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330
Constantinople Founded
Emperor Constantinople I found the Byzantine Greek city, renamed it, and made it the new capital of the empire. He named it after himself. -
532
Nika revolt
The war that took place in Constantinople, Byzantine against emperor Justinian. It lasted a week and with in that week more than 10,000 people died and half of Constantinople was destroyed or burned to the ground. -
537
Hagia Sofia
Hagia Sofia was a church built in 537 A.D which meant Holy Wisdom. It’s a domed monument that still stands in Islanbul to this day. -
540
General Belisarius
Conquered much of Italy, and was offered the title of Western Roman Emperor. -
Jan 1, 650
Early Islamic Military
Byzantine Roman Empire and the Sassanid Persian Empire we’re exhausted after fighting one another for decades. That was what caused them too loose so much. -
Jan 1, 1018
Bulgarian Conquest
Emperor Basil II conquered Bulgaria through his military. He was famous, called “The Bulgar Slayer”. Later after his rein ended they achieved their independence through uprising. He oversaw the stabilization of eastern Byzantine and finally defeated their European foe, the Bulgarians. The empire reached its greatest territorial extent since the Muslim conquests four centuries earlier. -
Jan 1, 1054
The Great Schism
This is about the separation of the eastern and the western christian churches. -
Period: Jan 1, 1081 to Jan 1, 1118
Emperor Alexios I
He was the Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. After the Muslim Turks threatened his kingdom, he sent an urgent message to Pope Urban, asking that he needed more soldiers to overtake his challengers. -
Jan 1, 1202
Fourth Crusade
Constantinople was reconquered unintentionally. The fourth crusade was an expedition to recapture Jerusalem from Saladin who stalemated the attempt at the third crusade. This time they intended to go through it in a different way by attacking Egypt the base of Muslim power. This didn’t work out well and lead them to conquering Constantinople. -
Jan 1, 1453
The fall of Constantinople
The Ottoman Turks invaded the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople on May 29 1453. This was considered as the fall of Constantinople.
