-461
Reign of Majorian in the West.
463
Death of St Patrick.
468
Failure of Basiliscus before Carthage.
472
Capture of Rome by Ricimer.
474-491
Zeno Emperor in the East.
476
Deposition of Romulus Augustulus. Odovacar master of Italy till 493.
481
The Henoticon of Zeno. Schism in the Church.
481-511
Reign of Clovis.
486
Clovis defeats Syagrius.
490-583
Cassiodorus.
491-518
Anastasius Emperor.
493-526
Reign of Theodoric in Italy.
493
Traditional date of Cerdic
506
Issue of the Breviarium Alarici
507
Battle of the Campus Vogladensis.(Battle of Vouillé). Clovis conquers Aquitains
511
Division of the Frankish kingdom by the sons of Clovis.
518
Justin Emperor. End of the Schism.
527-565
Reign of Justinian
529 Publication
of Justinian's Code. The Schools of Athens closed.
532
The Nika riot. Building of St Sophia begun.
533
Justinian's Digest and Institutes.
533
Conquest of Africa by Belisarius.
534
Frankish conquest of the Burgundians.
535-553
The Gothic War.
537
Inauguration of St Sophia.
537-538
The great siege of Rome by the Goths.
540
Capture of Ravenna by Belisarius.
541
Abolition of the Consulships.
548
Death of Theodora.
552
Battle of Taginae.
553
Battle of the Lactarian Mount. Fifth General Council.
554
Conquest of Southern Spain by the Imperial forces.
558
The Avars appear in Europe. The Huns before Constantinople.
560-616
Reign of Aethelberht in Kent.
561
Division of the Frankish kingdom by the sons of Chlotar I
565
Death of Justinian. Justin II Emperor.
568
The Lombards invade Italy. The Avars enter Pannonia.
570
Birth of Mahomet.
575
Assassination of Sigebert
576-636
Isidore of Seville.
578
Tiberius II Emperor.
582
Maurice Emperor. Creation of the exarchates of Africa and Ravenna.
597
Landing of Augustine. Death of Columba (9 June). Conquest of Africa by
Belisarius.
584
Assassination of Chilperic.
589
Conversion of the Visigoths. Third Council of Toledo.
590
Agilulf king of the Lombards.
590-603
Pontificate of Gregory the Great.
591
Chosroes restored by Maurice.
594
Death of Gregory of Tours.
597
Landing of Augustine. Death of Columba (9 June).
602
Phocas Emperor.
604
Death of St Gregory the Great
610
Heraclius Emperor.
613
Reunion of the Frankish kingdom under Chlotar II.
614
Capture of Jerusalem by the Persians.
615
Death of Columban.
622
Flight of Mahomet to Medina.
625-638
Pope Honorius.
626
Siege of Constantinople by Persians and Avars.
627
Baptism of Edwin of Deira. Defeat of the Persians by Heraclius at Nineveh.
628
Peace with Persia.
629
Expulsion of Byzantines from Spain.
631
The Avars defeat the Bulgarians.
632
Death of Mahomet. Abu Bakr Caliph.
633-693
Byzantine rule in Armenia. Battle of Heathfield.
634
Mission of Birinus in Wessex. Omar Caliph.
635
The Bulgarians free themselves from the power of the Chazars.
635-642
Reign of Oswald in Northumbria.
636
Battle of the Yarmak. Issue of the Ekthesis.
637
Battle of Kadisiya.
638
Capture of Jerusalem by the Arabs.
640
Invasion of Egypt by the Arabs.
641
Constantine III Emperor. Battle of Nihawand.
642
Chindaswinth king in Spain. Battle of Maserfield.
642-671
Oswy king in Northumbria.
644
Othman Caliph.
647
Final capture of Alexandria by the Arabs.
648
Issue of the Type.
650
Creation of the Asiatic themes
653
Muawiya reaches Dorylaeum. Arrest of Pope Martin.
655
Battle of the Winwaed.
659
Ali Caliph — Civil war.
661
Mercian Revolt.
663
Muawiya Caliph. Constans in Rome.
664
Synod of Whitby.
668
Constantine IV Emperor.
673
Synod of Hertford. Murder of Husain at Karbala.
679
Establishment of the Bulgarians south of the Danube.
685
Battle of Nechtansmere. Justinian II Emperor.
687
Battle of Tertry.
688
Baptism and death of Ceadwalla.
688-726
Ine king in Wessex.
690
Death of Benedict Biscop.
692
The Trullan Council.
693-862
Arab rule in Armenia.
695
Leontius Emperor.
697
Final capture of Carthage by the Saracens.
698
Tiberius (Apsimar) Emperor.
704
Death of Adamnan.
705
Justinian II restored.
709
Death of Wilfrid. Death of Aldhelm.
711
Philippicus Emperor. Battle of La Janda. Saracen conquest of Spain.
712-744
Liutprand king of the Lombards.
713
Anastasius II Emperor. First Venetian Doge elected.
715-731
Pope Gregory II.
716
Theodosius III Emperor.
716-757
Aethelbald king in Mercia.
717
Battle of Vincy.
717-741
(25 March) Accession of Leo III the Isaurian.
717-718
The Arabs besiege Constantinople.
723
Boniface consecrated a bishop.
725
Beginning of the Iconoclast Controversy.
726
Edict against images.
727
The Italian Revolt. Insurrections in Greece and Italy.
731-741
Pope Gregory III.
731
End of Bede's History.
732
Battle of Tours. Victory of Charles Martel over the Saracens at Poitiers.
734
Bede's Letter to Ecgbert.
735
Death of Bede
739
Embassy of Gregory III to Charles Martel. Battle of Acroinon.
740
Publication of the Ecloga. Death of Leo III the Isaurian, and accession of
Constantine V Copronymus.
741
Insurrection of Artavasdus.
742
(2 Nov.) Recovery of Constantinople by Constantine V.
741-752
Pope Zacharias.
741-775
Constantine V Emperor.
743
Boniface archbishop of Mayence.
744
Murder of Walid II. The Caliphate falls into anarchy.
747
Annihilation of the Egyptian fleet.
749
Aistulf king of the Lombards.
750
Fall of the Umayyads. Foundation of the Abbasid Caliphate.
751-768
Pepin king. Taking of Ravenna by the Lombards.
753
Iconoclastic Council of Hieria.
754
Donation of Pepin to the Papacy.
754-756
Frankish Interventions in Italy.
755
Bizantine war with the Bulgarians begins.
755
Death of Boniface.
756
Desiderius king of the Lombards.
756
Abd-ar-Rahman establishes an independent dynasty in Spain.
757-796
Offa king in Mercia.
757
Election of Pope Paul IV. Ratification of Papal elections ceases to be asked of
the Emperor of the East.
758
Risings of the Slavs of Thrace and Macedonia.
759
Pepin's conquest of Septimania.
759
Defeat of the Bulgarians at Marcellae.
762
Baghdad founded by the Caliph Mansur. Defeat of the Bulgarians at Anchialus.
764-771
Persecution of the image-worshippers.
766
Death of St Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz.
768-771
Charles and Carloman.
771-814
Charles alone.
772
Defeat of the Bulgarians at Lithosoria.
772-795
Pope Hadrian I.
772-804
Saxon Wars.
774
Annexation of the Lombard kingdom by Charlemagne. Pope Hadrian I gives the
Dionysio-Hadriana collection of canons to Charlemagne.
775
(14 Sept.) Death of the Emperor Constantine V and accession of Leo IV the
Chazar.
778
Roncevalles.
780
(8 Sept.) Death of Leo IV and Regency of Irene. 780 St Benedict founds the
monastery of Aniane.
781
Pope Hadrian I ceases to date official acts by the regnal years of the Emperor.
787
Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. Condemnation of Iconoclasm.
787
Second Council of Nicaea. Submission of Benevento. Deposition of Tassilo. First
landing of the Vikings in England.
787-802
Archbishopric of Lichfield.
788
Establishment of the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco.
790
(Dec.) Abdication of Irene. Constantine VI assumes power.
794
Diet of Frankfort.
795
Capture of the Avar Ring.
795-816
Pope Leo III.
796
Death of Offa of Mercia.
797
(17 July) Deposition of Constantine VI. Irene becomes Emperor.
799
Outrage on Pope Leo (25 Mar.).
800
Arrival of Charles at Rome (24 Nov.). The Imperial Coronation (25 Dec.). The
invasions of the Northmen begin. Establishment of the Aghlabid dynasty in
Tunis.
802-825
The Northmen establish themselves in Ireland.
802-839
Reign of Ecgbert as king of Wessex.
802
(31 Oct.) Deposition of Irene and accession of Nicephorus I.
803
Destruction of the Barmecides.
804
Death of Alcuin.
807-811
Danish Wars.
809
Death of Harun ar-Rashid and civil war in the Caliphate. The Bulgarian Khan
Krum invades the Empire. Pepin of Italy's attack upon Venice.
810
Nicephorus I's scheme of financial reorganization. Concentration of the
lagoon-townships at Rialto.
811
The Emperor Nicephorus I is defeated and slain by the Bulgarians : accession of
Michael I Rangabé.
811
Completion of the Spanish March.
812
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle recognizes Charlemagne's imperial title.
813
Michael I defeated at Versinicia: Krum appears before Constantinople.
Deposition of Michael I and accession of Leo V the Armenian. Battle of
Mesembria. Mamun becomes sole Caliph.
814
(14 April) Death of Krum: peace between the Empire and the Bulgarians.
815
Iconoclastic synod of Constantinople. Banishment of Theodore of Studion.
814
Death of Charles (28 Jan.).
814-840
Reign of Louis the Pious.
817
Divisio Imperii. Death of St Benedict of Aniane. 7 Council of Aix-la-Chapelle
reinforces Rules of St Chrodegang and St Benedict of Aniane.
820
(25 Dec.) Murder of Leo V, and accession of Michael II the Amorian.
822
Insurrection of Thomas the Slavonian.
824
Promulgation of the Constitutio Romana.
825
Conquest of Cornwall by Ecgbert. Collapse of Mercia.
826
St Anskar's first mission to Scandinavia.
826
Death of Theodore of Studion. Conquest of Crete by the Arabs.
827-831
Saracen conquest of Sicily.
829-842
Reign of Theophilus.
831
Saracen conquest of Palermo.
832
Edict of Theophilus against images.
833
Death of the Caliph Mamun.
833
The Field of Lies.
834
The Norsemen attack the Frankish Empire in force.
835
Resumption of Viking raids upon England.
836
The Abbasid capital removed from Baghdad to Samarra.
839
Treaty between the Russians and the Greeks.
840
Treaty of Pavia between the Emperor Lothar I and Venice.
840
Death of Einhard.
840-855
Reign of Lothar I.
840-876
Reign of Louis the German.
840-877
Reign of Charles the Bald.
841
Battle of Fontenoy (25 June).
841-891
Height of the Viking invasions.
842
Oath of Strasbourg (14 Feb.).
842
The Arabs take Messina. Disintegration of the Caliphate begins.
842-867
Reign of Michael III.
843
Sack of St Peter's at Rome by the Saracens. Treaty of Verdun (Aug.). Division
of the Frankish Empire.
843
Council of Constantinople, and final restoration of image-worship by the
Empress Theodora.
844-860
Kenneth Mac Alpin of Scotland
845-882
Hincmar, archbishop of Rheims.
846
Saracen attack on Rome.
846
Ignatius becomes Patriarch.
847
Pope Leo IV walls the Leonine City. c. Rurik, the Scandinavian, of Russia.
c.
850 The False Decretals forged.
851
The Danes first winter in Thanet.
851
John the Scot's De Praedestinatione.
852-893
Reign of Boris in Bulgaria.
855
Death of the Emperor Lothar I and division of his lands.
855-869
Reign of Lothar II in Lorraine.
855-875
Reign of the Emperor Louis II in Italy.
856
Death of Raban Maur.
856-866
Rule of Bardas.
857
Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
858-867
Pope Nicholas I.
858
Deposition of Ignatius and election of Photius as Patriarch.
859-862
Second expedition of the Norsemen to Spain and the Mediterranean.
859
Saracen conquest of Sicily completed.
860
The Russians appear before Constantinople.
860-861
(?) Cyril's mission to the Chazars.
863
(?) Mission of Cyril and Methodius to the Moravians.
864
St Cyril and St Methodius among the Moravians. Conversion of Bulgaria to
orthodoxy.
867
Schism of East and West in the affair of Photius. The Synod of Constantinople
completes the rupture with Rome. (23 Sept.) Murder of Michael III and accession
of Basil I the Macedonian. Deposition of Photius. Restoration of Ignatius.
867
(13 Nov.) Death of Pope Nicholas I. (14 Dec.) Election of Pope Hadrian II.
868
Independence of Egypt under the Talanid dynasty.
868
Death of Ratramn.
869
Death of Lothar II (8 Aug.). Charles the Bald crowned king of Lorraine (6
Oct.). Martyrdom of St Edmund.
869
(14 Feb.) Death of Cyril. Ecumenical Council of Constantinople. End of the
Schism.
870
Harold Fairhair founds the kingdom of Norway.
870
Submission of East Anglia to the Northmen. Partition of Lorraine at Meersen (8
Aug.). Methodius becomes the first Moravo-Pannonian archbishop.
871
Battle of Ashdown.
871
Capture of Bari from the Saracens. War with the Paulicians.
871-899
Reign of Alfred the Great.
872-882
Pope John VIII.
874
The Norse begin to settle in Iceland.
875
Death of the Emperor Louis II (12 Aug.). Imperial Coronation of Charles the
Bald (25 Dec.).
876
Death of Louis the German (28 Aug.). Colonization of Northumbria by the Danes.
Capture of Bari from the Saracens by the Greeks.
877
Settlement of the Five Boroughs. Death of Ignatius and reinstatement of Photius
as Patriarch. (22 July) Council of Ravenna. Assembly of Quierzy (14 June).
Death of Charles the Bald (6 Oct.).
878
Battle of Edington. Peace between Alfred and Guthrum at Chippenham (the
so-called Treaty of Wedmore). (21 May) Capture of Syracuse by the Arabs.
879-887
Boso, king of Provence.
880
Treaty of Ribemont (all Lorraine ceded to Germany). 880 Death of John Scottus
(Erigena).
881-887
Charles the Fat as Emperor.
882
Death of Hincmar, archbishop of Rheims (21 Dec.). Murder of Pope John VIII.
Triumph of Roman nobles. Fresh rupture between the Eastern and Western
Churches; excommunication of Photius.
884
Union of the Frankish kingdoms under the Emperor Charles the Fat.
885
Recapture of London by Alfred, and Alfred and Guthrum's Peace. (6 April) Death
of Methodius.
885-887
The Northmen besiege Paris.
886
Deposition and exile of Photius.
886-912
Reign of Leo VI the Wise.
887
Final disruption of the Empire of Charles the Great.
887-899
Arnulf, king of Germany.
887-892
Reign of Ashot I in Armenia.
888-898
Odo, king of France.
888-911
or 912 Rodolph I, king of Jurane Burgundy.
890
The Saracens seize Fraxinetum.
891
King Arnulf defeats the Northmen near Louvain. Death of Photius.
892
The Abbasid capital restored to Baghdad.
892-914
Reign of Smbat I in Armenia.
893-927
Reign of Simeon in Bulgaria.
895-896
The Magyars migrate into Hungary.
896
Arnulf crowned Emperor.
898
Reconciliation between the Eastern and Western Churches
898-923
Reign of Charles the Simple of France..
899
The Magyars invade Lombardy.
899-911
Reign of Louis the Child of Germany.
899-925
Reign of Edward the Elder.
900
The Hungarian ravages begin. Victory of Nicephorus Phocas at Adana. The Magyars
occupy Pannonia.
901
Louis (the Blind), now king of Italy, receives the Imperial Crown.
902
(1 Aug.) Fall of Taormina, the last Greek stronghold in Sicily.
904
Thessalonica sacked by the Saracens.
906
Leo VI's fourth marriage: contest with the Patriarch. The Magyars overthrow the
Great Moravian State.
907
Russian expedition against Constantinople.
909-1171
The Fatimid Caliphate in Africa.
910
Foundation of Cluny.
911
Foundation of the Duchy of Normandy by the treaty of St-Clair-sur-Epte.
Beginning of the reconquest of the Danelaw. Charles the Simple gains Lorraine.
911-918
Conrad I of Germany.
912
(11 May) Death of Leo VI and accession of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus under
the regency of Alexander.
912-919
Aethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians.
913
Simeon of Bulgaria appears before Constantinople.
914-929
Pope John X.
915
Saracens driven from the Garigliano.
915-928
Reign of Ashot II in Armenia.
917
(20 Aug.) Bulgarian victory at Anchialus.
919
(25 Mar.) Usurpation of Romanus Lecapenus.
919-938
Henry I (the Fowler), king of Germany.
920
(June) A Council at Constantinople pronounces upon fourth marriages.
922
Revolt of France from the Carolingians.
923
Simeon besieges Constantinople.
925
Lorraine finally united to Germany.
925-939
Reign of Aethelstan.
926-945
Reign of Hugh of Provence in Italy (d. 948).
927-941
Reforming activities of Odo, Abbot of Cluny.
927
(8 Sept.) Peace with Bulgaria.
928-936
St Wenceslas (Vaclav), duke of Bohemia.
929
Death of Charles the Simple. Abd-ar-Rahman III declares himself Caliph in
Spain.
931-933
Treaty for the union of Burgundy and Provence.
932-954
Alberic, ruler of Rome.
932
Foundation of the Buwaihid dynasty.
933
Defeat of the Hungarians at Riade (15 Mar.). Venice establishes her supremacy
in Istria
935
Death of Gorm the Old, king of Denmark.
935-970
Fernan Gonzalez, count of Castile.
936
Carolingian Restoration (Louis d'Outremer) in France.
936-973
Reign of Otto the Great.
937
Battle of Brunanburh.
939
Rebellion of the German dukes.
939-946
Reign of Edmund of England.
941
Russian expedition against Constantinople.
943
Dunstan made abbot of Glastonbury.
944
(16 Dec.) Deposition of Romanus Lecapenus. Personal rule of ConÂstantine VII
begins.
945
The Buwaihids enter Baghdad and control the Caliphate.
946-955
Reign of Eadred of England.
947
The Kalbite dynasty of Sicily founded.
950
Berengar II crowned king of Italy.
951-952
First expedition of Otto the Great to Italy.
953-954
Second rebellion of the German dukes.
954
Princess Olga of Russia embraces Christianity.
954
England under one king.
954-994
Maiolus (Mayeul) Abbot of Cluny.
954-986
Reign of Lothair in France.
955
Defeat of the Hungarians in the Lechfeld (10 Aug.).
955-963(4)
John XII (Octavian), Pope.
959
(9 Nov.) Death of Constantine VII and accession of Romanus II.
959-975
Reign of Edgar the Peaceable of England.
959-976
Reign of the Doge Peter IV Candianus.
960
Final establishment of Otto's rule in Germany.
960-988
Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury.
961
Recovery of Crete by Nicephorus Phocas. Athanasius founds the convent of St
Laura on Mt Athos.
961-964
Otto's second expedition to Italy.
962
Otto the Great, Emperor of the West.
963
(15 Mar.) Death of Romanus II: accession of Basil II: regency of Theophano. (16
Aug.) Usurpation of Nicephorus II Phocas.
963
Deposition of Pope John XII (4 Dec.), and election of Leo VIII, the Emperor's
nominee.
964
Novel against the monks.
965
Conquest of Cilicia.
966-972
Otto's third expedition to Italy.
967
Renewal of the Bulgarian war.
968
The Russians in Bulgaria. Adalbert, first archbishop of Magdeburg, appointed.
969
Conquest of Egypt by the Fatimites. (28 Oct.) Capture of Antioch. (10
Dec.) Murder of Nicephorus Phocas and accession of John Tzimisces.
970-1035
Sancho the Great, king of Navarre.
970
Capture of Aleppo. Accession of Geza as Prince of the Magyars.
971
Revolt of Bardas Phocas. The Emperor John Tzimisces annexes Eastern Bulgaria.
972
Death of Svyatoslav of Kiev.
972
Marriage of Otto II and Theophano. Capture of Frainet (Fraxinetum).
973-983
Otto II, Emperor of the West.
975-978
Reign of Edward the Martyr of England.
976
(10 Jan.) Death of John Tzimisces: personal rule of Basil II Bulgaroctonus
begins. Peter Orseolo I elected Doge.
976-979
Revolt of Bardas Sclerus.
977
War of the three Henries.
978-1002
Almanzor, prime minister in Spain.
978-1016
Reign of Aethelred the Unready.
980
Accession of Vladimir in Russia.
980
Renewal of Scandinavian invasions of England.
980-1040
Peace of God.
982
Otto II defeated by the Saracens. Revolt of the Wends from Germany.
983
Otto II nominates a Lombard Pope (John XIV), the first to take a papal name.
983-991
Regency of Theophano.
983-1002
Otto III, Emperor of the West.
985-996(8)
Crescentius II, patrician of Rome.
985
Fall of the eunuch Basil.
986-1018
Great Bulgarian War.
987-989
Conspiracy of Phocas and Sclerus.
987-996
Hugh Capet, king of France.
988
The Fatimid Caliphs occupy Syria.
989
Vladimir of Russia becomes Christian. Vladimir captures Cherson.
991
The Fatimids re-occupy Syria.
991-1009
Reign of Peter Orseolo II as Doge of Venice.
992
(19 July) First Venetian treaty with the Eastern Empire.
992-1025
Boleslav Chrobry, duke of Poland.
994
Saif-ad-Daulah takes Aleppo and establishes himself in Northern Syria.
994-1001
War with the Fatimids.
994-1049
Odilo, abbot of Cluny.
995
Basil II's campaign in Syria.
996
(Jan.) Novel against the Powerful. Defeat of the Bulgarians on the Spercheus.
Otto III nominates a German Pope (Gregory V).
996-1026
Richard II (the Good) Duke of Normandy.
996-1037
Reign of Robert the Pious of France.
997
Accession of St Stephen in Hungary, and conversion of the Magyars.
998-1030
Reign of Mahmad of Ghaznah.
999
Otto III nominates a French Pope (Sylvester II).
1000
The Hungarians become Christian under St Stephen. Foundation of the
archbishopric of Guesen for Poland.
1000-1025
Burchard, bishop of Worms, canonist.
1001
St Stephen crowned king of Hungary. Foundation of the archbishopric of Gran for
Hungary.
1002
Death of the Emperor Otto III (23 Jan.). Massacre of St Brice's Day. Saracens
defeated at Bari by the Venetians.
1002-1012
John Crescentius (III), patrician of Rome.
1002-1014
Reign of Ardoin of Ivrea, in Italy.
1002-1024
Reign of Henry II, Emperor of the West.
1003
Death of Pope Sylvester II (Gerbert).
1004
Henry II crowned king of the Lombards at Pavia. Richard, abbot of St Vannes.
1006
Vladimir of Russia makes a treaty with the Bulgarians.
1007
Establishment of the see of Bamberg.
1007-1029
Fulbert, bishop of Chartres.
1009
The Patriarch Sergius erases the Pope's name from the diptychs.
1009
Profanation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem by Hakimthe
Fatimid.
1012
The Order of Camaldoli founded. The Decretum of Burchard of Worms.
1012-1046
The Tusculan Popes.
1012
Murder of Archbishop Alphege (Aelfheah).
1012-1024
Benedict VIII (of Tusculum), Pope.
1012-1044
Counts of Tusculum supreme in Rome.
1013
Triumph of Svein in England.
1014
Death of Svein (Feb.). Imperial coronation of Henry II at Rome. Defeat of the
Vikings by Brian Boru.
1014
Battle of Cimbalongu; death of the Tsar Samuel.
1015
Death of Vladimir of Russia.
1016
Arrival of the Normans in South Italy.
1016
Death of Edmund Ironside. Revolt of Melo in Apulia.
1017-1035
Reign of King Knut the Great.
1018
Treaty of Bautzen.
1018-1186
Bulgaria a Byzantine province.
1021-1022
Annexation of Vaspurakan to the Empire.
1024
Death of Pope Benedict VIII. Death of Henry II.
1024
The Patriarch Eustathius attempts to obtain from the Pope the autonomy of the
Greek Church.
1024-1039
Reign of Conrad II the Salic.
1025
(15 Dec.) Death of Basil II and accession of Constantine VIII.
1026
Fall of the Orseoli at Venice.
1027-1035
Robert I Duke of Normandy.
1027
Conrad II crowned Emperor at Rome.
1028
(11 Nov.) Death of Constantine VIII and succession of Zoe and Romanus III
Argyrus.
1029
The Normans established in the county of Aversa.
1030
Defeat of the Greeks near Aleppo. Ranulf becomes count of Aversa.
1031
Capture of Edessa by George Maniaces. Abolition of the Caliphate in Spain.
1031-1060
Reign of Henry I of France.
1032
Death of Rodolph III of Burgundy. Ferdinand I, first king of Castile.
1033-1034
Acquisition of Burgundy by Conrad II.
1034
(12 April) Murder of Romanus III and accession of Michael IV the Paphlagonian.
Government of John the Orphanotrophos.
1034-1037
The sons of Tancred d'Hauteville arrive in South Italy.
1034-1058
Reign of Casimir I of Poland.
1035
Foundation of the State of Aragon by Ramiro I Sanchez.
1035
(2 July) William the Bastard becomes Duke of Normandy.
1035-1076
Raymond-Berengar I of Barcelona.
1036
Death of Avicenna.
1038
The Order of Vallombrosa founded.
1037
Conrad's Constitutio de feudis for Italy.
1037-1055
Bratislav I, duke of Bohemia.
1038
Conrad II declares Roman Law the territorial law of Rome. Death of St Stephen
of Hungary. Success of George Maniaces in Sicily. The Seljuq Tughril Beg
proclaimed.
1038-1040
Campaigns of Maniakes in Sicily.
1039
Death of Conrad II (4 June), and accession of Henry III as King of Germany,
Italy, and Burgundy.
Beginning
of the Truce of God.
1041
(10 Dec.) Death of Michael IV and succession of Michael V Calaphates.
Banishment of John the Orphanotrophos.
1042
(21 April) Revolution in Constantinople; fall of Michael V. Zoe and Theodora
joint Empresses. Accession of Edward the Confessor. (11-12 June) Zoe's marriage
; accession of her husband, Constantine IX Monomachus.
1042
"Truce of God" proclaimed in Normandy.
1042-1048
Wazo, bishop of Liege.
1043
Michael Cerularius becomes Patriarch. Rising of George Maniaces; his defeat and
death at Ostrovo. The "Day of Indulgence." William de Hauteville,
count of Apulia.
1045
Foundation of the Law School of Constantinople.
1046
Henry III's coronation as Emperor; he reforms the Papacy. Synod of Sutri.
1046
Death of Richard of St Vannes.
1046-1047
Pope Clement II (Suidger of Bamberg). Synod of Sutri. Deposition of Popes
Gregory VI and Benedict IX. (25 Dec.) Election of Pope Clement II (Suidger of
Bamberg).
1046
Annexation of Armenia (Ani) to the Empire.
1047
Council of Rome (Jan.) declares simonists deposed. William the Bastard's
victory at Val-des-Dunes. Revolt of Tornicius.
1048
Appearance of the Seljuqs on the eastern frontier of the Empire.
1049
Death of Odilo, abbot of Cluny. 1049-1109 Hugh Abbot of Cluny. 3 Oct.) Synod of
Rheims.
1049-1054
Pope Leo IX (Bruno of Toul).
1049-1061
Humbert Cardinal-bishop of Silva-Candida.
1050
Death of the Empress Zoe.
1053
(23 June) Pope Leo IX defeated by the Normans at Civitate. Death
of Earl Godwin.
1054 (20 July) Schism of
Eastern and Western Churches.The Patriarch Michael Cerularius breaks with Rome
1054 Battle of Dunsinane.
1055-1057 Victor II Pope.
1055 (11 Jan.) Death of
Constantine IX; Theodora sole Empress. The Seljuq Thril Beg enters
Baghdad. (31 Aug.) Death of Theodora and proclamation of Michael VI
Stratioticus. Death of Henry III and succession of Henry IV. The outbreak of
the Pataria at Milan begins.
1057-1058 Stephen IX Pope.
1057-1072 Peter Damian
Cardinal-bishop of Ostia.
1057 Revolt of Isaac Comnenus.
Deposition of Michael VI. (1 Sept.?) Isaac I Comnenus crowned Emperor at
Constantinople.
1058 Deposition and death of
Michael Cerularius.
1059 Treaty of Melfi.
Abdication of Isaac Comnenus.
1058-1061 Nicholas II Pope.
1059-1067 Reign of Constantine
X Ducas.
1059 Submission of the see of
Milan to the Papacy. The Papal Election Decree (14 Apr.). The Treaty of Melfi
(Aug.). Robert Guiscard recognised as Duke of Apulia. Hildebrand appointed
Archdeacon of the Roman Church.
1060-1108 Philip I King of
France.
1061-1073 Pope Alexander II.
1061-1091 Norman conquest of
Sicily.
1063 Death of Tughril Beg.
1063-1072 Reign of the Seljuq
Alp Arslan.
1064-1069 Promulgation of the
Usalgee of Raymond Berengar I, the earliest known feudal code.
1064 Capture of Ani by the
Seljuqs, and conquest of Greater Armenia.
1065 End of the minority of
Henry IV of Germany (29 Mar.). The Seljuq Turks enter Syria.
1066 (5 Jan.) Death of Edward
the Confessor. (6 Jan.) Earl Harold elected King of England. (14 Oct.) Battle
of Hastings. William the Conqueror King of England.
1066 Death of Edward the
Confessor.
1066 Foundation of the
Nizamiyah University at Baghdad.
1067-1071 Reign of Romanus III
Diogenes.
1068 Rebellion of Edwin and
Morkere. Harrying of the North.
1070-1089 Lanfranc Archbishop
of Canterbury.
1071 Capture of Bari by Robert
Guiscard (Apr.). End of the Byzantine power in Italy. The Seljuqs occupy
Jerusalem. Battle of Manzikert (26 Aug.). Completion of the Conquest of England
by the Normans.
1071-1078 Reign of Michael VII
Parapinaces Ducas.
1072-1092 Reign of the Seljuq
Malik Shah.
1073 (22 Apr.) Election of Pope
Gregory VII (Hildebrand). (Aug.) Outbreak of the Saxon revolt.
1074 (18 Jan.) Henry V grants a
charter to the citizens of Worms.
1075 Pope Gregory VII
enunciates papal powers in the Dictates Papae. The first Investiture decree. (9
June) Henry IV defeats the Saxons on the Unstrut.
1076 (24 Jan.) Council of
Worms. Excommunication of Henry IV by Gregory VII.
(16 Oct.) Diet of Trihur. The
Order of Grandmont founded by St Stephen.
1077 (Jan.) King Henry IV goes
to Canossa.
Diet of Forchheim. Election of
Rudolf of Swabia as anti-king (13 Mar.). First English Cluniac monastery
founded at Lewes.
1077 Accession of Sulaiman I,
Sultan of Rum.
1078 The Turks at Nicaea.
1078-1081 Reign of Nicephorus
III Botaniates.
1079 First Norse king of the
Isle of Man. The appointment of Frederick, Count of Staufen, as Duke of Swabia
founds the fortunes of the Hohenstaufen family.
1080 Alliance between Robert
Guiscard and Pope Gregory VII. Foundation of the Armeno-Cilician kingdom.
1081-1118 Reign of Alexius I
Comnenus.
1080 Final excommunication and
deposition of Henry IV by the Pope. The Council of Brixeu deposes the Pope and
elects Guibert of Ravenna as anti-Pope Clement III (25 June). William the
Conqueror refuses to do fealty to Pope Gregory VII. Pope Gregory VII reconciled
to Robert Guiscard at Ceprano. Death of the anti-king Rudolf. Robert Guiscard
begins attack on the Eastern Empire.
1080-1130 General establishment
of communes in the North Italian cities.
1081-1084 Robert Guiscard's
invasion of Epirus.
1081-1088 Count Herman of Salm
as anti-king.
1082 Treaty with Venice.
1084 Henry IV crowned at Rome
by the anti-Pope Clement III. (May) Sack of Rome by the Normans. The Carthusian
Order founded by Bruno of Cologne.
1085 (25 May) Death of Pope
Gregory VII. (17 July) Death of Robert Guiscard.
1086 Compilation of Domesday Book.Incursions
of the Patzinaks begin.
1086-1087 Victor III Pope.
1087 Genoa and Pisa capture
Mandiyah in Barbary.
1087-1100 William Rufus King of
England.
1088 End of the Saxon revolt.
Climax of the power of Henry IV in Germany.
1088-1096 Conquest of South
Wales.
1088-1099 Urban II Pope.
1090-1097 Henry IV's expedition
to Italy.
1091 Completion of the Norman
conquest of Sicily. (29 April) Defeat of the Patzinaks at the river Leburnium.
1093 Revolt of Conrad in Italy.
1093-1109 Anselm Archbishop of
Canterbury
1094 Council of Piacenza.
1094-1095 Invasion of the
Cumans.
1095 (18-28 Nov.) Council of
Clermont proclaims the First Crusade.
1096 The Crusaders at
Constantinople.
1095 (Mar.) Council of
Piacenza. (27 Nov.) Council of Clermont.
1097 (19 June) Surrender of
Nicaea. (1 July) Battle of Dorylaeum.
1098 (21 Mar.) The Cistercian
Order founded by Robert of Molesme. (3 June) Fall of Antioch. (28 June) Defeat
of Karbagha's army near Antioch, the turning-point in the history of the First
Crusade. Council of Bari. St Anselm refutes the Greeks.
1099 (15 July) Capture of
Jerusalem. Establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. (22 July) Godfrey of
Bouillon chosen Prince of Jerusalem. (12 Aug.) Defeat of the Egyptians near
Ascalon; the last achievement of the First Crusade.
1099-1118 Paschal II Pope.
1100 (18 July) Death of Godfrey
of Bouillon.
1100-1135 Henry I King of
England.
1100-1118 Baldwin I King of
Jerusalem.
1100 (Sept.) Death of the
anti-Pope Clement III. Coronation Charter of Henry I of England.
1103 Accession of Roger II,
Count of Sicily.
1104 Revolt of Henry V against
his father the Emperor Henry IV.
1104 Defeat of the Crusaders at
Harran.
1106 (7 Aug.) Death of the
Emperor Henry IV. End of the schism between the Empire and the Papacy. (28
Sept.) Battle of Tinchebrai. The Order of Fontevrault approved by Pope Paschal
II.
1107 (23 May) Council of
Troyes. (Aug.) Henry I of England reconciled to Anselm; English Investiture
compromise. Bohemond's expedition against Constantinople.
1108 Battle of Durazzo. Treaty
with Bohemond.
1108-1137 Reign of Louis VI of
France.
1108 Practice of
lay-investiture by the King of France lapses.
1110-1111 Henry V's expedition
to Italy.
1111 Imprisonment of Pope
Paschal II, and his concession of investiture; Henry V crowned Emperor.
1115 Revolt of Saxony. (25
June) Foundation of Clairvaux. (24 July) Death of the Countess Matilda of
Tuscany.
1115-1153 St Bernard Abbot of
Clairvaux.
1116 Battle of Philomelium.
1118-1119 Gelasius II Pope.
1118 (April) Excommunication of
Henry V by Pope Gelasius II, and renewal of the schism between the Empire and
the Papacy.
1118-1143 Reign of John II
Comnenus.
1118-1131 Baldwin II king of
Jerusalem.
1119 First expedition of John
Comnenus to Asia Minor.
1119-1124 Calixtus II Pope.
1119 (23 Dec.) Pope Calixtus II
confirms the Carta Caritatis of the Cistercian Order.
1120 Foundation of the Orders
of Templars and Hospitallers. Foundation of the Premonstratensian Order.
1121 Condemnation of Abelard at
Soissons.
1122 (23 Sept.) The Concordat
of Worms reconciles the Empire and the Papacy.
122 Defeat of the Patzinaks near
Eski-Sagra.
1122-1126 War with Venice.
1123 First Lateran Council.
1124-1130 Honorius II Pope.
1125 (23 May) Death of the
Emperor Henry V.
1125 (30 Aug.) Lothar elected
to the German kingship as Lothar III. Conversion of the Wends recommenced.
(Dec.) Conrad of Hohenstaufen elected anti-king at Spires.
1128 (June) Marriage of the
Empress Matilda to Geoffrey Plantagenet. (Aug.) Roger II of Sicily invested
with the duchy of Apulia by Pope Honorius II.
1128 The Emperor John Comnenus
defeats the Hungarians near Haram.
1130 Disputed election of
Innocent II and Anacletus II as Pope. Count Roger II crowned King of Sicily at
Palermo (25 Dec.).
1131 The Gilbertine Order
founded at Sempringham in Lincolnshire.
1131-1144 Fulk King of
Jerusalem.
1133 (4 June) Lothar III
crowned as Emperor at Rome by Pope Innocent II.
1135 (Mar.) The Diet of Bamberg
ends the conflict between the Emperor Lothar III and the Hohenstaufen.
1137 (May) Roger II of Sicily's
fleet defeated off Trani. (4 Dec.) Death of the Emperor Lothar III.
1137-1138 Campaign of John
Comnenus in Cilicia and Syria.
1138 (2:5 Jan.) Death of the
anti-Pope Anacletus II. (3 Mar.) Conrad III elected King of Germany. (Aug.)
Battle of the Standard near Northallertou.
1137-1180 Reign of Louis VII of
France.
1139 Second Lateran Council.
Innocent II makes the Augustinian Rule compulsory on Canons Regular. Matilda
lands in England. Outbreak of civil war. (22 July) Pope Innocent II defeated
and captured by the Normans at the battle of the Garigliano.
1140 Condemnation of Ahelard at
Sens at the instance of St Bernard.
1141 (2 Feb.) Stephen taken
prisoner at the battle of Lincoln. (3 Mar.) The Empress Matilda proclaimed
Queen of England. Death of Hugh of St Victor. 1141 Compilation of Gratian's
Decretum.
1143-1180 Reign of Manuel I
Comnenus. Communal rising at Rome. Foundation of the new city of Lubeck.
1143-1144 Celestine II Pope.
1144 (2.5 Dec.) The Muslims
capture Edessa.
1144-1145 Lucius II Pope.
1144-1163 Baldwin III King of
Jerusalem.
1145-1153 Eugenius III Pope.
1146 (31 Mar.) St Bernard
preaches the Second Crusade at the assembly at Vezelay.
1147-1149 The Second Crusade.
1147-1149 War with Roger II of
Sicily.
1147 Wendish massacre at
LĂĽbeck. The Wendish Crusade. Disasters to the Crusaders in Asia Minor.
1148 Matilda leaves England.
(July) Defeat of the Crusaders before Damascus. Trial of Gilbert de la Porree
before the Pope at Rheims. The De Consideratione of St Bernard.
1150 Henry becomes Duke of
Normandy.
1151 (13 Jan.) Death of Suger,
Abbot of St Denis. The Byzantines at Ancona. (7 Sept ) Death of Geoffrey
Plantagenet. Henry of Normandy succeeds to Anjou and Maine.
1152 (15 Feb.) Death of Conrad
III. (4 Mar.) Election of Frederick Barbarossa as King of Germany at Frankfort.
(May) Marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry of Anjou.
1152-1154 Hungarian War.
1153 (Mar.) Treaty of Constance
between Frederick Barbarossa and Pope Eugenius III. Occupation of Bona. Norman
dominion in Africa reaches its greatest extent. (Nov.) Treaty of Wallingford
between Stephen and Henry of Anjou.
1154 Death of Roger II of
Sicily. (2.5 Oct.) Death of Stephen of England.
1154-1155 (Oct.) Frederick
Barbarossa's first expedition to Italy.
1154-1159 Hadrian IV Pope.
1154-1166 William I King of
Sicily.
1154-1189 Henry 11 King of
England.
1155 Execution of Arnold of
Brescia. (18 June) Frederick Barbarossa crowned Emperor at Rome by Pope Hadrian
IV.
1156 (28 May) The Normans
defeat the Byzantines at Brindisi. Treaty of Benevento between the Kingdom of
Sicily and the Papacy. (17 Sept.) Diet of Ratisbon establishes the power of
Henry the Lion and creates the duchy of Austria.
1157 (Oct.) Diet of Besancon.
1158 Campaign of Manuel
Comnenus in Syria. Peace between the Emperor Manuel and William I, King of
Sicily. (July) Second expedition of Frederick Barbarossa to Italy. Surrender of
Milan. Diet of Roncaglia.
1159 His solemn entry into
Antioch ; zenith of his power. Revolt of Milan. (7 Sept.) Disputed election of
Alexander Ill and Victor IV as Pope.
1160 (Jan.) Capture of
Mandiyah. End of the Norman dominion in Africa. (Feb.) Synod of Pavia.
Frederick Barbarossa recognises the anti-Pope Victor IV.
1160-1162 Final subjection of
the Wends by Henry the Lion.
1162 (Mar.) Capture and
destruction of Milan by Frederick Barbarossa. Becket appointed Archbishop of
Canterbury.
1163-1174 Amaury I King of
Jerusalem.
1163 Expulsion of the Greeks
from Cilicia.
1164 (Jan.) Constitutions of
Clarendon. Battle of Harim.(Apr.) Death of the anti-Pope Victor IV. The Order
of the Knights of Calatrava approved by Pope Alexander III. 1164 Death of Peter
the Lombard.
1165 (23 Nov.) Pope Alexander
III enters Rome supported by Norman troops.
1166 Assize of Clarendon. The
Carta of Henry II of England.
1166-1168 Frederick
Barbarossa's fourth expedition to Italy.
1166-1189 William II King of
Sicily.
1167 Beginnings of the Lombard
League. Milan rebuilt. (24 July) Frederick Barbarossa begins the siege of Rome.
(Aug.) The German army driven from Rome by pestilence.
1168 Annexation of Dalmatia.
1169 Conquest of Egypt for
Nar-ad-Din of Damascus.
1170 The Inquest of Sheriffs.
(Aug.) Strongbow lands in Ireland. (29 Dec.) Murder of Becket in Canterbury
Cathedral.
1170 The Emperor Manuel
attempts to re-unite the Greek and Armenian Churches. Rise of the Universities.
1171 Foundation of the Order of
the Knights of Santiago. Rupture of Manuel with Venice.
1171-1172 Henry II visits
Ireland, and receives general submission.
1173 Frederick Barbarossa
besieges Ancona.
1173-1174 Rebellion in England.
1174-1177 Frederick
Barbarossa's fifth expedition to Italy.
1174-1185 Baldwin IV King of
Jerusalem.
1174-1193 Reign of Saladin.
1176 Battle of
Myriocephalum. (29 May) Defeat of Frederick Barbarossa at Legnano. Treaty
of Anagni between the Emperor and the Pope. End of the Papal schism. Assize of
Northampton.
1177 (23 July) Treaty of
Venice.
1179 (Mar.) Third Lateran
Council.
1180 (13 Apr.) Diet of
Gelnhausen. Partition of the Duchy of Saxony. (24 June) Diet of Ratisbou.
Partition of the Duchy of Bavaria. Death of John of Salisbury.
1180-1183 Reign of Alexius II
Comnenus.
1180 Foundation of the Serbian
monarchy by Stephen Nemanja.
1181 Submission and exile of
Henry the Lion.
1181-1185 Lucius III Pope.
1182 Massacre of Latins in
Constantinople.
1183 (June) The Peace of
Constance. (Sept.) Andronicus I Comnenus becomes joint Emperor. (Nov.) Murder
of Alexius II.
1184 Diet of Mayence. (Sept.)
Frederick Barbarossa's sixth journey to Italy.
1185 The Normans take
Thessalonica. Deposition and death of Andronicus ; accession of Isaac II
Angelus. Failure of William II of Sicily's invasion of the Eastern Empire.
1185-1187 Urban III Pope.
1185-1186 Baldwin V King of
Jerusalem.
1185-1219 Reign of Leo II the
Great of Cilicia.
1186 (27 Jan.) Marriage of
Henry VI of Germany to Constance of Sicily. 6 Second Bulgarian Empire founded.
1187 (4 July) Defeat of the
Christians in Syria at klittin. (3 Oct.) Jerusalem taken by Saladin.
(Oct.-Dec.) Gregory VIII Pope.
1187-1191 Clement Ill Pope.
1188 The Saladin Tithe.
1189 The Third Crusade. (3
Apr.) Peace of Strasbourg between Pope and Emperor. (May) Frederick Barbarossa
goes on the Crusade. (6 July) Death of Henry II of England. (18 Nov.) Death of
William 11 of Sicily. Sack of Thessalonica.
1189-1192 Third Crusade.
1190 Death of Frederick
Barbarossa in the East. Isaac Angelus defeated by the Bulgarians. (Jan.)
Tancred of Lecce crowned King of Sicily. (10 June) Death of the Emperor
Frederick Barbarossa. Foundation of the Teutonic Order.
1191 (15 Apr.) Imperial
coronation of Henry VI. Third Crusade. Occupation of Cyprus by Richard
Coeur-de-Lion. The Crusaders recover Acre (12 July). (7 Sept.) Richard
Coeur-de-Lion defeats Saladin at Ars0f.
1191-1198 Celestine III Pope.
1192 Guy de Lusignan purchases
Cyprus from Richard I.
1192 (June) Concordat of
Gravina. Truce with Saladin.
1193 (14 Feb.) Richard
Coeur-de-Lion surrendered to the Emperor by Duke Leopold of Austria. (Feb.)
Death of Saladin. The Knights of St John initiate the movement for a new
Crusade.
1193-1205 Reign of the Doge
Enrico Dandolo.
1194 (3 Feb.) Release of
Richard Coeur-de-Lion. (20 Feb.) Death of Tancred, King of Sicily. (Mar.)
Reconciliation between the Emperor Henry VI and the Welfs at Tilleda. (26 Dec.)
Henry VI crowned King of Sicily. End of the Norman dominion.
1195 Deposition of Isaac II;
accession of Alexius III Angelus. (6 Aug.) Death of Henry the Lion.
1196 (Apr.) Diet of WĂĽnthurg.
Henry VI attempts to make the German kingship hereditary. (Dec.) His son
Frederick chosen king at Frankfort.
1197 (28 Sept.) Death of the Emperor
Henry VI.
1197-1207 The Bulgarian Tsar
Johannitsa (Kalojan).
1198 (12 Dec.) Death of
Averroes.
1201 (April) Fourth Crusade.
The Crusaders' treaty with Venice. (May) Boniface of Montferrat elected leader
of the Crusade.
1203 (17 July) The Crusaders
enter Constantinople. Deposition of Alexius III; restoration of Isaac II with
Alexius IV Angelus.
1203-1227 Empire of Genghis
Khan.
1204 (8 Feb.) Deposition of
Isaac II and Alexius IV; accession of Alexius V Ducas (Mourtzouphlos). (13
April) Sack of Constantinople. (16 May) Coronation of Baldwin, Count of
Flanders, and foundation of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. The compulsory
union of the Eastern and Western Churches. The Venetians purchase the island of
Crete. Alexius Comnenus founds the state of Trebizond.
1205 (14 April) The Bulgarians
defeat the Emperor Baldwin I at Hadrianople.
1206 (21 Aug.) Henry of
Flanders crowned Latin Emperor of Constantinople. Theodore I Lascaris crowned
Emperor of Nicaea.
1208 Peace with the Bulgarians.
1210 Latin translations from
Aristotle's Metaphysics in the West. The study of certain books of Aristotle
forbidden to the University of Paris. The Turks of Rum defeated on the Maeander
by Theodore Lascaris.
1212 Peace with Nicaea.
1215 The Fourth Lateran
Council.
1216 Death of the Emperor
Henry, and succession of Peter of Courtenay.
1217 Stephen crowned King of
Serbia.
1218 Death of Geoffrey of
Villehardouin, Prince of Achaia.
1219 Creation of a separate
Serbian Church. The Fifth Crusade. (5 Nov.) The Crusaders capture Damietta. St
Francis of Assisi in Egypt.
1221 Restoration of Damietta to
the Saracens.
1221-1228 Reign of Robert of
Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople.
1222 Recovery of Thessalonica
by the Greeks of Epirus. Death of Theodore Lascaris, Emperor of Nicaea.
Accession of John III Vatatzes. First appearance of the Mongols in Europe.
1224 The Emperor of Nicaea
occupies Hadrianople.
1226 The Teutonic Order
undertakes the conquest of the heathen Prussians.
1228 Death of Stephen, the
first King of Serbia. Frederick II recovers Jerusalem.
1228-1237 Reign of John of
Brienne, Latin Emperor of Constantinople.
1230 Destruction of the Greek
Empire of Thessalonica by the Bulgarians.
1234 Fall of the Kin Dynasty in
China.
1235 Revival of the Bulgarian
Patriarchate.
1236 Constantinople attacked by
the Greeks and Bulgarians. Alliance between the Armenians and the Mongols.
1237 Invasion of Europe by the
Mongols.
1237-1261 Reign of Baldwin II,
last Latin Emperor of Constantinople.
1241 Battles of Liegnitz and
Mohi. Death of John Asén II; the decline of Bulgaria begins.
1244 (23 Aug.) The Ellwarazmian
Turks capture Jerusalem. (17 Oct.) Defeat of the Franks at Gaza. The Despotat
of Thessalonica becomes a vassal of Nicaea.
1245 Council of Lyons.
1246 Reconquest of Macedonia
from the Bulgarians.
1248-54 St Louis' First
Crusade.
1252 William of Rubruquis sent
on a mission to the Great Khan.
1253 Pope Innocent IV forms the
first Missionary Society since the conversion of the West.
1254 Alfonso of Castile issues
the Fuero Real. (30 Oct.) Death of John Vatatzes; Theodore II Lascaris succeeds
as Emperor of Nicaea. Submission of the Despot of Epirus to Nicaea. Mamluk
Sultans in Egypt.
1255-1256 Theodore II's
Bulgarian campaigns.
1256 Overthrow of the Assassins
by the Mongols.
1256-1265 Compilation of the
Partidas.
1258 Death of Theodore II
Lascaris. Accession of John IV Lascaris. Destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols
and overthrow of the Caliphate.
1259 (1 Jan.) Michael VIII
Palaeologus proclaimed Emperor of Nicaea.
1259-1294 Reign of Kublai Khan.
1260 The Egyptians defeat the
Mongols at Ain Jou.
1261 (25 July) Capture of
Constantinople by the Greeks; end of the Latin Empire.
1261-1530 Abbasid Caliphate in
Cairo.
1266 (Feb.) Charles of Anjou's
victory over Manfred at Benevento.
1267 (27 May) Treaty of Viterbo.
Progress of Charles of Anjou in Epirus.
1268 Capture of Jaffa and
Antioch by the Mamluk Sultan Baibars.
1270 St Louis IX of France
starts on his Second Crusade. (25 Aug.) Death of St Louis.
1273-1314 Missionary activity
of Raymond Lull.
1274 Ecumenical Council at
Lyons; union of the Churches again achieved. (7 Mar.) Death of St Thomas
Aquinas.
1276 Leo III of Cilicia defeats
the Mamluks.
1277 Siger of Brabant condemned
by the Inquisition of France.
1278 Leo III of Cilicia defeats
the Seljaqs of Iconium.
1280 Death of Albert of Cologne
(Albertus Magnus).
1281 Joint Mongol and Armenian
forces defeated by the Mamluks on the Orontes. (18 Nov.) Excommunication of
Michael Palaeologus; breach of the Union. Victory of the Berat over the
Angevins.
1282 (30 May) The Sicilian
Vespers. (11 Dec.) Death of Michael Palaeologus. Accession of Andronicus II. c.
1290 Foundation of Wallachia.
1286 Death of William of
Moerbeke, the translator from the Greek.
1289 Capture of Tripolis by the
Mamluk Sultan Qald'an.
1291 (18 May) Storm of Acre by
the Mamluks. End of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1294 Death of Roger Bacon.
1298 Boniface VIII's Decretals
(the Sext).
1299 Osman, Emir of the Ottoman
Turks.
1302 Osman's victory at
Baphaeum. End of the alliance between the Armenians and the Mongols.
1302-1311 The Catalan Grand
Company in the East.
1308 Turks enter Europe.
Capture of Ephesus by the Turks.
1308 Death of Duns Scotus.
1309 Capture of Rhodes from the
Turks by the Knights of St John. 1311 Battle of the Cephisus.
1326 Brasa surrenders to the
Ottoman Turks. (Nov.) Death of Osman.
1326-1359 Reign of Orkhan.
1328-1341 Reign of Andronicus
III Palaeologus.
1329 The Ottomans capture
Nicaea.
1330 (28 June) Defeat of the
Bulgarians by the Serbians at the battle of Velbuhl.
1331 (8 Sept.) Coronation of
Stephen Dugan as King of Serbia.
1335 Pope Benedict XII issues
new constitutions for White monks (Cistercians).
1336 Birth of Timur.
1336 New constitutions issued
for Black monks (Benedictines and Cluniacs).
1337 The Ottomans capture
Nicomedia. Conquest of Cilicia by the Mamluks.
1341 Succession of John V
Palaeologus. Rebellion of John Cantacuzene. 1342-1344 Guy of Lusignan King of
Cilicia. 1342-1349 Revolution of the Zealots at Thessalonica.
1344-1363 Reign of Constantine
IV in Cilicia. 1345 Stephen Dugan conquers Macedonia.
1346 Stephen Dugan crowned
Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks.
1347 John VI Cantacuzene takes
Constantinople.
1348 Foundation of the Despotat
of Mistra.
1349 Independence of Moldavia.
1350 Serbo-Greek treaty.
1354 The Turks take Gallipoli.
1355 Abdication of John VI
Cantacuzene. Restoration of John V. (20 Dec.) Death of Stephen Dusan.
1356 The Turks begin to settle
in Europe.
1357 The Turks capture
Hadrianople.
1359-1389 Reign of Murad I.
1360 Formation of the
Janissaries from tribute-children.
1363-1373 Reign of Constantine
V in Cilicia.
1365 The Turks establish their
capital at Hadrianople.
1368 Foundation of the Ming
dynasty in China.
1369 (21 Oct.) John V abjures
the schism.
1371 (26 Sept.) Battle of the
Maritza. Death of Stephen Uros V.
1373 The Emperor John V becomes
the vassal of the Sultan Mural.
1373-1393 Leo VI of Lusignan,
the last King of Armenia.
1375 Capture and exile of Leo
VI of Armenia.
1376-1379 Rebellion of
Andronicus IV. Coronation of Tvrtko as King of the Serbs and Bosnia.
1379 Restoration of John V.
1382 Death of Louis the Great
of Hungary.
1387 Turkish defeat on the
Toplica. Surrender of Thessalonica to the Turks.
1389 (15 June) Battle of
Kossovo; fall of the Serbian Empire.
1389-1403 Reign of Bayazid.
1390 Usurpation of John VII
Palaeologus.
1391 Death of John V. Accession
of Manuel II Palaeologus. (23 Mar.) Death of Tvrtko I. Capture of Philadelphia
by the Turks. 1393 Turkish conquest of Thessaly. (17 July) Capture of Trnovo ;
end of the Bulgarian Empire.
1394 (10 Oct.) Turkish victory
at Rovine in Wallachia.
1395 The Congregation (reformed
Canons) of Windesheim founded in Germany.
1396 (25 Sept.) Battle of
Nicopolis.
1397 Bayazid attacks
Constantinople.
1398 The Turks invade Bosnia.
Timur invades India and sacks Delhi.
1401 Timur sacks Baghdad.
1402 (28 July) Timur defeats
the Ottoman Sultan Bayazid at Angora.
1402-1413 Civil war among the
Ottoman Turks.
1403 (21 Nov.) Second battle of
Kossovo.
1405 Death of Timur.
1409 Council of Pisa.
1413-1421 Reign of Mahomet I.
1413 (10 July) Turkish victory
at Chamorla.
1416 The Turks declare war on
Venice. (29 May) Turkish fleet defeated off Gallipoli.
1418 Death of Mircea the Great
of Wallachia.
1421 The reformed Benedictine
congregation of Santa Giustina founded in Italy.
1421-1451 Reign of Murad II.
1422 Siege of Constantinople by
the Turks.
1423 Turkish expedition into
the Morea. Thessalonica purchased by Venice.
1423-1448 Reign of John VIII
Palaeologus.
1426 Battle of Choirokoitia.
1430 Capture of Thessalonica by
the Turks.
1431 Council of Basle opens.
1432 Death of the last Frankish
Prince of Achaia.
1438 (9 April) Opening of the
Council of Ferrara.
1439 (10 Jan.) The Council of
Ferrara removed to Florence.
(6 July) The Union of Florence.
Completion of the Turkish conquest of Serbia.
1440 The Turks besiege
Belgrade.
1441 John Hunyadi appointed
voivode of Transylvania.
1443-1468 Skanderbeg's war of
independence against the Turks.
1444 (July) Peace of Szegedin.
(10 Nov.) Battle of Varna.
1446 Turkish invasion of the
Morea.
1448 (17 Oct.) Third battle of
Kossovo. Accession of Constantine XI Palaeologus.
1451 Accession of Mahomet II.
1453 (29 May) Capture of
Constantinople by the Turks.
1456 The Turks again besiege
Belgrade.
1457 Stephen the Great succeeds
in Moldavia.
1458 The Turks capture Athens.
1459 Final end of medieval
Serbia.
1461 Turkish conquest of
Trebizond.
1462-1479 War between Venice
and the Turks.
1463 Turkish conquest of
Bosnia.
1468 Turkish conquest of
Albania.
1475 Stephen the Great of
Moldavia defeats the Turks at Racova
1479 Venice cedes Scutari to
the Turks.
1484 The Montenegrin capital
transferred to Cetinje
1489 Venice acquires Cyprus
1495 Erection of the
Reichskammergericht and final Reception of Roman Law in Germany.
1499 Renewal of Turco-Venetian
War
1517Conquest of Egypt by the
Turks.
1523 Conquest of Rhodes by the
Turks.
1537-1540 Third Turco-Venetian
War.