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Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1550
History of Italy
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410
Rome was sacked by Alaric.
Alaric was a Germanic man who through out his life was involved in the military. He is most famous for sacking Rome in 410 -
553
Justinian
The old Roman Empire was reunited by Justinian -
572
Byzantine Rule
The Byzantine rule collapses after an attack by the Lombards -
Feb 22, 756
Pepin the Short
Pepin the Short, a Frankish King conquers the Lombards for the popes -
Mar 22, 756
Papal States
The Papal States were established in central Italy -
Feb 22, 774
Defeat
The Lombards defeated by Charlemagne -
Feb 22, 1075
Pope Gregory VII
Pope Gregory VII decrees that only the church may make ecclesiastical appointments -
Feb 22, 1204
Venice
Venice takes the useful islands of Corfu and Crete as part of the spoils of the fourth crusade -
Feb 22, 1281
Sicilian Vespers
An incident in a church service sparks the uprising known as the Sicilian Vespers, in which 2000 French are killed overnight in Sicily -
Feb 22, 1379
The Great Schism
The French cardinals, objecting to the new Italian pope, elect their own man as Clement VII and start the Great Schism of the papacy -
Feb 22, 1519
Charles I
Charles I of Spain became Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire -
Attila the Hun
In 485, Attila the Hun sacked Italy but Pope Leo I dissuaded Attila from sacking Rome -
The Lombards
The Lombards invaded Italy and started to take over. -
Charlemagne
Charlemagne crowned Roman emperor -
Otto the Great
Otto the Great was crowned emperor establishing the Holy Roman Empire
