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Byzantine timeline

  • Period: 300 to Jan 1, 1500

    Byzantine timeline

  • Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital
    324

    Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital

    Emperor Constantine reinaugiated the capital city of Rome to the capital city of Byzantine.
  • Nika revolt
    532

    Nika revolt

    It was the most violent riot ever in Constantinople. The city was burned and destroyed, thousands of people were killed.
  • General Belisarius Military Campaigns
    533

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns

    Belisarius held military campaigns against the Vandals and the Ostrogoths He was rewarded with a land and sea exhibition against the Vandals kingdom.
  • Hagia Sophia Completed
    537

    Hagia Sophia Completed

    Hagia Sophia used to be a Christian patriarchal basilica. It later became an imperial mosque. Today it is a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
    Jan 1, 634

    Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory

    In the 630s, tons of Arabs came from The Arab Penninusla, so Byzantium's southern province decreased because of the Muslims. In the next 50 years the Muslims and Byzantine fought. Byzantine's capital was threatened twice.
  • Great Schism
    Jan 1, 1054

    Great Schism

    The East-West Schism, between the Eastern and Western church.
  • Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II for military help in Middle East
    Nov 27, 1095

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II for military help in Middle East

    Emperor Alexis I asked Popr Urban II if the western volunteers could come and help him keep out the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia.
  • Forth crusade
    Jan 22, 1202

    Forth crusade

    A Western European armed exposition intended to conquer Jerusalem. Then most of the crusade made an agreement with the Byzantine prince to go and conquer Constantinople instead.
  • Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
    May 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

    An Ottoman army entered Constantinople and entered the Hagia Sophia. Emperor Constantine XI was killed in the battle.
  • Emperor Basil II military conquests of Bulgaria

    Emperor Basil II military conquests of Bulgaria

    There were conflicts between the Bulgarian Empire and Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines conquered Bulgaria and gained control over the whole Balkan Peninsula.