Byzantine Timeline

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  • Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital
    330

    Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital

    Constantine I transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantine and then designated his new capital called new Rome
  • General Belisarius Military Campaigns
    532

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns

    He won a lot of wars when he was the commander of the army he would defeat some and the ones he did not defeat the first time he would change the formation and attack plan to beat the the next time.
  • Nika revolt
    532

    Nika revolt

    The Nika Revolt was a devastating riot in the Eastern Roaman Empire it threaten the life of Emperor Justinian
  • Hagia Sophia Completed
    532

    Hagia Sophia Completed

    Hagia Sophia also called church of holy wisdom the cathedral was built in the 6th century under the direction of Justinian I
  • Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
    646

    Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory

    The early Islamic conquest began in the 7 century when the leader established a new unified polity in Arabian Peninsula which in a period of time there was a lot of rapid expansion.
  • Emperor Basil II military conquests of Bulgaria
    986

    Emperor Basil II military conquests of Bulgaria

    Once Basil II had position in Byzantium he gathered up people for his army and marched on the Bulgarian city of Sofia
  • Great Schism
    1054

    Great Schism

    The Great Schism is the break of communion between the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches, this lasted until the 11th century
  • Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II
    1095

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II

    Pope urban II gave a speech that made a rise to the Crusades and calling the Christians in Europe to start a war against the Muslims to reclaim the Holy Land
  • Fourth Crusade
    1204

    Fourth Crusade

    It was a Latin armed expedition that the goal was to recapture Jerusalem part of this was the crusader armies looting and destroying parts of Constantinople
  • Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
    1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

    On may 29 the Ottoman Turks sent an very high powering force that made an opening so there troops could get in the city. They then killed every on inside. Then after the victory the leader moved Ottoman capital to Constantinople.