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Period: 300 to Feb 9, 1500
History of Byzantines
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330
Emperor Constantine 1 Founded The Byzantine Capital
Constantine rebuild the greek city of Byzantine and renamed it after himself Constantinople and he made it the new capital -
532
Nika Revolt
Emperor Justinians made decisions that made him unpopular with a lot of people there were five days of riots and in those five days there are many destroyed buildings and deaths -
532
General Belisarius Military Campaigns
He was one of the last important figures in the Roman military he lead Imperial Army is and was a personal bodyguard for Justinian -
537
Hagia Sophia Completed
Justinian rebuilt this church that had been destroyed in the riots. In 532. it had arched domes and colored marble. -
Feb 9, 780
Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
The Turks converted to Islam, and continued to take land away from the Byzantine -
Feb 9, 1001
Emperor basil 2 military conquests of Bulgaria
Emperor Basil II gathered a 30,000 man army to take Bulgaria, aiming for the city Sofia. he one the first but whrn he got home he was ambushed. -
Feb 8, 1054
Great Schism
The east and west split between the Roman Catholic Church is into two different churches that Eastern in the western -
Nov 27, 1095
Emperor Alexios 1 contacts pope urban 2 for military help in the middle east
Alexius I is best known in history as the Byzantine emperor whose call for help against the Turks and Islam was taken up by Urban II the western pope and spiritual leader of the Catholic Church -
Feb 9, 1202
Fourth Crusade
The Fourth Crusade was a Western European armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III, originally intended to conquer Muslim controlled Jerusalem by invading through Egypt. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the ottoman turks
Varna opened the way for the final onslaught on the Byzantine empire. The city of Constantine, Constantinople, fell to the hands of the Ottoman Turks
