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330
Emperor Constantine I Founded the Byzantine Capital
Byzantium took on the name of Kōnstantinoupolis after its re-foundation under Roman emperor Constantine I, who transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium in 330 and designated his new capital officially as Nova Roma 'New Rome'. -
532
Nika revolt (riots)
The Nika Revolt was a devastating riot that took place in early medieval Constantinople, in the Eastern Roman Empire. It threatened the life and reign of Emperor Justinian. -
532
Hagia Sophia Completed
Hagia Sophia, Turkish Ayasofya, Latin Sancta Sophia, also called Church of the Holy Wisdom or Church of the Divine Wisdom, cathedral built at Constantinople in the 6th century under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. -
559
General Belisarius Military Campaigns
Flavius Belisarius was a general of the Byzantine Empire. ... Belisarius is considered a military genius, demolishing the Ostrogothic army in Italy twice with 7500 men and then 4000 men, and being instrumental in the recovery of North Africa from the Vandals. -
646
Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine territory
The early Muslim conquests 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. -
986
Emperor Basil II military conquests of Bulgaria
In 986, after securing his own position in Byzantium, emperor Basil II gathered a 30,000-man army, marched on the Bulgarian city of Sofia and laid siege to it. -
1054
Great Schism
Great Schism may refer to: East–West Schism, between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, beginning in 1054. Western Schism, a split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417. -
1095
Emperor Alexios I contacts Pope Urban II
On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!” -
1204
Fourth Crusade
The Fourth Crusade was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem, by first conquering the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid Sultanate, the strongest Muslim nation of the time. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
The final blow came in the spring of 1453 when the Ottoman Turks, led by the Sultan Mehmed II, besieged the city for fifty-seven days. On May 29 the Sultan led an over-whelming force that successfully breached the walls of the city and proceeded to massacre the citizenry. Following his victory, the Sultan moved the Ottoman capital from Adrianople to Constantinople. The last vestige of the ancient Roman Empire was no more.
