Byzantine Empire Timeline

Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital

330

Constantine was an emperor of the Roman Empire he enacted administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strengthen the empire. He restructured the government, separating civil and military authorities. He built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople after himself. It became the capital of the Empire for more than a thousand years, with the later eastern Roman Empire now being referred to as the Byzantine Empire by historians.

Nika revolt

532

The Nika revolt was a huge riot that took place in early medical Constantinople in the Eastern Roman empire. This threatened the life and region of emperor justinian. This riot lasted about a week and nearly half of the Constantinople was burned and destroyed with thousands of people killed.

General Belisarius Military Campaigns

535

Flavius Belisarius was a general of the Byzantine Empire. He was instrumental to emperor Justininals ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire. Belisarius commanded the Roman army in the east to deal with incursions from the Sassenid Empire. He proved himself of being a good commander by defeating the larger Sassenid army.

Hagia Sophia completed

537

Hagia Sophia is a church that was dedicated to the Holy Wisdom which was rebuilt by Emperor Justinian this is the most imposing monument of the Byzantine Empire and a summary of its history. This important to many because it follows under there religion

Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory

622

Emperor Basil II military conquests of Bulgaria

970

Emperor Basil II was a Byzantine Emperor from the Macedonian dynasty. Conquests of Bulgaria was a series of conflicts between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire that led to a conquest of Bulgaria by the Byzantines, who re-established their control over the entire Balkan peninsula for the first time since the 7th-century Slavic invasions.

Great Schism

1054

The Great Schism was a event that was the final separation between the Eastern Christian churches and the Western church. The main causes of the Great Schism was the disputes over papal authority. This is the event that divided Christianity into western Catholicism.

Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II

1081

Emperor Alexios I was the Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. The church took over the holy land and Alexios made an appeal to Pope Urban for help to get back the holy land from the Turks.

Fourth Crusade ( Attack on Constantinople )

1203

The Fourth Crusade was a army of Western European armed expedition called by Pop innocent III who were originally intended to reconquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem that lead an invasion through Egypt. But the Crusaders quick decision to attack the world's largest Christian city was unpredictable and left the Orthodox world horrified. Most of Byzantine Empire's territories were divided up among the Crusaders and were left much poorer, smaller, and barley able to defend itself.

Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

1453

The fall of the Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks was a war that took place in Sultan Mehmed II. The city was defended by, at most, 10,000 men. The Turks had between 100,000 and 150,000 men on their side. The siege lasted for fifty days. The Turks employed various important war tactics in taking over the city. They used huge cannon to destroy the walls, warships were used to the cut the city's sea defense. They also used an extensive infantry to engulf the city.