Medieval Timeline

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  • 450

    Start of Medieval times

    Start of Medieval times
    The fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.
  • 525

    Anno Domini calendar invented

    Anno Domini calendar invented
    A monk named Dionysius Exiguous creates this new dating system as part of his efforts to understand the dating of Easter. It wanted the year 1 AD to be the date when Jesus Christ was born, although later calculations show that his birth occurred before this. Gradually use of this calendar became more widespread, and is now the most widely accepted system for counting years in the world.
  • 700

    THe rise of Islam

    THe rise of Islam
    After the prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 CE, Muslim armies conquered large parts of the Middle East, uniting them under the rule of a single caliph. At its height, the medieval Islamic world was more than three times bigger than all of Christendom.
  • 800

    Church

    Church
    The Catholic Church became the most powerful institution of the medieval period. Kings, queens and other leaders derived much of their power from their alliances with and protection of the Church.
  • 919

    First use of gunpowder

    First use of gunpowder
    The Battle of Langshan Jiang was a naval conflict where gunpowder was used as a flamethrower and proved to be very effective. It would mark the beginning of this technology in warfare.
  • 1095

    First Crusade is launched

    First Crusade is launched
    At the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II calls upon Christians to undertake a military expedition in support of the Byzantine Empire against the Seljuk Turks. It would lead to the conquest of Jerusalem four years later and a concerted effort by Western Europeans to take control of the Near East.
  • 1098

    Cistercians founded

    Cistercians founded
    Robert, abbot of Molesme, establishes a new religious order in Cîteaux. The Cistercians offered a different kind of monastic reform that would be popular in medieval Europe.
  • 1315

    Great Famine

    Great Famine
    A series of crop failures and bad weather that struck large parts of Europe which made the crop industry suffer
  • 1346

    Black Death

    Black Death
    The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Afro-Eurasia from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history.
  • 1492

    Columbus sails to the Americas

    Columbus sails to the Americas
    Christopher Columbus leads a voyage westwards on the Atlantic Ocean, hoping to reach Asia. Instead they land in the Caribbean, beginning the period of European settlement and colonization in the Americas which ended the medieval times.