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500 CE – 1500 CE

Dated moments of the Middle Ages

297 dated moments dated inside this band, grouped by region and listed in order.

Europe · 102

Vandalic War 533 CE Gothic War (Italian Reconquest) 535 CE Hagia Sophia 537 CE Byzantine-Sassanid War of 572-591 572 CE Canterbury Cathedral 597 CE Sutton Hoo 600 CE Dubrovnik 614 CE Byzantine–Arab Wars 629 CE Great Mosque of Kairouan 670 CE Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars 681 CE Tunis 698 CE Ragusa (Dubrovnik) 700 CE Muslim Conquest of Iberia 711 CE Reconquista 711 CE Siege of Constantinople (717) 717 CE Abbey of Saint Gall 719 CE Battle of Tours 732 CE Córdoba 756 CE Charlemagne's Saxon Wars 772 CE Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba 784 CE Viking Invasions 793 CE Venice 800 CE Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela 829 CE Amalfi 839 CE Carolingian Civil Wars 840 CE Novgorod 859 CE Wars of the Kievan Rus' 860 CE Magyar Invasions of Europe 899 CE Rila Monastery 927 CE St. Bavo's Cathedral 942 CE Battle of Lechfeld 955 CE Westminster Abbey 960 CE Mount Athos 963 CE Mont-Saint-Michel 966 CE Gdańsk 997 CE Genoa 1000 CE Fitna of al-Andalus 1009 CE Sveti Tskhoveli Cathedral 1010 CE Montserrat Monastery 1025 CE Byzantine–Seljuk Wars 1048 CE Kyiv Pechersk Lavra 1051 CE Norman Conquest of Southern Italy 1061 CE Norman Conquest of England 1066 CE Tower of London 1066 CE Bergen 1070 CE Battle of Manzikert 1071 CE Grossmünster 1100 CE Edinburgh Castle 1103 CE The Anarchy 1135 CE St. Stephen's Cathedral 1137 CE The Kremlin 1156 CE Wars of the Lombard League 1160 CE Notre-Dame de Paris 1163 CE Leaning Tower of Pisa 1173 CE Borgund Stave Church 1180 CE Northern Crusades / Baltic Crusades 1193 CE Chartres Cathedral 1194 CE Bruges 1200 CE Hamburg 1200 CE Lisbon 1200 CE Lübeck 1200 CE Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo 1200 CE Riga 1201 CE Albigensian Crusade 1209 CE Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa 1212 CE First Barons' War 1215 CE Geghard Monastery 1215 CE Alhambra 1238 CE Cologne Cathedral 1248 CE Stockholm 1252 CE Basilica of St. Francis 1253 CE Second Barons' War 1264 CE Mevlana Museum 1274 CE Wieliczka Salt Mine 1280 CE War of the Sicilian Vespers 1282 CE Anglo–Scottish Wars 1296 CE Florence Cathedral 1296 CE Wars of Scottish Independence 1296 CE Basilica of St. Anthony 1310 CE Dom Tower of Utrecht 1321 CE Hundred Years' War 1337 CE St. Vitus Cathedral 1344 CE Battle of Crécy 1346 CE Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp 1352 CE Ottoman Wars in Europe 1354 CE Jacquerie 1358 CE Wawel Cathedral 1364 CE Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans 1371 CE Muscovite–Mongol Wars 1380 CE English Peasants' Revolt 1381 CE Milan Cathedral 1386 CE Battle of Kosovo 1389 CE Antwerp 1400 CE Battle of Ankara 1402 CE Battle of Grunwald 1410 CE Battle of Agincourt 1415 CE Hussite Wars 1419 CE Fall of Constantinople 1453 CE Wars of the Roses 1455 CE Crimean Khanate Slave Raids 1468 CE Burgundian Wars 1474 CE Italian Wars 1494 CE

Middle East · 43

St. Catherine's Monastery 548 CE St. Catherine's Monastery & Mount Sinai 548 CE Muscat 600 CE Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628 602 CE Mosque of the Companions 615 CE Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) 622 CE Mosque of the Prophet 622 CE Battle of Badr 624 CE Great Mosque of Sana'a 630 CE Early Muslim Conquests 632 CE Basra 636 CE Battle of Châlons 636 CE Battle of Yarmouk 636 CE Al-Masjid al-Haram 638 CE Cairo (Fustat) 641 CE Khazar-Arab Wars 642 CE Jeddah 647 CE First Fitna (Islamic Civil War) 656 CE Imam Husayn Shrine 680 CE Second Fitna 680 CE Dome of the Rock 691 CE Al-Khamis Mosque 692 CE Al-Aqsa Mosque 705 CE Umayyad Mosque 715 CE Abbasid Revolution 747 CE Baghdad 762 CE Imam Reza Shrine 818 CE Great Mosque of Samarra 851 CE Zanj Rebellion 869 CE Fatimid Conquest of Egypt 969 CE Al-Azhar Mosque 970 CE Shrine of Imam Ali 977 CE The Crusades 1096 CE Hormuz 1100 CE Krak des Chevaliers 1142 CE Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum 1157 CE Lalibela Rock Churches 1181 CE Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela 1181 CE Battle of Hattin 1187 CE Mongol Invasion of Khwarezmia 1219 CE Siege of Baghdad (1258) 1258 CE Battle of Ain Jalut 1260 CE Mocha 1400 CE

South Asia · 28

Colombo 500 CE Boudhanath Stupa 600 CE Ellora Caves 600 CE Lhasa 637 CE Potala Palace 637 CE Jokhang Temple 647 CE Shore Temple 700 CE Kedarnath Temple 800 CE Bagan 849 CE Temples of Bagan 849 CE Arunachaleswarar Temple 850 CE Khajuraho Temples 950 CE Calicut 1000 CE Ghaznavid Conquests of India 1001 CE Brihadeeswara Temple 1010 CE Brihadeshvara Temple 1010 CE Chola Conquests 1010 CE Dilwara Temples 1031 CE Pagan Empire Wars 1044 CE Jagannath Temple 1161 CE Ramanathaswamy Temple 1200 CE Delhi Sultanate Wars 1206 CE Konark Sun Temple 1250 CE Hampi 1336 CE Vijayanagara 1336 CE Vijayanagara Empire Wars 1336 CE Sixty Dome Mosque 1459 CE Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif 1481 CE

East Asia · 47

Bulguksa Temple 528 CE Göktürk Wars 552 CE Hangzhou 589 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars 598 CE Shwedagon Pagoda 600 CE Tang Unification Wars 617 CE Osaka 645 CE Sensō-ji 645 CE Quanzhou 700 CE Fushimi Inari-taisha 711 CE Leshan Giant Buddha 713 CE Uyghur Khaganate Wars 744 CE Tōdai-ji 752 CE An Lushan Rebellion 755 CE Kiyomizu-dera 778 CE Haeinsa Temple 802 CE Wars of the Khmer Empire 802 CE Preah Vihear Temple 893 CE Khitan Liao Wars 907 CE Kaifeng 960 CE Song–Liao Wars 979 CE Champa–Đại Việt Wars 982 CE Chola Invasion of Srivijaya 1017 CE Song-Western Xia Wars 1038 CE Temple of Literature 1070 CE Angkor Wat 1113 CE Song–Jin Wars 1115 CE Khmer–Cham Wars 1177 CE Genpei War 1180 CE Angkor Thom 1181 CE Goryeo-Mongol Wars 1231 CE Mongol Conquest of Song China 1235 CE Sukhothai 1238 CE Mongol Invasions of Vietnam 1258 CE Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 CE Himeji Castle 1333 CE Ayutthaya 1351 CE Red Turban Rebellion 1351 CE Wars of Ayutthaya 1351 CE Wars of Lan Xang 1353 CE Kinkaku-ji 1397 CE Malacca 1400 CE Forbidden City 1406 CE Wudang Mountains Temples 1412 CE Temple of Heaven 1420 CE Ōnin War 1467 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) 1467 CE

Africa · 26

Ife 500 CE Ile-Ife 500 CE Ghana Empire Wars 750 CE Sijilmasa 757 CE Fez 789 CE Kilwa Kisiwani 900 CE Mogadishu 900 CE Mombasa 900 CE Sofala 900 CE Zanzibar 900 CE Mapungubwe 1075 CE Gedi Ruins 1100 CE Great Zimbabwe 1100 CE Great Zimbabwe & Mutapa Wars 1100 CE Kanem-Bornu Wars 1100 CE Timbuktu 1100 CE Almohad Conquests 1121 CE Benin City 1180 CE Mali Empire Conquests 1235 CE Wars of the Mali Empire 1235 CE Great Mosque of Djenné 1240 CE Thulamela 1250 CE Wars of the Kingdom of Kongo 1390 CE Larabanga Mosque 1421 CE Wars of the Songhai Empire 1464 CE Tomb of the Askia 1495 CE

Americas · 35

Kuelap 500 CE Uxmal 500 CE Cahokia Mounds 600 CE Chichen Itza 600 CE Joya de Cerén 600 CE Mesa Verde 600 CE Sicán 750 CE Ciudad Perdida 800 CE Mississippian Warfare 800 CE Pueblo Bonito 828 CE Chaco Canyon 850 CE Chan Chan 850 CE Ciudadela of Chan Chan 850 CE Quilmes Ruins 850 CE Toltec Wars 900 CE Tongan Empire Expansion 950 CE Tu'i Tonga Empire Conflicts 950 CE L'Anse aux Meadows 1000 CE Marae Taputapuātea 1000 CE Cusco 1100 CE Easter Island (Rapa Nui) 1200 CE Tulum 1200 CE Rano Raraku 1250 CE Templo Mayor 1325 CE Tenochtitlán Market 1325 CE Ingapirca 1400 CE Ollantaytambo 1400 CE Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau 1400 CE Aztec Triple Alliance Expansion 1428 CE Inca Empire Expansion 1438 CE Qorikancha 1438 CE Sacsayhuamán 1438 CE Machu Picchu 1450 CE Mapuche–Inca War 1460 CE Chimú–Inca War 1462 CE

Oceania · 5

Borobudur 800 CE Prambanan 850 CE Pura Besakih 1000 CE Wairau Bar 1280 CE Wars of Majapahit 1293 CE

Elsewhere · 11

Göktürk Khaganate Wars 552 CE Srivijaya Maritime Wars 600 CE Battle of Talas 751 CE Nan Madol 1180 CE Mongol Conquests 1206 CE Lelu Ruins 1250 CE Conquests of Timur (Tamerlane) 1370 CE Shah-i-Zinda 1370 CE Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 1389 CE Bibi-Khanym Mosque 1399 CE Russo–Kazan Wars 1445 CE