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324
Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital
The Roman Empire believed that the empire was to big for one person to rule and divided it into a tetrarchy (rule of four) with an emperor and co-emperor -
526
General Belisarius Military Campaigns
Flavius Belisarious was a general of the byzantine Empire -
531
Nike Revolts(riots)
The nika revolt was a devistating riot that took place in the medieval Constinople, in the eastern roman empire. -
536
Hagia Sophia completed
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Feb 16, 824
Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine Territory
there was a series of wars -
Feb 16, 1018
Emperor Basil IK military conquests of bulgaria
The reign of Basil II, widely acknowledged to be one of the outstanding Byzantine emperors, admirably illustrates both the strength and the weakness of the Byzantine system of government -
Feb 16, 1054
Great schism
The Great Schism of 1054 was the split between the Eastern and Western Christian Churches. In 1054, relations between the Greek speaking Eastern of the Byzantine empire and the Latin speaking Western traditions within the Christian Church reached a terminal crisis. -
Feb 16, 1096
Emperor Alexios I Contacts Pope Urban II for military help in middle east
Pipe urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages. By calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the holy Land -
Feb 16, 1204
Fourth Crusade (Attack on Constantinople)
Western Europeanan armed expidition originally intended to conquer Muslim controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. -
Feb 16, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the ottoman Turks (official end to Byzantine)
The siege of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire and one of the most heavily fortified cities in the world, took place in 1453.Sultan Mehmed II, ruler of the Ottoman Turks, led the assault.
