Late Antiquity
500 CE to 1000 CE · 65 events
Politics (37)Culture (31)Religion (18)War (10)Technology (8)Mathematics (8)Law (6)Engineering (6)
All Late Antiquity Events
Salic Law (Lex Salica)
c. 500 CE · Late Antiquity
LawPoliticsCulture
Construction of Bamiyan Buddha Statues
c. 500-570 CE · Late Antiquity
ArtReligionCulture
Banana Cultivation Introduced to East Africa
c. 500 CE · Late Antiquity
AgricultureTechnologyCulture
Bantu Migration Reaches Southern Africa
c. 500 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureAgricultureLanguage
Code of Justinian
529-534 CE · Late Antiquity
Law
Hagia Sophia Completed
532-537 AD · Late Antiquity
PoliticsReligion
The Late Antique Dust Veil Event
536-540 CE · Late Antiquity
ClimateGeologyBiology
Justinian Plague: First Major Recorded Pandemic
541-549 CE · Late Antiquity
MedicinePolitics
Christianization of the Nubian Kingdoms
543-580 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionCulturePolitics
Fall of Funan and Rise of Chenla
c. 550-600 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCultureEconomics
Introduction of Buddhism to Japan
552 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionCulturePolitics
Caracol Defeats Tikal in 'Star War'
April 29, 562 CE · Late Antiquity
WarPolitics
The Birth of Muhammad
570 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureReligion
Origin of Chess (Chaturanga)
c. 550-600 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureTechnologyMathematics
Wari Empire Emerges in the Andes
c. 550-600 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCultureEngineering
Sui Dynasty Reunifies China
Spring 589 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsWarCulture
Chess Reaches Sassanid Persia as Chatrang
c. 600 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureEntertainment & Media
Harsha's Unification of Northern India
April 606 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsWarCulture
Reign of K'inich Janaab' Pakal in Palenque
615-683 CE · Late Antiquity
ArtCulturePolitics
Tang Dynasty Established
June 18, 618 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCulture
Constitution of Medina
622 AD · Late Antiquity
CultureLawPolitics
Muhammad's Hijra: Migration from Mecca to Medina
622 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionPolitics
Zero and Decimal System
628 CE · Late Antiquity
Mathematics
Brahmagupta Rejects Earth's Rotation
628 CE · Late Antiquity
AstronomyPhysics/Cosmology
Xuanzang Departs China on Pilgrimage to India
629 CE · Late Antiquity
ExplorationCulture
Muhammad's Conquest of Mecca and Cleansing of the Kaaba
January 630 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionPoliticsWar
Death of Muhammad and the Rashidun Succession Crisis
June 8, 632 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionPolitics
Cheomseongdae Observatory Construction
633 CE · Late Antiquity
AstronomyTechnologyEngineering
Establishment of the Islamic Hijri Calendar
638-639 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureReligionMathematics
Songtsen Gampo Embraces Buddhism
641 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionPoliticsCulture
Taika Reforms
645-646 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCultureEconomics
Thonmi Sambhota Devises Tibetan Script
c. 650 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureTechnology
Sassanid Empire Falls to Arab Conquest
642-651 CE · Late Antiquity
WarReligionPolitics
Battle of Karbala: Martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali
October 10, 680 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionWarPolitics
Wu Zetian Assumes the Imperial Throne
September 9, 690 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCulture
Austronesian Settlers Arrive in Madagascar
c. 650-800 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureAgricultureExploration
Umayyad Conquest of Hispania
711 AD · Late Antiquity
PoliticsWar
Umayyad Mosque Completed
715 · Late Antiquity
CultureReligion
Battle of Toulouse (Invasion of Gaul)
June 9, 721 AD · Late Antiquity
WarPolitics
Yi Xing's Water-Driven Escapement Mechanism
725 CE · Late Antiquity
TechnologyAstronomyEngineering
Charlemagne Crowned as Emperor
800 AD · Late Antiquity
Politics
Indian Astronomical Texts Translated into Arabic (Zij al-Sindhind)
773 CE · Late Antiquity
AstronomyMathematics
Jabir ibn Hayyan Systematizes Chemical Experimentation
c. 776 CE · Late Antiquity
ChemistryTechnology
Formation of the Four Schools of Islamic Law
c. 750-850 CE · Late Antiquity
LawReligionPolitics
Senegal River Gold Trade Route Established
c. 800 CE · Late Antiquity
EconomicsExploration
Borobudur Temple Constructed
c. 800 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionEngineeringArt
Sandstone Quarrying at Phnom Kulen
c. 802 CE · Late Antiquity
EngineeringGeology
Jayavarman II Establishes the Khmer Empire
802 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCulture
Al-Shafi'i's Risala: Foundation of Islamic Legal Theory
c. 810-814 CE · Late Antiquity
LawReligionPhilosophy
Al-Khwarizmi's Foundational Algebra Text
c. 820 CE · Late Antiquity
Mathematics
House of Wisdom Founded in Baghdad
c. 832 CE · Late Antiquity
AstronomyMathematicsCulture
Printing of the Diamond Sutra
May 11, 868 CE · Late Antiquity
TechnologyReligion
First Viking Settlement in Iceland
874 AD · Late Antiquity
CulturePolitics
Danelaw Established
886 AD · Late Antiquity
Politics
Al-Battani's Astronomical Tables
c. 900 CE · Late Antiquity
AstronomyMathematics
Military Use of Gunpowder Begins
904 AD · Late Antiquity
TechnologyWar
Establishment of the Duchy of Normandy
911 AD · Late Antiquity
Politics
Althing Founded
930 AD · Late Antiquity
Politics
Coronation of Louis IV as King of West Francia
936 · Late Antiquity
Politics
Maya Postclassic Period Begins
950 AD · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCulture
Battle of Lechfeld
August 10, 955 · Late Antiquity
WarPolitics
Zhao Kuangyin Founds the Song Dynasty
960 CE · Late Antiquity
Politics
Leif Erikson Explores North America
c. 1000 AD · Late Antiquity
CulturePolitics
First Viking Settlement in Greenland by Erik the Red
985 AD · Late Antiquity
CulturePolitics
Hugh Capet Elected King of France, Founding the Capetian Dynasty
987 CE · Late Antiquity
Politics