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Chronology of the Middle Ages

The Early middle ages (476 to 999)

			Fifth century
		476	End of the Roman empire of Occident
		481	Clovis, king of the Francs
		491	Anastase I, Byzantine emperor (491-518)
		493	Théodoric, chief of Ostrogothic is Master of Italy
		496	Victoire de Clovis on Alamans with Tolbiac
		Towards 496	Clovis converts with Catholicism in Rheims

			Sixth century
		507	Victoire de Clovis on the Visigoths with Vouillé
		517	First passage of the Danube by the Slavic ones
		518	Justin I, Byzantine emperor (518-527)
		Towards 520	Arrival in China of the Bodhidharma monk
		529	Publication of the “Justinien Code”
		532	The Francs annex the kingdom of Burgondes
		534	The Byzantines reconquer (530-534) North Africa
		538	Buddhism is introduced in Japan
		550	In India, the Pallava dynasty becomes preeminent
		554	In Spain, Tolède becomes the residence of kings Wisigoths
		565	Died of the Byzantine emperor Justinien, the dilapidation of the Empire is accentuated
		567	With the death of Charibert four political entities appear gradually: Austrasy, Burgundy, Neustrie and Aquitaine
		568	The Lombardic ones invade Italy of North
		575	Gregoire de Tours: “Stories of the Francs”
		580	First establishment of Slavic in the south of the Danube, they colonize Balkans
		581	Foundation of the dynasty of Sui (581-618) and re-establishment of the unit of China
		587	Reccared I, king of the Visigoths of Spain, converts with Catholicism
		590	Pontificate of Gregoire I the Large one (590-604)
		597	Mission of evangelization of Augustin in England

			Seventh century
		Towards 600	Under development Thailand, of the kingdom of Dvaravati
		600 to 1000	The Andean culture of Tiahuanaco (Bolivia) is diffused in the Andes of the South
		610	Beginning of the preaching of Mahomet with Mecque - Héraclius I, Byzantine emperor (610-641) renovates the Byzantine Empire
		613	Clotaire II carries out for a time the unit of the frank kingdom
		618	In China, foundation of the dynasty of Tang (618-907)
		629	Dagobert I, king de Neustrie, then Francs
		630	Conquest of Mecque - Saint Eloi, principal minister of Dagobert I
		634	Umar, second caliph, unifies Arabia and launches the first wave of Moslem conquest
		636	Conquest of Byzantine Syria by the Arabs
		640-642	Conquest of Byzantine Egypt by the Arabs
		644	Caliphate of Uthman (644-656), it makes establish a final version of the text of Coran
		681-682	Arab conquest of Algeria

			Eighth century
		Towards 700	Under development Africa, of the empire of Ghana
		700	Arab conquest of Morocco (700-710). North Africa will be under Moslem domination
		711	Conquest of Spain by the Moslems
		712	Moslem expansion towards India
		718	In the Iberian peninsula, creation of the Christian kingdom of Asturies (in 909, it will train the Leon)
		726	In the Byzantine Empire, beginning of the crisis iconoclast
		732	Charles Martel pushes back the Arabs with the battle of Poitiers
		734	The Lombardic ones are combined in Charles Martel to fight against the Moslem raids in Provence
		742-743	Last great epidemic of plague of the Early middle ages
		750	Revolt against Omeyyades. A new dynasty the Abbasids seizes the power
		751	Pepin the Short is elected king at the assembly of Soissons
		756	Pepin the Short delivers Rome besieged by the Lombardic ones and gives its conquests to the pope. Thus creating the States of the Church
		762	Baghdad becomes the capital of the Abbasid caliphate
		768	Beginning of the reign of Charlemagne
		778	Charlemagne is attacked by the Basques and the Moslems with Roncevaux (the Pyrenees)
		788	Charlemagne subjects Bavaria
		795	First raids Vikings (Danish) in England
		789	Capitulary of Charlemagne for the schools

			Ninth century
		Towards 800	First treaty of chemistry known by Geber
		800	Charlemagne is crowned emperor in Rome
		802	In Kampuchea, Jayavarman II (802-836) founds the worship of the god-king
		814	Died of Charlemagne, his/her son Louis I the Piles succeeds to him
		817	Monastic reform of Benoit d' Aniane
		825	First unification of the Anglo-Saxon Christian kingdoms
		834-841	The Norman ones (Vikings) settle in Plank (Northern Europe)
		839	Donation of Worms which shares the empire of Louis I the Piles between his sons Lothaire I and Charles the Bald person
		843	The treaty of Verdun shares the empire of Charlemagne
		849	Foundation of the Burmese kingdom of Pagan
		850	Toltèques are installed on the central plate of Mexico
		863	The pope Nicolas I deposits the patriarch of Constantinople Photio: it is the first schism between Byzance and papacy (863-867)
		866	Alphonse III the Large one becomes king of Asturies and the Leon
		867	Beginning of the dynasty Macedonian
		887	Deposition of Charles III the Large one: end of the Carolingian Empire
		872	Harald with Beautiful Hair unifies Norway
		884	Charles III the Large one becomes king de France
		885	The Byzantines occupy the towns of Italy of the South
		888	Eudes, king of the Francs (888-898)
		889	Foundation of Angkor to Kampuchea
		892	Baghdad is again the capital of the Abbasids
		896	The Hungarians (Magyar) are established in the Danube
		898	Charles III the Simple one becomes only king de France
		End of IXe	Under the effect of the invasions Normans, Moslem women and Hungarian fold of Europe on itself - Weakening of the Abbasid caliphate and division of the arabo-Islamic world

			Tenth century
		Xe-XIe	Formation of the Empire of Mali
		902-908	The Hungarians carry out raids against Germany, Italy, Byzance and Burgundy
		907	Foundation of the dynasty of Liang in China
		909	Foundation of the monastery of Cluny
		910	The king of the Edouard Anglo-Saxons the Old one expels the Danes
		911	The Norman chief Rollon receives the county of Rouan
		913	Siméon I the Large one, emperor of the Bulgarian ones
		919	Henri I the Bird-catcher, king de Germanie
		920	Establishment of Toltèques in Mexico - Beginning of the dynasty of Song in China
		936	Louis IV of Overseas, king de France
		939	Viet-Nam releases itself from the Chinese domination
		951	Conquest of Italy by Otton I - In China, dynasty of Zhou posterior (951-960)
		960	Foundation of the dynasty of Song, which reunifies China
		962	Otton I crowned emperor in Rome: Creation of the Saint Worsens Roman Germanic
		Towards 970	The “Arab” figures are introduced in Occident
		976	Reign of Basile II, under his reign the Byzantine Empire reaches its apogee
		980	Birth of the Persan philosopher Avicenne
		985	Louis V (985-986), last representing Carolingians
		986	Viking Erik the Red reaches the Newfoundland
		987	Hugues Capet, king of the Francs, the dynasty of Capétiens reigns on France (987-1328)
		990	First mention of the compass in China
		996	Reign of Robert II the Piles (972-1031) in France

The feudal age (1000 to 1346)

			Eleventh century
		1000	Etienne I, king de Hongrie. It unifies Hungary
		1004	Construction of Saint Martin's day de Tours, one of the first Romance churches
		1014	Henri II the Saint is crowned Germanic emperor
		1018	Bulgaria becomes a Byzantine province
		1024	Dynasty of Saliens (1024-1125) in the Saint Worsens Roman Germanic
		1031	Henri I (1031-1060) increased the capétien field - Fine of the caliphate Omeyyade de Cordoue
		1038	Xia found a dynasty in China
		1042	Edouard the Confessor restores the Anglo-Saxon dynasty
		1052	The Norman ones (Vikings) attack Sicily
		1054	Schism of the East: separation of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Roman Catholic Church
		1055	Seldjoukides in Baghdad
		1060	Philippe I (1060-1108), king de France
		1061	Foundation of the Almoravide dynasty in Morocco
		1066	William the Conqueror conquers England (battles of Hastings)
		1073	Election of the pope Gregoire VII
		1077	Canossa: Henri IV fact of depositing the pope Gregoire VII
		1080	Election of the antipope Clement III
		1084	Henri IV seizes Rome and installs the antipope Clément III
		1085	Alphonse VI, king de Castille, take again Tolède with the Arabs
		1095	The pope Urbain II preaches the crusade for the delivery of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
		1088	Beginning of the construction of the abbey of Cluny
		1096	Beginning of the first crusade (1096-1099)
		1099	Catch of Jerusalem by the crusaders by Godefroi de Bouillon

			Twelfth century
		Around 1100	Foundation of the INCA Empire - Composition of the “Song of Roland”
		1108	Louis VI the Large one, king de France (1108-1137)
		1113	Beginning of the construction of Angkor Vat
		1132	Romance abbey of Vézelay
		1137	Louis VII the Young person, king de France (1137-1180)
		1138	Conrad III, king de Germanie. Dynasty of Hohenstaufen
		1140	Installation of Hospital of Midsummer's Day to the krak of the Knights (Syria)
		1147	Second crusade (1147-1149)
		1152	Frederic I Barberousse is elected king de Germanie
		1153	Parakramabahu I restores the prosperity of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
		Around 1163	Construction of the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris
		1170	Assassination of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
		1171	Saladin I, sultan of Egypt
		1179	Crowning of Philippe II Auguste
		1180	Philippe II Auguste, king de France (1180-1223)
		1181	Under Jayavarman VII, the Khmer Empire knows its greater extension
		1187	Saladin I repend Jerusalem
		1189	Beginning of the reign of Richard the Lionheart - Third Crusade (1189-1192)
		1198	Beginning of the pontificate from Innocent III
		1199	Jean without Ground, king d' Angleterre (1199-1216)

			Thirteenth century
		Around 1200	Beginning of the INCA empire
		1206	Gengis khan, Master of the Mongols - Fourth Crusade (1202-1204)
		1208	Foundation about the Minorites by François d' Assise
		1209	Crusade against the Albigensians (Cathar)
		1211	The Mongols of Gengis Khan conquer China of North
		1212	The Christian kings beat the Moslems in Andalusia
		1214	Victoire of Philippe Auguste in Bouvines
		1215	Council of Lateran
		1220	Frederic II is crowned Empereur
		1223	Louis VIII, king de France (1223-1226)
		1226	Beginning of the reign of Saint Louis
		1230	Construction of Alhambra de Grenade by the kings Moors - the empire of Mali conquers Ghana
		1231	The pope Gregoire IX entrusts the Enquiry to the Dominican ones
		1234	The Mongols dominate China of North
		1241	The Mongols attack Poland and Hungary
		1242	Alexandre Nevski starts to unify Russia
		1248	Seventh Crusade (1248-1254)
		1252	Alphonse X the Wise one, king de Castille and of Leon (1252-1284)
		1257	Robert de Sorbon founds the Sorbonne in Paris
		1260	Advent of Kubilay khan, grandson of Gengis khan
		1264	Beijing becomes the capital of the Mongols
		1266	Thomas d' Aquin: “Summa Theologica”
		1270	Eighth Crusade - Philippe III the Bold one, king de France (1270-1285)
		1271	Marco Polo leaves for China
		1273	Rodolphe I of Habsbourg, king de Germanie (Switzerland)
		1279	Beginning of the dynasty Yuan (1279-1368) in China
		1281	New attempt at invasion of Japan by the Mongols
		1285	Philippe IV the Beautiful one, king de France (1285-1314)
		1291	Pact enters the Swiss cantons of Uri, of Schwyz and Unterwald: founding document of the Swiss Confederation

			Fourteenth century
		Around 1300	Invention of the pivot compass
		1302	The Flemish militia beat the French with Courtrai (Battle of the Gold Spurs)
		1307	Lawsuit of the Templars - Dante publishes the “Divine comedy”
		1309	The pope Clément V transfers the seat from papacy in Avignon
		1312	Apogee of the Empire of Mali
		1314	Louis X Hutin, king de France (1314-1316)
		1315	Victoire of the Swiss cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwald with Morgaten on Léopold I of Autrice
		1316	Philippe V Length, king de France (1316-1322)
		1322	Charles IV the Beautiful one, king de France (1322-1328)
		Around 1325	The Aztec ones found Tenochtitlan in Mexico
		1327	Edouard III, king d' Angleterre (1327-1377)
		1328	Philippe VI of Valois, king de France (1328-1350)
		1336	Creation of the Indian Empire of Vijayanagar (1336-1646)
		1337	Beginning of the One hundred year old war (1337-1453)
		1346	Divert of the French with Crécy
		1348	Boccace: the “Décaméron”
		1348	Great epidemic of Black Death
		1368	Beginning of the dynasty of Ming
		1358	The Étienne Marcel provost raises Paris
		1378	Beginning of the Great Schism of Occident

The Low Middle Ages (1346 to 1453)

			Continuation of the fourteenth century
		1347	Edouard III of England takes Calais
		1348	The Black Death is spread in all Europe
		1350	Jean II the Good, king de France (1350-1364)
		1350	Foundation of the Thai kingdom of Ayuthia (Thailand)
		1358	Revolt peasants of the Ile de France (the great Jacquerie)
		1364	Charles V the Wise one, king de France (1364-1380)
		1368	Foundation of the dynasty of Ming (1368-1644) in China
		1369	Bertrand du Guesclin reconquers (1369-1374) the grounds yielded to England
		1370	Tamerlan (successor of Gengis Khan) occupies Transoxiane (Central Asia)
		1378	Beginning of the great schism of Occident (1378-1417)
		1380	Charles VI, king de France (1380-1422)
		1384	Philippe the Bold one, duke of Burgundy, receives the heritage of his wife (Flanders, Artois and Franche-Comté): thus the States are constituted Burgundian
		1385	Victoire of Jean I of Portugal on the Castilians
		1394	The Othoman sultan Bayezid I makes himself main from all Asia Mineure

			Fifteenth century
		1403	Construction of the Great walls of China of North
		1406	Beginning of the construction of the city prohibited in China
		1407	Beginning of the civil war in France
		Around 1410	Portuguese invents the caravel
		1413	The Burgundian ones are driven out of Paris by Armagnac
		1415	Divert French knighthood with Azincourt - the Czech preacher Jean Hus is burned alive - Catch of Ceuta by the Henri Portuguese the Navigator
		1418	The king of England Henri V conquers Normandy
		1419	Philippe II the Good, duke of Burgundy (1419-1467)
		1422	Charles VII the Victorious one, king de France (1422-1461) -
		1428	Constitution of the Aztec Empire
		1429	Joan of Arc delivers Orleans
		1430-1440	Expansion of the INCA Empire
		1435	Treaty of Arras, end of the war between Armagnacs and Burgundian
		Around 1440	Gutenberg invents the block letters
		1450	Reconquest of Normandy by French
		1453	Catch of Constantinople by the Turks - End of the Byzantine Empire

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