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330
Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital
Byzantium was named Constantinople after its re-foundation under Roman emperor Constantine I, who brought the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium. -
532
Nika revolt (riots)
The Nika riots took place against Emperor Justinian I and took place over the course of a week in Constantinople. It was caused by conflict over chariot racing. -
533
General Belisarius Military Campaigns
Against the Vandals, Ostrogoths, Deposition of Pope Silverius, and battle of melantias. His career was a success other than having not much support from Justinian. -
537
Hagia Sophia Completed
Also called Church of the Holy Wisdom or Church of the Divine Wisdom, cathedral built at Constantinople. It is the most important Byzantine structure and one of the world’s great monuments. -
634
Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
Started by Islamic Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century. He made up a new unified polity in the Arabian Peninsula. Conquests of Syria and Egypt and conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia -
970
Emperor Basil II military conquests of Bulgaria
Started with the incorporation of eastern Bulgaria after the Russo–Byzantine War. There were many conflicts between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire which led to the conquest of Bulgaria by the Byzantines. -
1054
Great Schism
Was the break of communion between what are now the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. -
Nov 27, 1095
Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II for military help in Middle East
Pope Urban ll orders first crusade by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land. -
1204
Fourth Crusade (attack on Constantinople)
Crusader were armies captured, looted, and destroyed parts of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. -
1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks (official end to Byzantines)
Sultan Mehmed II, ruler of the Ottoman Turks, led the assault. The city was defended by, at most, 10,000 men.
