What is a timeline for the Middle Ages?

Answer 1

A timeline for the Early Middle Ages is as follows:

• 476 - Traditional date of the fall of the West Roman Empire. Zeno, Emperor of the East Roman Empire, is requested to take over as Emperor of the West as well, reuniting the parts, but the West consists of little beyond Italy and parts of Gaul.
• Early Middle Ages (476 to 1000)
• 480 - Last de jure West Roman Emperor, Julius Nepos, is assassinated.
• 481 - Clovis becomes king of the West Franks.
• 486 - Clovis defeats Syagrius, the last Roman General in Gaul.
• 493 - Ostrogoths take control of most of Italy.
• 522 - Culture of silkworms is introduced to the East Roman Empire.
• 527 - Justinian I becomes emperor of the East Roman Empire.
• 527 - Earliest known cathedral school opens in the Kingdom of the Visigoths in Spain.
• 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople.
• 534 - Justinian's army conquers North Africa, return it to imperial control.
• 535 - East Roman Empire begins reconquest of Italy.
• 541-542, Plague of Justinian hits the East Roman Empire.
• 554 - Ostrogoths in Rome capitulate, and the city is returned to the empire.
• 563 - Monastery of Iona is founded on an island off the west coast of Scotland.
• 568 - Lombards invade Italy.
• 585 - Suebi in Spain conquered by Visigoths.
• 596 - Augustine arrives in Canterbury to convert Anglo Saxons.
• 597 - The King's School opens in Canterbury, oldest school currently running in the world.
• 600 - Epidemic of smallpox.
• 603 - Last known act of the Senate of the West Roman Empire.
• 610 - Heraclius becomes Emperor of the East Roman Empire. One of his first acts is to change the official language from Latin to Greek. We might use this as a date for the change from the designation Roman Empire to Byzantine Empire, though it always was called the Roman Empire until it was finally destroyed in 1453 by Ottoman Turks.
• 615 - Jerusalem sacked by Persians.
• 616 - Persians invade Egypt.
• 622 - Beginning of the Islamic calendar.
• 627 - Persians defeated by Byzantines, who eject them from the Byzantine Empire.
• 629 - Arab-Byzantine Wars begin.
• ca 636 - Arabs conquer Persia.
• 638 - Jerusalem conquered by Arabs.
• 639 - Arabs conquer Egypt.
• 642 - Library of Alexandria finally destroyed.
• 656-661 First Islamic Civil War.
• 674 - Arabs lay siege to Constantinople.
• ca 675 Arabs complete conquest of North Africa.
• 677 - Byzantines destroy Arab fleet with Greek fire.
• 688 Byzantines defeat Bulgars
• 698 Arabs take Carthage from the Byzantine Empire
• 700 Beverley Grammar School opens in Northumbria (Yorkshire), oldest state run school in the world.
• 705 Bulgaria begins period of domination over Byzantine Empire
• 711 Arabs and Berbers invade Visigothic Spain
• 717-718 Siege of Constantinople by Arabs lifted by Bulgarians, Arab army destroyed, halting Arab advance into Eastern Europe
• 722-1492 Period called Reconquista, in which Visigothic remnant in Spain reestablishes Christian kingdoms and reconquers Spain
• 726 Iconoclasm begins in Constantinople
• 732 Franks defeat Arab and Berber army at Tours, halting Arab advance into Western Europe
• 772 Charlemagne begins war with Saxons
• 793 First Viking raid sacks abbey on Lindisfarne
• 793 Charlemagne defeats Frisians
• 800 Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the West
• 809-817 War between Byzantines and Bulgars
• 814 Charlemagne dies
• 841 Dublin founded by Vikings
• 843 Carolingian Empire divided in three
• 850-875 Vikings settle Iceland
• 850 University of Al Karaouine founded in Fez, Morocco, oldest university in the world
• 862 Dynasty of Rurik founded in Russia
• 863-879 First schism between eastern and western churches
• 864 Bulgaria becomes Christian
• 867 Danes capture Northumbria
• 870 Prague founded
• 871-899 Reign of Alfred the Great
• 899-970 Magyar (Hungarian) raids in Western Europe
• 917 Bulgarians destroy Byzantine Army at Anchialus
• 918 Kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex united
• 954 Eric Bloodaxe driven from Northumbria
• 962 Otto I becomes emperor, his reign regarded as the first of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1000 Lief Ericson lands in Vinland

The Early Middle Ages are regarded by some as ending in the year 1000. Others use 1066.

Links to timelines for other parts of the Middle Age are.

Answer 2

A brief timeline for the Middle Ages is as follows:

• 476 - The Early Middle Ages begin. The traditional date given is for the fall of the West Roman Empire, but this is an oversimplification.
• 534 - East Roman Empire begins to recapture lost territory of the Roman Empire, eventually taking North Africa, Italy, and parts of Spain, by 554.
• 610 - The official Language of the East Roman Empire is changed from Latin to Greek. Some use this date as the beginning of the Byzantine period.
• 632 - beginning of the Muslim conquests.
• 711 - Muslims invade Spain.
• 732 - Muslim advance in Western Europe is stopped at the Battle of Tours.
• 800 - the Carolingian Empire is founded.
• 1000 - The High Middle Ages begin. Another date used is 1066.
• 1054 - The Catholic Church is divided in the Great Schism between the Roman Catholics in the West and the Eastern Orthodox in the East.
• 1066 - Norman Conquest of England.
• 1095 - Crusades begin.
• 1291 - Crusades to the Holy Land end.
• 1348 - Beginning of the Black Death.
• 1350 - The Late Middle Ages begin.
• ca 1440 - The first practical system of printing is developed.
• 1453 - End of the Middle Ages with the fall of Constantinople. Other dates used include 1485, and 1492.

There are links below to related questions on timelines of parts of the Middle Ages.

Answer 3

Most historians place the Middle Ages were from the 5th to 15th centuries.

In different countries things are thought of differently. In the UK, people often put the Middle Ages at the 11th to 15th centuries and call the 5th to 11th the Dark Ages.

Answer 4

Ancient history, prior to the Fall of Rome, traditionally in 476 AD.

• 293 - Diocletian divides the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western halves. They would be reunited and divided again with time.
• ca. 300 - Migration Period begins with various Germanic groups moving into the Roman Empire and setting up their own kingdom
• 313 - Edict of Milan officially tolerates Christianity.
• ca 350 - Library of Constantinople was founded. It lasted until 1204, when it was destroyed by crusaders.
• 357 - Kingdom of Franks within the Roman Empire is officially acknowledged.
• 376 - Visigoths enter the Roman Empire at the mouth of the Danube.
• 378 - Visigoths defeat Romans at the Battle of Adrianople.
• 380 - Theodosius I makes Catholic Christianity the state religion.
• ca 380 - Theodosius College (Cor Tewdws) was founded in Wales. It continued operation until the reign of King Henry VIII.
• 383 - Roman army is withdrawn from northern and western Britain.
• 395 - Theodosius dies, and the empire is divide for the last time.
• 396 - Goths invade Greece.
• 406 - Suevi, Alans, and Vandals cross the border into Gaul in large numbers.
• 407 - the last Roman soldiers are withdrawn from Britain. This is regarded as the beginning of the Early Middle Ages in Britain.
• 409 - Vandals settle in Spain.
• 410 - the city of Rome is sacked by Visigoths. It is the first time Rome has been sacked for the first time in nearly 800 years.
• 410 - Suevi establish a kingdom in Spain. Vandals also control a great deal of Spain.
• 418 - Visigoths are given a kingdom in Gaul.
• 425 - Primary schools system introduced into the East Roman Empire.
• 425 - University of Constantinople founded.
• 439 - Vandals conquer Carthage, the greatest Roman city in North Africa, and set up an independent kingdom there.
• ca 440 - Anglo Saxons invade Britain.
• 441 - Huns invade the Balkans.
• 451 - Roman and Visigoth armies combine to defeat Huns at the Battle of Chalons.
• 453 - Atilla the Hun dies.
• 454 - Remaining Huns are defeated by Germanic groups.
• 454 - Emperor sends Visigoths to Spain, which has been overrun by Suebi and Vandals, to reestablish Roman rule. They extend their kingdom into the area.
• 455 - Vandals sack Rome, and unlike the Visigoths produce widespread destruction.
• ca 460 - 493 - St. Patrick evangelizes on Ireland.
• 470 - Riothamus, King of Britains, aids Roman armies in Brittany against Visigoths.
• 476 - Traditional date of the fall of the West Roman Empire. Zeno, Emperor of the East Roman Empire, is requested to take over as Emperor of the West as well, reuniting the parts, but the West consists of little beyond Italy and parts of Gaul.

Answer 5

Timeline for the High Middle Ages:

• 1000 - Lief Ericson lands in Vinland.
• 1004 - Library and University of Dar Al-Hekman are founded in Egypt.
• 1016 - Danes complete conquest of England.
• 1018 - First Bulgarian Empire is conquered by the Byzantines.
• ca 1025 - Guido of Arezzo invents and introduces modern musical notation.
• 1035 - King Canute dies, and his kingdom is split into England, Denmark, and Norway.
• 1037 - King Ferdinand I of Leon and Castile conquers Galicia.
• 1042 - Normans begin conquest southern Italy, finishing in 1059.
• ca 1050 - invention of the arched saddle completes the technology needed for a knight to use a couched lance.
• 1054 - The Catholic Church is divided in the Great Schism into the Roman Catholics in the West and the Eastern Orthodox in the East.
• 1061 - Normans begin conquest of Sicily, finishing in 1091 and establishing the Kingdom of Sicily.
• 1066 - William of Normandy conquers England.
• 1074 - Seljuk Turks capture Jerusalem.
• 1075 - Investiture Controversy begins. It ends with the concordate of Worms in 1122.
• 1085 - Alphonso VI of Castile captures the Muslim city of Toledo, in Spain.
• 1088 - The University of Bologna is established.
• 1091 - Normans capture Malta.
• 1094 - Spanish hero El Cid captures Valencia.
• 1095 - Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade.
• 1096 - Lectures begin at what would become Oxford University.
• 1099 - Crusaders capture Jerusalem and found the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
• 1110 - Knights Templar founded
• 1122 - Concordat of Worms ends the Investiture Controversy.
• 1125 - Beginning of the struggles of the Guelfs and Ghibellines over control of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1126 - Invention of the artesian well.
• 1128 - Portugal successfully asserts its independence from Leon, recognized in 1143.
• 1135 - Period called the Anarchy begins in England as civil war goes on between Queen Matilda and King Steven. It ends in 1154 when Steven recognizes Henry, Matilda's son, as his heir.
• 1136 - First Gothic Church built at St Denis, north of Paris.
• 1147 - Portuguese take Lisbon from Muslims.
• 1147 - Wendish Crusade against pagans Slavs in northern Germany.
• 1170 - Thomas Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral.
• 1171 - Saladin takes control of Muslim Egypt.
• 1176 - A period of expansion of the Byzantine Empire is stopped by Seljuk Turks.
• 1187 - Saladin defeats the king of Jerusalem, taking the city.
• 1192 - Richard I of England comes to a treaty with Saladin, recognizing the rights of Christians to do pilgrimage to the city.
• 1193 - Earliest record of a merchant guild.
• 1202 - Fibonacci publishes Liber Abaci, introducing Arabic numbers to Europe.
• 1204 - Crusaders of the 4th Crusade sack Constantinople and set up the Latin Empire.
• 1215 - King John signs the Magna Carta.
• 1221 - Venice enters into a trade treaty with the Mongol Empire.
• 1236 - Cordoba is captured from Muslims by King Ferdinand III of Castile.
• 1249 - Portuguese finish conquest of Muslim lands on which they border.
• 1261 - Byzantines reconquer Constantinople, ending the Latin Empire.
• 1268 - Crusader State of Antioch falls to Muslims.
• 1277 - Condemnation of 1277 declares teaching absolute truth of Aristotelian Science a heresy, freeing scientists to use empirical observations in their work.
• ca 1285 - Invention of eye glasses.
• 1291 - Formation of the Swiss Confederacy.
• 1291 - Last territories of the Kingdom of of Jerusalem fall to Muslims.

Answer 6

The Early Middle Ages was from 500 to 1000 AD. This was a time when Viking raided at will and chaos reined.

Answer 7

410 AD with the fall of Rome to 1400 with the age exploration