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Period: 450 to
World History Timeline
A timeline of what went on in the world in the middle ages. -
Jun 15, 613
Muhammad
Pic link In 613 Muhammad got visied by the angel Gabriel. He got visited a few more times after that, and then started spreading the news of what the angels told him. This was the start of Islam. -
Jan 1, 621
Chinese Pottery Becomes Important
Info link The Tang dynasty in China made a state department for manufacturing pottery. -
Jan 1, 627
Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602-628
pic link It was during this war that the Byzantines defeated the Sassanid Empire (Persia). The climaxing battle took place in 627, and the Byzantines had twice the men and forced Persia into submission. -
Jul 12, 645
Emperor Kotoku of Japan
Info link Emperor Kotoku came to power and introduced the Taika Reform Edicts, It was a way to make everything in Japan more central. He also sent an embassy over to China to learn about their culture. -
Jan 16, 1017
Canute the Great
Pic and info In 1017 Canute (Cnut) the Great was coronated the King of England. He started a Danish rule of England that lasted 26 years. -
Jan 1, 1037
The Great Seljuq Empire
Info Link The Great Seljuq Empire was the main rival to the Crusaders. The Seljuqs were Musims, and didn't like the Crusaders coming and taking the Holy Land back off them. -
Oct 14, 1066
The Battle of Hastings
Link for pic In 1066, King Harold of England had to fight off Viking invaders from the north. William Duke of Normandy decided that he was the rightful King of England so he went over and defeated Harold in The Battle of Hastings. -
Jan 1, 1071
Seljuq Turks of Islam
pic link Between 1071 and 1096 the Seljuq Turks took over a lot of Byzantine country. However, the Byzantines weren't very pleased with this, and inciated the Crusades. -
Nov 27, 1095
The First Crusade
Pic link In 1095, Roman Catholic Europe decided they wanted the land back in the Middle East that the Islamic Turks still held. In July 1099, the Crusaders made their way to their goal of Jerusalem and massacred the Jewish and Muslim inhabitants in a decisive win for the church. -
Jul 23, 1148
The Second Crusade
Pic link About 50 years after the Crusaders took over Jerusalem, the Muslims fought back and took Damascus. Therefore, another Crusade party was sent out to recapture it. Unfortunately, the Crusaders were defeated and returned home in shame. -
May 1, 1189
The Third Crusade
Pic link In 1187, Saladin of the Muslim Saracens took over Acre and Jerusalem. A Third Crusade was called for, so England and France stopped fighting each other and went over to get the Holy Land back. Acre was captured in 1191 on the 12th of July. After that battle, the Crusaders captured the city of Jaffa as well.There was no real winner in the end. The Christians didn't take back Jerusalem, but they weren't driven out. -
Jan 1, 1192
Shogun Rulers of Japan
Info and Pic link The Shogun was a military dictator that pretty much ruled Japan. They were appointed by the Emperor, but the Shoguns did all of the ruling. Minamoto no Yoritomo was the first Shogun ruler of Japan. Shoguns ruled until 1867 -
Oct 1, 1202
The Fourth Crusade
Pic and info link The Fourth Crusade's plan was to take back Jerusalem. However, this didn't happen so the Crusaders turned on Christian states that weren't really under their government, the Byzantines. These were the city of Zara and Constantinople. About a decade ago, Pope John Paull II said that it was a horrible thing for Christians to kill other Christians. -
Sep 1, 1206
Genghis Khan and the Mongols
Pic and info link Genghis Khan started the Mongol Empire. He took over most of Central Asia and China while he was alive, and his successors went on to take over pretty much all of Eurasia. -
Jan 29, 1258
Siege of Baghdad
Pic and info link The Mongolian Empire with a few allies invaded and sacked Baghdad. They killed between 100,000 and 1,000,000 inhabitants of the city. This iniciated the end of the Islamic Golden Age. -
Jan 1, 1298
Marco Polo
Pic and info link Marco Polo went exploring with his father and uncle, Niccolo and Maffeo around the Middle East and China. He published a bool about his travels when he got back to Venice, and that encouraged more trade. -
Jul 27, 1299
The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire is established. -
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Oct 1, 1347
The Black Death Hits Europe
Pic Link In the 1330's plague spread through China. Seeing as China had a lot of trade with Europe, it wasn't long before some sailors brought it back with them. It was so deadly, and so easy to spread that one third of Europe's population was killed by the plauge. -
Jan 1, 1368
Mongolian Empire Ends
Info and Pic The Yuan Dynasty which was the main Chinese/Mongolian powerhouse fell in 1368 to the Ming dynasty. After that, the Mongols went back to Mongolia. -
May 29, 1453
Ottoman's take over Constatinople
Info and Pic In 1453 the Ottoman Turks took over Constantionple. This was the end of the Byzantine Empire. It wasn't easy however. A lot of Turks and Christians were killed in the siege. -
Aug 22, 1485
The Tudors Arrive
Pic and info link Richard III is defeated in battle by Henry Tudor. He was the Father of Henry VIII who is famous for having 7 wives. The Tudor dynasty lasted until 1603. -
Oct 11, 1492
Christopher Coloumbus
Info link Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who worked for the Spanish and discoverd the Americas. Columbus thought he had landed in India however, so named the area the "Indies" and the people "Indians". He had four trips to the Americas, and took some slaves from there as well. -
Nov 16, 1533
Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incas
Pic and info Franciso Pizarro conquered the Incas in Peru. He went there, told the Incan leader to fill a room with gold and silver if he didn't want to be killed, then killed him. -
May 24, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Pic and info Nicolaus Copernicus was the first guy to really think that the Sun was at the centre of the Solar System. He wrote a book about it, and the church wouldn't have really liked it. Lucky for him though, he died before the church could punish him. -
Jamestown
Pic and info The first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was established by the Virgina Company of London. Originally, the settlers got on with the native Americans, but that didn't last for very long. Jamestown is located on the west coast of the US, about halfway down the coast. -
Sui Dynasty
Pic and info link The Sui dynasty of China unified the North and South for the first time in 400 years. -
Vikings invade England
Info and Pic link In 787 the Vikings started to raid the Saxons in England. So then Egbert the Saxon unified the Angles and the Saxons and called the land Angle-Land (England) -
Vikings Attack Paris
Pic and info In 885 the Vikings tried to raid Paris. However, they weren't successful and were repelled.
