Dark Ages Timeline By jbakerguitar 500 The second phase of migrations: Slavic tribes, Turks, Avars, Hunes, Arabs, Vikings 527 Justinian I. was eastern Roman emperor 552 End of Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy Jan 7, 600 Climax of Teotihuacan Culture Jan 7, 622 Muhammed emigrated to Medina: start of the Muslim calendar Jan 7, 623 The first Slav state in Central Europe Jan 7, 630 Muhammed conquered Mecca Jan 7, 700 Climax of the Zapotec Culture Jan 7, 711 Moors invaded Spain Jan 7, 732 Battle of Tours: Charles Martel defeated an Arab army Jan 7, 751 Carolingians deposed Merovings Jan 7, 754 Beginning of the State of the Vatican City Jan 7, 756 Caliphate of Córdoba was founded Jan 7, 1000 The Kingdom of Hungary was established Jan 7, 1025 Boleslaw I the Brave became first Polish King Jan 7, 1040 Beginning of reign of the Seljuk Turks in Central Asia and the Middle East Jan 7, 1054 The East-West Schism Jan 7, 1061 The Normans conquered Sicily and South Italy Jan 7, 1066 Duke William II of Normandy, conquered England Jan 7, 1096 First Crusade Jan 7, 1122 Concordat of Worms: resolution of Investiture of Controversy Jan 7, 1139 Foundation of Portugal kingdom Jan 7, 1146 Second Crusade Jan 7, 1187 Sultan Saladin conquered Jerusalem Jan 7, 1189 Third Crusade Jan 7, 1189 Richard the Lionheart was king of England Jan 7, 1192 Shogun in Japan Jan 7, 1202 Fourth Crusade Jan 7, 1204 Normandy was recaptured from England by Philip II. of France Jan 7, 1206 Timujin was proclaimed Genghis Khan and started expansion of the Mongols Jan 7, 1212 Children's Crusade Jan 7, 1215 Mongols under Genghis Khan conquered Beijing Jan 7, 1215 Magna Carta limited the power of English Monarchs Jan 7, 1217 Serbia became a kingdom under Stefan the First Crowned Jan 7, 1217 Fifth Crusade Jan 7, 1221 Mongols conquer northern Tibet Jan 7, 1223 Battle at Kalka River: Mongols defeated Kievan Rus' Jan 7, 1227 Genghis Khan died Jan 7, 1228 Sixth Crusade Jan 7, 1232 Start of Catholic Inquisition Jan 7, 1241 Mongols attacked Poland and Hungary Jan 7, 1243 The Golden Horde state in present Russia was established Jan 7, 1248 Seventh Crusade Jan 7, 1250 Mamluks conquered reign in Egypt Jan 7, 1266 Marco Polo reached the Mongol capital Khanbaliq, now known as Beijing, China Jan 7, 1270 Eighth Crusade Jan 7, 1291 Beginning of Switzerland state Jan 7, 1300 Ottoman I. established the Ottoman Dynasty Jan 7, 1309 Avignon Papacy Jan 7, 1320 Poland was reunified Jan 7, 1328 Scotland became independent Jan 7, 1328 Moscow became the center of power Jan 7, 1337 the Hundred Years War between France and England Jan 7, 1347 Great Plague known as Black Death in Europe Jan 7, 1356 Hanseatic League Jan 7, 1368 the Ming Dynasty Jan 7, 1371 Robert Stuart established the Stuart Dynasty Jan 7, 1396 Ottomans conquer Bulgaria Jan 7, 1397 The Kalmar Union unified Norway, Sweden and Denmark Jan 7, 1455 The Wars of the Roses, England Jan 7, 1489 Papal Bull Summis desiderantes: outbreak of witchcraft Jan 7, 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America Jan 7, 1500 Portuguese reached Brasil Mar 2, 2022 Magyars(Hungarians) appeared in Europe Mar 2, 2022 Foundation of Benedictinian monestery in Monte Cassino Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty in China Mar 2, 2022 Kalif Omar conquered Jerusalem Mar 2, 2022 Greek fire was first used Mar 2, 2022 The first Bulgarian state Mar 2, 2022 Office of doge of Venice was instituded Mar 2, 2022 The Reconquista in Iberian Peninsula Mar 2, 2022 Charles the Great was the king of the Franks Mar 2, 2022 The Viking Age Mar 2, 2022 The Treaty of Verdun: Carolingian Empire is divided in three parts Mar 2, 2022 First historical Premyslid Duke Borivoj I. was baptised Mar 2, 2022 The Battle of Edington: Alfred the Great defeated Vikings Mar 2, 2022 The foundation of Kievan Rus Mar 2, 2022 Bohemia gained independence from the Great Moravia Mar 2, 2022 Otto I. the Great: first Holy Roman Emperor Mar 2, 2022 Song Dynasty in China Mar 2, 2022 Eric the Red reached Greenland Mar 2, 2022 Hugh Capet is king of France and beginner of Capetian Dynasty (end of Carolingian Dynasty) Mar 2, 2022 Mieszko I, first Polish ruler was baptized Mar 2, 2022 Charles the Great is crowned as Emperor of the Romans