Byzantine Empire Timeline

Emperor Contantine I founded the Byzantine Capital.

330

The capital of Byzantine was named after Emperor Constantine. The city was the largest and wealthiest European city, and was key in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times.

Nike Revolt

532

Took place over the course of a week in Constantinople in 532 A.D It was the most violent riot in history of Constantinople, with almost half of the city either destroyed or burned. Tens of thousands of people were killed during this riot.

General Belisarius Military Campaigns

535

Belisarius led a series of military operations or campaigns against the Vandals and the Ostrogoths. He was recalled in part to deal with the Oersian conquest of Syria, a crucial province of the Empire, where he defended against many attacks.

Hagia Sophia Compleated

537

From the date of its construction in 537 until 1453, it served as a Freek Orthodox Catnedral and seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was diverted to a Roman Catholic Cathedral under the Latin Empire.

Early Islamic Campaigns into Byzantine Territory

May 28, 633

In the reign of Yazdgerd III, the lost Sassanid ruler of the Persian Empire, an Arab Muslim army secured the conquest of Persia after decisive defeats. The final military victory didn't come until 642 A.D when the Persian army was defeated. These victories brought Persia, and It's territories and provinces under Arab Muslim rule.

Emperor Basil II Military Conquests of Bulgaria

Sep 23, 1000

Beginning in 1000, Basil II was free to focus on a war of outright conquest against Bulgaria, a war he prosecuted with grinding persistence and strategic strategies.

Great Schism

Mar 27, 1054

Also called East-West Schism, event that precipitated the final separation between Eastern Chjstian churches which was led by Michael Cerularius and the Western church led by Pope Leo IX.

Emperor Alexis I contacts Pope Urban II for military help in Middle East

Jul 24, 1095

When the Turks then threatened to invade the Brazantine Empire, Emperor Alexis I asked Pope Urban II for help. This was not the first appeal of its kind, but it came at an important time for Pope Urban II. Urban saw the opportunity to unite Christian Eurpoe u dear him as he fought to take back the holy land from the Turks.

The Fourth Crusade

Sep 22, 1202

The Fourth Crusade was a Western European army expedition and intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. In the end, only about a tenth of the original Fourth Crusade reached their goal. The Fourth Crusade is considered to be one of the final acts in the Great Schism, and a key turning point in the decline of the Byzantine Empire.

Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

Apr 6, 1453

This was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans were led by 21-year-old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. The conquest of Constantinople followed a seven-week siege. Ottoman won, and the Byzantine Empire fell. This was the official end to the Byzantines.