Byzantine Timeline

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  • Period: 300 to 1500

    Shawn's Byzantine Timeline

  • 330

    Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital

    Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital
    Constantine was the emperor that rebuilt the city of Byzantium after it was destroyed by Germanic groups. He ended up naming the city Constantinople after himself.
  • 530

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns

    General Belisarius Military Campaigns
    Foe his efforts, Belisarius was rewarded by Justinian with the command of a land and sea expedition against the Vandal Kingdom .
  • 532

    Nika Revolt

    Nika Revolt
    An angry crowd arrived at the Hippodrome for the races and by the end of the day crowds broke out and began to assault the palace. For 5 days the palace was under siege and massive fires broke out .
  • 537

    Hagia Sophia Completed

    Hagia Sophia Completed
    The Hagia Sohpia was rebuilt for the second time after the old Hagia was destroyed after the Nika Revolt. The dome on top is commonly referred to as the dome of heaven.
  • 634

    Early Islamic Military campaigns in Byzantine territory.

    Early Islamic Military campaigns in Byzantine territory.
    The early Islamic military began siege of Byzantine. They began an expedition to southern Palestine. They entered Egypt and took Persia and Mesopotamia,
  • 986

    Emperor Basil II Military conquest of Bulgaria

    Emperor Basil II Military conquest of Bulgaria
    Basil's first attempt to take Bulgaria was a failure when his men were all killed during a lost battle on a mountain pass. Some 28 years later one of the biggest wins of his life came and the Bulgarian Empire was merged into the Byzantine Empire.
  • 1054

    Great Schism

    Great Schism
    The Eastern Christian churches and the Western Christian churches separated. The Eastern churches were led by Michael Cerularius and the Western by Pope Leo IX.
  • 1095

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II

    Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II
    Alexios asked the Pope Urban II for knights to aid him in his fight against the Muslim Turks. The Turks were giving Byzantine a great deal of trouble in wars, taking over much of there land.
  • 1204

    Fourth Crusade attack on Constantinople

    Fourth Crusade attack on Constantinople
    The army of the Fourth Crusade broke into the city of Constantinople and began to loot, pillage and slaughter their way through the city.
  • 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks

    Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks
    The Capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman's were led by 21 year old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the conqueror.