Byzantine Timeline

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  • 330

    Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital

    Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital
    Constantine I transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantine and then designated his new capital called new Rome
  • 532

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns
    He won a lot of wars when he was the commander of the army he would defeat some and the ones he did not defeat the first time he would change the formation and attack plan to beat the the next time.
  • 532

    Nika revolt

    Nika revolt
    The Nika Revolt was a devastating riot in the Eastern Roaman Empire it threaten the life of Emperor Justinian
  • 532

    Hagia Sophia Completed

    Hagia Sophia Completed
    Hagia Sophia also called church of holy wisdom the cathedral was built in the 6th century under the direction of Justinian I
  • 646

    Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory

    Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
    The early Islamic conquest began in the 7 century when the leader established a new unified polity in Arabian Peninsula which in a period of time there was a lot of rapid expansion.
  • 986

    Emperor Basil II military conquests of Bulgaria

    Emperor Basil II military conquests of Bulgaria
    Once Basil II had position in Byzantium he gathered up people for his army and marched on the Bulgarian city of Sofia
  • 1054

    Great Schism

    Great Schism
    The Great Schism is the break of communion between the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches, this lasted until the 11th century
  • 1095

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II
    Pope urban II gave a speech that made a rise to the Crusades and calling the Christians in Europe to start a war against the Muslims to reclaim the Holy Land
  • 1204

    Fourth Crusade

    Fourth Crusade
    It was a Latin armed expedition that the goal was to recapture Jerusalem part of this was the crusader armies looting and destroying parts of Constantinople
  • 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
    On may 29 the Ottoman Turks sent an very high powering force that made an opening so there troops could get in the city. They then killed every on inside. Then after the victory the leader moved Ottoman capital to Constantinople.