Medieval
1000 CE to 1450 CE · 85 events
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All Medieval Events
Introduction of Arabic Numerals in Europe
10th-13th century · Medieval
Mathematics
Norse Settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows
1000 CE · Medieval
CulturePolitics
Collapse and Abandonment of the Wari Empire
c. 1000-1100 CE · Medieval
PoliticsCulture
Allied Scandinavian Kings Defeat Olaf Tryggvason at Svolder
September 1000 · Medieval
WarPolitics
The Battle of Clontarf
April 23, 1014 · Medieval
WarPolitics
Ibn al-Haytham Writes Book of Optics
c. 1011-1021 · Medieval
Physics/CosmologyMathematics
Death of Leif Erikson
c. 1020 CE · Medieval
Culture
Paper Money Introduced in Song Dynasty China
c. 1024 · Medieval
EconomicsTechnology
Beowulf, an Old English Epic Poem, is Written
975-1025 · Medieval
Art
Ibn Sina Completes the Canon of Medicine
1025 CE · Medieval
MedicinePhilosophy
Rajendra Chola Launches Naval Expedition Against Srivijaya
1025 CE · Medieval
WarExploration
Ibn al-Haytham's Doubts on Ptolemy
1028 CE · Medieval
AstronomyMathematicsPhysics/Cosmology
Al-Biruni Considers Earth's Rotation
1030 CE · Medieval
AstronomyPhysics/CosmologyMathematics
Invention of Movable Type Printing Press
1040 · Medieval
TechnologyLanguage
Chinese Astronomers Observe Supernova SN 1054
July 4, 1054 CE · Medieval
AstronomyPhysics/Cosmology
Westminster Abbey Founded
December 28, 1065 · Medieval
PoliticsReligion
The Battle of Hastings
1066 AD · Medieval
WarPolitics
Battle of Stamford Bridge
September 25, 1066 · Medieval
WarPolitics
Al-Bakri Documents the Ghana Empire in the Book of Routes and Realms
1068 CE · Medieval
EconomicsCulturePolitics
Battle of Manzikert
August 26, 1071 · Medieval
WarPolitics
Bayeux Tapestry Commissioned
c. 1070 · Medieval
ArtWar
Cahokia Reaches Peak Population
c. 1050-1100 CE · Medieval
CultureAgriculture
Su Song's Astronomical Clock Tower
1088 CE · Medieval
AstronomyTechnologyEngineering
First Crusade
1096 · Medieval
ReligionWar
Polynesian Navigators Settle the Hawaiian Islands
c. 1000–1200 CE · Medieval
ExplorationCulture
Adelard of Bath Translates Euclid's Elements from Arabic
c. 1120 · Medieval
MathematicsLanguage
Angkor Wat Built
1113-1150 CE · Medieval
Engineering
Polynesian Navigators Settle Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
c. 1100–1200 CE · Medieval
ExplorationCulture
Al-Idrisi Completes the Tabula Rogeriana World Map
1154 · Medieval
ExplorationLanguage
Jayavarman VII Restores and Expands the Khmer Empire
c. 1181 CE · Medieval
PoliticsCulture
Kilwa Sultanate Seizes Sofala, Controlling the Zimbabwe Gold Trade
c. 1185 CE · Medieval
EconomicsPoliticsWar
Saladin Recaptures Jerusalem from the Crusaders
October 2, 1187 CE · Medieval
ReligionWarPolitics
Ibn Rushd Critiques Ptolemaic Epicycles
c. 1190 CE · Medieval
AstronomyMathematicsPhilosophy
Battle of Arsuf
September 7, 1191 · Medieval
WarPolitics
Polynesians Make Contact with South America
c. 1150–1200 CE · Medieval
Exploration
Fibonacci Publishes Liber Abaci, Introducing Hindu-Arabic Numerals to Europe
1202 CE · Medieval
MathematicsEconomics
Elephant Clock Invented
1206 · Medieval
TechnologyEngineering
Magna Carta Drafted
June 15, 1215 · Medieval
LawPoliticsPhilosophy
Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela Completed in Ethiopia
c. 1220 CE · Medieval
EngineeringReligionArt
Sachsenspiegel (Saxon Mirror)
c. 1225 CE · Medieval
LawCultureLanguage
Death of Genghis Khan
1227 AD · Medieval
PoliticsWar
Constitutions of Melfi
September 1, 1231 · Medieval
LawPolitics
Sundiata Keita Defeats Sosso at Kirina, Founding the Mali Empire
c. 1235 CE · Medieval
WarPoliticsCulture
Construction of The Alhambra Begins
1238 AD · Medieval
Religion
Rumi Encounters Shams of Tabriz and Begins Composing in Konya
c. 1244 CE · Medieval
CulturePhilosophyReligion
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Invents the Tusi-couple Mechanism
1247 CE · Medieval
AstronomyMathematicsPhysics/Cosmology
Construction of Great Zimbabwe
c. 1100-1450 CE · Medieval
EngineeringEconomicsCulture
Siege of Baghdad
1258 AD · Medieval
WarPolitics
Maragha Observatory Established
1259 CE · Medieval
AstronomyMathematicsTechnology
Verge-and-Foliot Escapement
c. 1273 CE · Medieval
TechnologyEngineeringMathematics
Polynesian Ancestors of the Māori Settle Aotearoa New Zealand
c. 1250–1300 CE · Medieval
ExplorationCulture
Tran Hung Dao Defeats Mongol Fleet at the Battle of Bach Dang
April 9, 1288 · Medieval
War
Edict of Expulsion
1290 · Medieval
Law
Fall of Acre
1291 AD · Medieval
ReligionWar
Florence Bans Arabic Numerals and Zero from Official Documents
1299 CE · Medieval
MathematicsPoliticsEconomics
The Travels of Marco Polo Published
1298-1299 · Medieval
CultureExploration
Proto-Renaissance in Florence
1300 AD · Medieval
Culture
Little Ice Age Intensifies Across the Northern Hemisphere
c. 1300 CE · Medieval
Climate
Easter Island Moai Statues Erected
c. 1250-1500 CE · Medieval
ArtCultureEngineering
Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage to Mecca
1324–1325 CE · Medieval
PoliticsReligionEconomics
Construction of Tenochtitlan
1325 CE · Medieval
EngineeringCulture
Ibn Battuta Departs Tangier
June 14, 1325 · Medieval
ExplorationCulture
The Founding of Mewar
1326 · Medieval
Politics
Timbuktu Becomes a Center of Islamic Learning
c. 1327 · Medieval
ReligionLanguageCulture
Ibn Battuta Visits Kilwa and Documents the Swahili Coast
1331 CE · Medieval
ExplorationCultureEconomics
Start of the Hundred Years' War
1337 - 1453 · Medieval
War
The Black Death in Europe
1347-1352 AD · Medieval
Medicine
Ibn al-Shatir's Improved Planetary Models
c. 1350 CE · Medieval
AstronomyMathematics
Ming Dynasty Founded
1368 · Medieval
CulturePolitics
Timur Captures Samarkand and Establishes the Timurid Empire
1370 CE · Medieval
WarPoliticsCulture
Zheng He Launches the Ming Treasure Fleet Voyages
July 11, 1405 – 1433 CE · Medieval
ExplorationPolitics
Battle of Agincourt
1415 · Medieval
War
Zheng He's Fleet Reaches East Africa
1418-1419 · Medieval
ExplorationEconomics
Construction of the Dome of Florence Cathedral
1420 · Medieval
ArtReligion
Founding of the Aztec Empire
1428 AD · Medieval
PoliticsCulture
Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence
1431 · Medieval
ReligionPolitics
Ming China Ends the Treasure Voyages and Destroys the Records
1433–1435 CE · Medieval
ExplorationPolitics
Ulugh Beg Compiles Zij-i Sultani Star Catalog
1437 CE · Medieval
AstronomyMathematics
The Inca Empire Established
1438 - 1533 · Medieval
Politics
Gutenberg Printing Press
1439 AD · Medieval
TechnologyArtLanguage
Plethon Lectures on Platonic Philosophy in Florence
1439 · Medieval
PhilosophyReligion
Nicholas of Cusa Postulates an Infinite, Centerless Universe
February 12, 1440 · Medieval
AstronomyMathematicsPhilosophy
Kingdom of Benin: Art, Power, and the Bronzes
c. 1440–1897 · Medieval
ArtCulturePolitics
King Sejong Promulgates the Hangul Alphabet
1443 · Medieval
LanguageTechnology
Battle of Varna
November 10, 1444 · Medieval
WarPolitics