Byzantine Timeline

  • Period: 300 to Dec 31, 1500

    Byzantine

  • Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital
    330

    Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital

    Constantine discovered Byzantine and named the capital after himself; Constantinople.
  • Nika Revolt
    532

    Nika Revolt

    An uprising was caused after violence threatened the spectators of Chariot Racing.
  • Hagia Sophia Completed
    532

    Hagia Sophia Completed

    The church in Constantinople served as a Cathedra of the city. It is the rebuilt version of the church.
  • General Belisarius military campaigns
    533

    General Belisarius military campaigns

    Belisarius was rewarded by Justinian with the command of a land and sea expedition against the Vandal Kingdom.
  • Great Schism
    Jan 1, 1054

    Great Schism

    The event of that divided Christianity into Western and Eastern Orthodoxy. The primary cause was disputes over papal authority.
  • Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II
    Jan 1, 1095

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II

    Alexios was so desperate he sent a letter to Pope Urban to help fight against the Seljuk Turks. Alexios claimed that if Urban didn't help him that all of Asia and Byzantium would fall in the hands of the Turks including, physical and spiritual treasures.
  • Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
    Jan 1, 1096

    Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory

    Fought a series of wars for supremacy in the Eastern Mediterranean which caused Islam to spread rapidly.
  • Fourth Crusade
    Jan 1, 1202

    Fourth Crusade

    Western European armed expedition intended to conquer Jerusalem which was currently controlled by Muslims.
  • Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
    Jan 1, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

    The capture of the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by the attack of the Ottoman Turks. Transferred Ottoman Empire to Constantinople but server Greeks fled to Italy.
  • Emperor Basil II military campaigns into Byzantine territory

    Emperor Basil II military campaigns into Byzantine territory

    Basil lead 30,000 men into Bulgaria. Basil conquered Bulgaria.