Medieval

Tacitus, Germannia

100

Critiquing the Roman society by painting the Germanic tribes more advanced than they are.

Edict of Milan

313

prohibited persecution of Christians, making it an official religion

First Council of Nicaea

325

settled disputes about the Christian faith

Sack of Rome

410

by Alaric I, leader of the Visigoths

Theodosius II builds a wall aroung Constantinople

420

and declares it the center of the new Eastern Roman Empire

Merovingian Dynasty

Period: 450 to Dec 25, 752

Started with Clovis I uniting the people under his control.

Salic Law

500

Frankish law code created by Clovis I, meant to stop the violence.

Clovis I

509

is crowned

Justinian I

527

becomes Emperor

Nika Revolt

532

The Blues vs. The Greens. Revolt in Constantinople against Justinian I, half the city was burned or destroyed

Start of Anglo-Saxon Invasion

550

They were hired by the Romans to guard the English people agaist the vikings.

Gregory of Tours, History of Franks

594

History, language, religion and social customs of the Franks written down by a bishop who excused a lot of Clovis' misdeeds for the sake of him being Christian.

Muhammed leaves Mecca for Medina

Dec 24, 622

Muhammed conqueres Mecca

Dec 24, 624

because of a religious discord, introducing the idea of sin remission.

Ali is murdered

Dec 24, 661

creating Sunni/Shia split

Umayyad Empire

Period: Dec 24, 661 to Dec 25, 750

The Battle of Tours and Charles Martel

Dec 24, 732

Abbasid Empire

Period: Dec 24, 750 to Dec 25, 1258

Pepin the Short

Dec 24, 751

was crowned

Carolingian Dynasty

Period: Dec 24, 754 to Dec 25, 814

Followed the Merovingian Dynasty, when Pepin the Short was crowned.

Charlemagne is crowned by the Pope

Dec 24, 800

Alfred the Great

Dec 24, 871

was crowned. Successfully fought the vikings, reorganized the military, improved legal system.

The House of Wessex

Period: Dec 24, 871 to Dec 25, 1066

Ruled the Unified kingdom of England

Seljuk Dynasty

Period: Dec 24, 900 to Dec 25, 1307

Established Seljuk Empire and were targeted in the First&Second Crusades. Took Jerusalem in 1073. Brought Persian influence to the Empire.

Beowulf

Dec 24, 1000

Fusion of Thor and Jesus

Norman Conquest of England

Dec 24, 1066

led by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy. Conquered England and spent the rest of his life trying to secure his hold of it.

The Bayeaux Tapestry

Dec 24, 1070

70 meters long peace of cloth depicting The Norman Conquest of England

Pope Urban's speech at the Council of Clermont

Dec 24, 1095

calling the First Crusade.

Christians take over Jerusalem in the First Crusade

Dec 24, 1099

slaughtering 70,000 Muslims in the process

Third Crusade

Period: Dec 24, 1189 to Dec 25, 1192

Successful, captured Acre and Jaffa, but not Jerusalem.

Fourth Crusade

Period: Dec 24, 1202 to Dec 25, 1204

finalized the Great Schism, turning point in the Decline of Byzantine Empire

Children's Crusade

Dec 24, 1212

said to have had only children in army. Failed.

Fifth Crusade

Period: Dec 24, 1213 to Dec 25, 1221

unsuccessful

Prose Edda

Dec 24, 1220

Norse mythology written by Snorri Sturluson in Iceland.

Sixth Crusade

Period: Dec 24, 1228 to Dec 25, 1229

Mostly diplomatic maneuvering by the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederik II

Eighth Crusade

Dec 24, 1270

Attack on the city of Tunis by Louis IX. Failed when the king died right after arriving in Tunis.

Ninth Crusade

Period: Dec 24, 1271 to Dec 25, 1272

Highly unsuccessful, put an end to the Crusades

Population Growth

Dec 24, 1300

occurred in Europe after ice age, booming in High Middle Ages

Ibn Batutta set to Mecca

Dec 24, 1325

on his pilgrimage

Ottoman's Empire Takes Constantinople

Dec 24, 1453

53-day long siege laid by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II

Dome of the Rock

Dec 24, 1978

is built in Jerusalem

The Venerable Bead's writing

Dec 24, 1992

by Richard Condon