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Byzantine timeline

  • byzantine capital
    324

    byzantine capital

    Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine Capital, Constabtinople.
  • Nika Revolt!
    532

    Nika Revolt!

    The most violent riot in the history of Constantinople, wich took place in one week.
  • Hagia Sophia
    537

    Hagia Sophia

    THe first of many churches built by constatine, though the Hagia Sophia has been rebuilt many times after the first time.
  • Emperor Basil II
    Feb 16, 1018

    Emperor Basil II

    Conquests into Bulgaria
  • Great schism
    Feb 16, 1054

    Great schism

    Also know as east-west schism. It ended with a division between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholicism.
  • Alexios needs help
    Nov 27, 1095

    Alexios needs help

    Emperor Alexios I contancts Pope Urban for military help in the Middle east.
  • fourth crusade
    Oct 5, 1202

    fourth crusade

    This was to win back the holy city of Jerusalem.
  • Fall of Constantinople
    Feb 15, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    This was when the Ottoman Turks finally took control of Constantinople (this was the official end of the Byzantines).
  • Belisarius military campaigns
    Feb 16, 1535

    Belisarius military campaigns