shavaun reuanglith timeline 1

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  • 476 to 568:The spread of Christianity, the Plague,and the Lumberjack

    476-The last Roman Empire in the West, Romulus Augustus, was desposed by the Foedrati Chieftain, odoacer.
    493-With the support of the Byzantine Empire, the Ostrogoths led by Theodoric, invade Italy and defat Odoacer. They establish the Ostrogothic Kingdom.
    527-Justinian the first becomes Byzantine Emperor.
    534-535-The Byzantine Empire defeats the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa.
    541-The Bubonic plague appears suddenly in Egypt and quickly spreads to Constantinople where it kills at least 230,000.

  • 569-660 The spread of Christianity

    572'-Byzantine Emporer Justin 2 breaks peace with Persia and invades Nisibis.Lombards take the Byzantine stronghold of Pavia and establish the Kingdom of the LOmbards in Northern Italy.
    576-The Visigoths, under King Liuvigold continue to expand their power in the Iberian Peninsula,establishing their capital at Toledo.
    586-Constantine of Kernyw converts to Christianity.
    593-The Byzantines push back the Slavs, Avars & Gepids and cross the Danube into Wallachia.
    600-Smallpox arrives for first time.

  • 661-752:Musli\m Expansion

    661-Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib is assassinated;With his assassination the Rashidun Caliphate ends and Muawiyah founds the Umayyad caliphate.
    671-Batte of Two Rivers: King Ecgfrith of Northumbria defeats the Picts.
    674-The first Arab siege of Constantinople begins.
    675-Frithuwold of Surrey is baptised and so is hes son;Surrey becomes christian.
    697-Paolo Lucio Anafesto is elected the First Doge of Venice
    707-The Byzantines lose the Balearic Islands to the Moores.

  • 753-844:Charlemagne,VIkings, and the Saracens

    774-Charlemagne conquers the kingdom of the kingdom of the Lombards, adn takes title King of the Lombards.
    777-Charlemagne defeats the Saxons;their leader Widukind flees to Denmark.
    788-Charlemagne conquers Bavaria.
    789-THe Anglo-Saxon Chroicle records the first appearance of Vikings in England.
    791-The Avars invade Europe again, but are defeated by Charlemagne.
    795-In the earliest recorded VIking raid on Ireland, they attack Iona, Inisbofin and Inismurray.

  • 845-936:FUry of the Norsemen

    860-First siege of Constanstinople by the Rus.
    862-Rurik gains conrol of Novgorod.
    874-Ingolfur Arnarson arrives as the first permanent Viking settler in Iceland, settling in Reykjavik.
    882-Oleg of Novgorod takes Kiev and makes it his capital.
    884-Charles the Fat becomes King of Western Francia, thus for the last time reuniting the Frankish kingdom.
    885-The VIkings besiege Paris.

  • 845-936;FUry of the Norsemen

    860-First siege of Constanstinople by the Rus.
    862-Rurik gains control of Novgorod.
    874-Ingolfur Arnarson arrives as the first permanent Viking settler in Iceland,settling in Reykjavik.
    882-Oleg of Novgorod takes Kiev and makes it his capital.
    884-Charles the Fat becomes King of Western Francia,thus fo the last time reuniting the Frankish Kingdom.
    885-The Vikings besiege Paris.

  • 1121-1212:Gothic Architecture.

    1137-Louis 3 is crowned King of France.
    1145-Pope Eugene 3 issues the bull Quantum Praedecessores.
    1148-Siege of Damascus by the Second Crusade.
    1150-The earliest textual reference is made to Gypsies working as musicians in Constanstinople.
    1155-Frederick1 Barborossa is Crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
    1163-The Almohaads finish driving the Normans out of Africa.

  • 1213-1300:The Magna Carta

    1214-Battle of Bouvines:In France,Philip2 of France defeats John of England.
    1220-The Mongols first invade the Abbasid Caliphate.
    1233-The Inquisition is established.
    1238-James1 of Aragon captures the city of Valenciua from the Moors.
    1252-Torture quickly gains widespread usage across Europe.
    1297-The Scottish armies of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeat the English.

  • 937-1028:Vikings in America

    939-The Moors lose Madrid to the Kingdom of Leon.
    944-King edmund 1 of England takes Northumbria fom the VIkings.
    957-Olda of Kiev converts to the Eastern Orthodox Church from the paganism beliefs.
    962-A Byzantine army under Nikephoros Phokas captures and plunders Aleppo.
    966-Mieszko 1,the first duke of Poland is baptized a Christian.
    968-The Pechenegs begin the Siege of Kiev.

  • 1029-1120:The conquerer

    1031-The Moorish Caliphate Cordoba collapses.
    1037-George Maniaces begins a campaign against the Arabs.
    1046The first contact occurs between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuks.
    1113-The Order of the Knights of the Hospital of Saint John, founded to protect to the Holy Land,vows to fight in defence.
    1119-Knights Templar Founded by the Hugh de Payns.
    1120-The White Ship is wrecked in the English Channel.