Byzantine Timeline

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  • Period: 300 to 1500

    Byzantine Time Line

  • 330

    Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine capital

    Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine capital
    On the year 330 A.D. emperor Constantine had established the Byzantine capital. Constantine had decorated Constantinople with statues of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. Constantine had also contribute free rations in a way to increase rather population.
  • 525

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns
    Belisarius is a man that had led Byzantine armies against major enemies. Belisarius started command at the age of 25. He had command from around 525-565 A.D. Some armies he had led against include: Persia, the Vandal Kingdom of North Africa, Ostrogthic Regime of Italy and even the Barbarian tribes marching upon Constantinople.
  • 532

    Nika Revolt

    Nika Revolt
    The Nika Revolt was a mass riot caused by the Blues and the Greens(higher and lower classes) that had joined up to uprise against the Emperor Justinian. The riots started on January 13, 532 and had lasted for five days. The riots caused almost half of Constantinople to be burned and 30,000 casualties.
  • 537

    Hagia Sophia Completed

    Hagia Sophia Completed
    Hagia Sophia was a church, also know as the Church of Wisdom, that was built from 532-537 A.D. The church was built in Constantinople, made by Emperor Justinian I. The structure is a important to the architecture of Byzantine culture.
  • 600

    Islamic Military

    Islamic Military
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  • Period: 600 to 700

    Early Islamic Military campaigns into Byzantine territory

    There had already been invaders of the Byzantine Empire, but the newest fierce attacks came from the Arabs. From the 600s to the 700s the Islamic armies were overthrowing Egypt and Persia before they had begun their attacks on Constantinople.
  • 1014

    Emperor Brasil II militarily conquests of Bulgaria

    Emperor Brasil II militarily conquests of Bulgaria
    Emperor Brasil was famous for conquering Bulgaria and slaughtering the ones in thee. From 986 to 1014 there was war fighting between Byzantine and Bulgaria. Brasil is known for being the “slayer of Bulgars”.
  • 1054

    Great Schism

    Great Schism
    The Great Schism was the start of the final separation between the two churches, the Eastern and Western Churches. The Eastern church was led by Michael Cerularius and the Western church was led by Pope Leo IX.
  • 1095

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II
    The Seljuk Turks threaten Constantinople from an invasion. The emperor, Alexios I, then takes actions requesting Pope Urban II to reinforce their power. Pope Urban II agrees and makes a speech, at the council of Claremont, to upbring his men to fight for their “Holy land”.
  • 1204

    Fourth Crusade

    Fourth Crusade
    The Fourth Crusade was an attack on the Byzantine Empire. An attack was called upon Constantinople(Byzantine’s Capital) by Pope Innocent III.
  • May 27, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks(official end to Byzantines)

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks(official end to Byzantines)
    Constantinople finally falls to the Ottoman Turks, after ten years of fighting. After the long decline of the Byzantine Empire, it is now at an end. There had already been many failed attempts to conquer the city, but on May 27, 1453, Mehmed launched a mass land and sea attack overthrowing the Byzantines.