ÿþ<html> <head> <title>WHKMLA : Timelines - Central Europe : Early Middle Ages </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2006 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Historical Dictionary </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdema.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../whchapters.html"> <img src = "../timelines.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../sat/texts/narrema.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Narratives </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on May 13th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline Central Europe : Early Middle Ages</B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/wh/tlema.html </i></font> </B></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 461 <BR> 496 <BR> 664 <BR> 751 <BR> 751 <BR><BR> 768 <BR> 772-804 <BR> 774 <BR> 788 <BR> 791 <BR> 795-812 <BR> 800 <BR> 814 <BR> 840 <BR> 840 <BR> 843 <BR> 844 <BR><BR> 865-867 <BR><BR> 870 <BR><BR> 880 <BR><BR> 884 <BR><BR> 885 <BR> 887/888 <BR><BR><BR><BR> 888 <BR> 895 <BR> 910 <BR> 910 <BR> 911 <BR> 917-919 <BR><BR> 919 <BR> 933 <BR> 955 <BR> 962 <BR><BR><BR> 965 <BR> 966 <BR> 973 <BR><BR> 975 <BR> 987 <BR> 988 <BR> 996 <BR> 997 <BR> 1001 <BR> 1004 <BR><BR> 1024 <BR> 1025 <BR> 1032/1034 <BR> 1035 <BR> </font></TD> <BR><TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Ireland : death of St. Patrick, who introduced christianity to Ireland <BR> Frankish Kingdom : conversion of Clovis, introduction of Catholic christianity <BR> England : Synod of Whitby <BR> Pepin the Short crowned King of the Franks; begin of Carolingian dynasty <BR> Pepinian Donation - creation of Patrimonium Petri (Papal State). Later claimed to be Constantinian <BR> Donation <BR> Death of Pepin the Short; Frankish Kingdom partitioned between Charles and Carloman <BR> Frankish conquest of Saxony; enforced baptism of pagan Saxons <BR> Frankish conquest of Lombard Kingdom <BR> Duchy of Bavaria submitted to Charlemagne, King of the Franks <BR> Destruction of the Khaganate of the Avars at the hands of the Franks <BR> Frankish Kingdom : Establishment of the Spanish March <BR> Pope Leo III. crowmed Charlemagne (West) Roman Emperor <BR> Frankish Kingdom : death of Charlemagne; succeeded by son Louis the Pious <BR> Oaths of Strassburg oldest preserved written text in both old German and old French language <BR> Frankish Kingdom : Louis the Pious died in 840; sons agreed to partition Kingdom three ways <BR> (Treaty of Verdun) <BR> Scotland : Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Dalriada, conquered Kingdom of Fortriu (the highland <BR> Picts), established Kingdom of Alba <BR> England : Danish Vikings conquered East Anglia, much of Mercia, Northumberland, established <BR> Danelaw <BR> Franks : Treaty of Mersen revised arrangement of borders by Treaty of Verdun; Lotharingia <BR> (Lorraine) split between West, East Frankish Kingdom <BR> Franks : Treaty of Ribemont revised arrangement of borders by Treaty of Mersen; Lotharingia <BR> to East Frankish Kingdom <BR> Following the death of the West Frankish King, Charles the Fat was King of the East (since <BR> 880) and the West Frankish Kingdom (until his death in 888) <BR> West Frankish Kingdom : Great Viking siege of Paris; city held out <BR> West, East Frankish Kingdom : Charles the Fat deposed - he proved incapable of dealing with <BR> the Viking threat. Indivisibility of West, East Frankish Kingdom, succession of eldest son, <BR> right of the nobles to elect successor in case there is no son, established - from now on, <BR> West Frankish Kingdom was France, East Frankish Kingdom Germany <BR> Saracens established stronghold at Fraxinetum in the Provence <BR> Arrival of the Magyars in Pannonia; begin of the Magyar raids <BR> Spain : Kingdom of Asturias split in two - Leon and (eastern) Asturias <BR> France : abbey of Cluny founded <BR> France : Viking chieftain Rollo appointed Count of Rouen (Normandy) <BR> English conquest of Danelaw; with annexation of the remainder of Mercia by Wessex, <BR> England unified (last Viking Kingdom of York conquered in 927) <BR> East Frankish Kingdom : begin of Saxon or Ottonian Dynasty <BR> Kingdoms of Lower and Upper Burgundy merged <BR> East Frankish Kingdom : Magyars defeated in Battle of Lechfeld <BR> East Frankish Kingdom : Otto the Great crowned Roman Emperor (Renovatio Imperii); from <BR> then onward, the East Frankish kings monopolized the claim on the Imperial crown (but still <BR> required to be crowned by the pope). In sources, state refered to as 'Roman Kingdom' <BR> Denmark introduced (Catholic) christianity <BR> Poland introduced (Catholic) christianity <BR> The Kingdom of Alba, after annexing Strathclyde (920) annexed Lothian; the unification of <BR> Scotland, except for the Isles, was completed; country came to be called Scotland <BR> Saracen stronghold at Fraxinetum (Provence) retaken <BR> France : begin of Capetian Dynasty <BR> Kievan Rus introduced Orthodox christianity <BR> Hungary introduced (Catholic) christianity <BR> Leon : Santiago de la Compostela raided by Muslim force <BR> Hungary elevated Kingdom <BR> Emperor crowned King of Italy; future Roman Kings'Emperors treated Kgd. of Italy as an annex <BR> to the Empire <BR> Empire : begin of Salic Dynasty <BR> Poland elevated Kingdom <BR> Emperor Conrad II. crowned King of Burgundy; in effect Burgundy annexed into Empire <BR> Count of Castile assumed title of King <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> REFERENCE : <BR><BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> </DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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