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Carter's Medival timeline

By carthill212
  • Period: 570 to Feb 23, 632

    The life of Muhammed

  • Jun 7, 622

    The Hegira

    Muhammed flees from Mecca to Medina ( Year one in Muslim reckoning. )
  • Oct 9, 630

    Muhammed and his followers occupy Mecca

    Muhhamed belived Islam teachings should be forced, so he took followers to enforce the religion.
  • Period: Oct 17, 632 to Sep 3, 661

    Caliphs conqer Persia and the Near East

  • Oct 21, 661

    Umayyad dynasty of caliphs established in Damascus

  • Dec 20, 711

    Umayyad caliphs invade and and conquer spain

  • Period: Jan 14, 714 to

    Life of Pepin "the short"

  • Aug 29, 732

    Charles Martel halts Islam expasion

    Charles Martel halts the expansion of Islam into Europe during the Battle of Tours ( Also known as the Battle of Poitiers. )
  • Period: Aug 15, 742 to

    life of Charlemange

  • Jan 1, 750

    Muslim empire at its largest

  • Period: Jan 1, 756 to Dec 31, 1031

    Muslim Umayyad dynasty rules over Spain

  • Aug 15, 756

    Pepin confirms his donation

  • Aug 15, 774

    Charlemange confirms Pepin's donation

  • Period: Aug 15, 775 to

    Egbert the Saxon

  • Aug 22, 1016

    Leif " The Lucky " Ericson leads the expidition in discovering North America

  • Period: Sep 5, 1020 to Sep 5, 1085

    Life of Hidebrand of Soana

    Later named Pope Gregory VII
  • Sep 5, 1059

    The College of Cardinals is created to elect popes

  • Aug 22, 1066

    William the coqueror invades and takes over England in the great battle of Hastings

  • Period: Sep 5, 1073 to Sep 5, 1085

    Pope Gregory VII Reforms the church

    He also asserts papacy supremacy over emperors and kings
  • Sep 5, 1076

    Emperor Henry IV submits to Gregory VII

  • Period: Sep 5, 1084 to Sep 5, 1106

    Henry IV is Holy Roman Emperor

  • Sep 26, 1093

    Anslem becomes archbishob of Canterbury

  • Sep 26, 1095

    Urban II calls for crusades to Holy Lands

  • Period: Sep 26, 1096 to Sep 26, 1099

    First Crusades

  • Sep 26, 1150

    Universities of Paris and Oxford are founded

  • Sep 5, 1170

    Thomas a Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral

  • Period: Sep 26, 1179 to Sep 26, 1223

    Philip II Augustus

  • Period: Sep 26, 1189 to Sep 26, 1192

    Richard I rules England

  • Period: Sep 26, 1189 to Sep 26, 1192

    Third Crusade

  • Period: Sep 26, 1198 to Sep 26, 1216

    Inocent III brings Papal power to its height

  • Period: Sep 26, 1199 to Sep 26, 1216

    John I rules England

  • Period: Sep 26, 1202 to Sep 26, 1204

    Fourth Crusade

  • Feb 28, 1206

    Genghis Khan declared supreme monarch of the Mongols

  • Oct 3, 1215

    Mongols defeat the Ch'in empire in northern China and capture Peking

  • Aug 13, 1245

    Pope Innocent IV sends monks to convert the mongols

  • Apr 2, 1254

    Marco Polo is born in Venice, Italy

  • Sep 30, 1256

    Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire

  • Period: Nov 5, 1260 to Jun 29, 1269

    First trading journey of Niccolo and Mafeo Polo

  • Period: Oct 18, 1268 to Oct 18, 1314

    Philip IV of France

  • Oct 3, 1271

    Pope Gregory X is elected

    The Polo brothers bring Marco with them.
  • Period: Oct 3, 1275 to Oct 3, 1292

    The Polos are members of the court of Kublai Khan

    Marco serves as a Roving ambassador
  • Period: Oct 18, 1294 to Oct 18, 1303

    Pope Boniface VIII

  • Oct 3, 1295

    Polos return to Venice after 24 years' absence

  • Period: Oct 3, 1298 to Oct 3, 1299

    Marco is captured at the naval battle of Curzola

  • Period: Oct 18, 1305 to Oct 18, 1314

    Pope Clement V

  • Period: Oct 18, 1305 to Oct 18, 1377

    Babylonian captivity

  • Oct 3, 1307

    Pope Clement V forbids all trading with the Muslims

  • Period: Oct 26, 1320 to Oct 26, 1384

    Life of John Wycliffe

  • Oct 3, 1324

    Marco dies in Venice at age 70

  • Period: Oct 18, 1327 to Oct 18, 1377

    Edward III of England

  • Period: Oct 18, 1328 to Oct 18, 1350

    Philip VI

  • Period: Oct 18, 1337 to Oct 18, 1453

    Hundred Years' War

  • Oct 18, 1346

    Battle of Crecy

  • Period: Oct 18, 1347 to Oct 18, 1352

    Black death sweeps Europe

  • Oct 18, 1350

    Battle of Portiers

  • Period: Oct 18, 1350 to Oct 18, 1364

    King John of France

  • Period: Oct 18, 1364 to Oct 18, 1380

    Charles VI of France

  • Oct 3, 1368

    The Chinese recapture China from the Mongols

    The Ming Dynasty begins.
  • Period: Oct 26, 1369 to Oct 26, 1415

    Jan Hus

  • Period: Oct 18, 1377 to Oct 18, 1399

    Richard II of France

  • Period: Oct 18, 1378 to Oct 18, 1417

    Great Schism

  • Period: Oct 18, 1380 to Oct 18, 1422

    Charles VI of France

  • Oct 26, 1382

    John Wyclffe finishes translation on english bible

  • Period: Oct 26, 1391 to Oct 26, 1468

    Life of Johannes Gutenberg

  • Period: Oct 18, 1413 to Oct 18, 1422

    Henry V

  • Oct 18, 1415

    Treaty of Troyes

  • Oct 18, 1415

    Battle of Agincourt

  • Oct 26, 1415

    Jan Hus is burned at stake

  • Period: Oct 18, 1422 to Oct 18, 1461

    Henry VI of England

  • Oct 26, 1455

    Gutenburg finishes printing press

  • Oct 26, 1455

    First battle of the Rose parties occurs at St. Albans

  • Period: Oct 26, 1455 to Oct 26, 1485

    War of the Roses

  • Oct 26, 1461

    Edward IV and Henry VI both claim the throne

  • Oct 26, 1471

    After the Battle of Barnet, Edward IV retakes throne

  • Oct 26, 1477

    Marco Polo's A Desription of the World is printed at Nuremburg

  • Oct 26, 1483

    Richard III murders Edward V and his brother

  • Oct 26, 1485

    The Battle of Bosworth Fields ends the war of the roses

    Henry Tudor establishes the Tudor Dynasty

  • Charlemange is crowned emperor of Rome

  • Stratsbourg oaths take place

  • Treaty of Verdun splits Charlemagne's kingdom in three

  • Alfred the great forces the Danish Vikings to withdraw

  • Eric the Red moves from Iceland to Greenland

  • Orthodox Christianity becomes the principal religion of the Rus

  • Otto I defeats the Magyars in the battle of Lechfeld

    The Magyars then found Hungary
  • Period: to Aug 2, 1492

    Medieval Ages

  • Period: to Mar 14, 741

    Life of Charles Martel

  • Period: to Aug 22, 1066

    The viking age

  • Period: to

    Norwegian Vikings terrorize Ireland and found Dublin

  • Period: to

    Hugh Capet reigns

    Capetian dynasty founded
  • Period: to

    Otto I reigns as Holy Roman Emperor

    He also renders assistance to Pope John XII