Byzantine Timeline

  • Period: 300 to 1500

    Byzantine timespan

  • Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital
    330

    Emperor Constantine I founded the Byzantine capital

    He moved the seat of empire to Constantinople.
  • Nika Revolt
    532

    Nika Revolt

    They were the most violent riots in the city.
  • General Belisarius Military Campaigns
    533

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns

    He was considered a military genius. He demolished the Ostrogothic army in Italy twice.
  • Hagia Sophia Completed
    537

    Hagia Sophia Completed

    A Greek Orthodox Cathedral.
  • Early Islamic Military Campaigns into Byzantine territory
    622

    Early Islamic Military Campaigns into Byzantine territory

    Wars between the Arab Muslims and the Byzantine Empire.
  • Emperor Basil II Military conquests of Bulgaria
    968

    Emperor Basil II Military conquests of Bulgaria

    An invasion of Bulgaria
  • Great Schism
    1054

    Great Schism

    The seperartion of Eastern churches.
  • Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II
    1095

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II

    All Christians in Europe were called to have a war against Muslims to get back “ the Holy Land”.
  • Fourth Crusade
    1204

    Fourth Crusade

    It was a Latin armed expedition that was caused to recapture the city of Jerusalem.
  • Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
    May 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

    It was the capture of the Byzantine empire, to do so they invaded Ottoman army.