Byzatine

Byzantines Timeline

Period: 300 to Jan 1, 1500

Emperor constantine I founded the Byzantine capital

330

Constantinople Greek: Konstantinoúpolis; Latin: Constantinopolis) was the capital city of the Roman-Byzantine 330–1204 and 1261–1453 and also of the brief Latin 1204–1261 and the later Ottoman 1453–1923 empires. It was reinaugurated in 324 AD from ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great after whom it was named and dedicated on 11 May 330 AD.

Nika revolt riots

532

The Nika riots Greek: Νiκα Stasis tou Nika), or Nika revolt, took place against Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople over the course of a week in AD 532. They were the most violent riots in the city's history, with nearly half Constantinople being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed.

Hagia sophia completed

537

The Hagia Sophia was built in the remarkably short time of about six years being completed in 537 CE. Unusual for the period in which it was built, the names of the building’s architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus are well known as is their familiarity with mechanics and mathematics.

General Belisarius military companions

565

Flavius Belisarius (Greek: Φλάβιος Βελισάριος, c. 505[2] – 565) was a general of the Byzantine Empire. He was instrumental to Emperor Justinian's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire which had been lost less than a century previously.

Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory

Apr 5, 722

The early Muslim conquests Arabic: al-Futuḥat al-Islāmiyya) also referred to as the Arab conquests and early Islamic conquests began with the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century. He established a new unified polity in the Arabian Peninsula which under the subsequent Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates saw a century of rapid expansion.

Emperor basil II military conquests of Bulgaria

Dec 15, 1025

Basil II Greek Basileios II 958 – 15 December 1025 was a Byzantine Emperor from the Macedonian dynasty who reigned from 10 January 976 to 15 December 1025. He was known in his time as Basil the Porphyrogenitus and Basil the Young to distinguish him from his supposed ancestor, Basil I the Macedonian. He was the second longest reigning emperor after his brother Constantine VIII whom he named co-emperor in 962, but outlived him by 3 years.

Great schism

Jun 10, 1054

The East–West Schism, also called the Great Schism and the Schism of 1054 was the break of communion between what are now the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches which has lasted since the 11th century A succession of ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes between the Greek East and Latin West pre-dated the formal rupture that occurred in 1054.

Emperor Alexios I contacts pope Urban II

Nov 27, 1095

On November 27 1095 pope urban II makes perhaps the influential speech of the middle ages giving rise to the crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to to reclaim the holy land with a cry of "Deus Vult of God will it".

Fourth crusade attack on Constantinople

Apr 12, 1204

The siege and sack of Constantinople occurred in April 1204 ans marked the culmination if the fourth crusade mutinous crusader armies captured looted and destroyed parts of Constantinople the capital of the Byzantine empire after the capture of the city the litin empire was established and Baldwin of Flanders was crowned emperor Baldwin i of Constantinople in the hagia sophia.

Fall off Constantinople to the ottoman Turks official to Byzantines

Jun 4, 1453

İstanbul'un Fethi Conquest of Istanbul was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire on 29 May 1453. The Ottomans were commanded by the then 21-year-old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, who defeated an army commanded by Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. The conquest of Constantinople followed a 53-day siege that had begun on 6 April 1453.