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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.

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