597 ANALYTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX. A.D. PAGE 493 The Gothic kingdom of Italy founded 518 Justin chosen Emperor of Constantinople 264 The Han dynasty (which commenced in China, B.C. 202) extin- 452 Foundation of Venice 455 Britain invaded by the Saxons 481 Accession of Clovis I., king of the Franks 489 Odoacer defeated by the Goths 496 Baptism of Clovis I. 511 Death of Clovis I. 50 THE importance of the trade-winds to navigation first shown by 191 3 4 9 7 5 10 551 Two Persian monks penetrate into China, who afterwards first brought 14 552 Conquest of Italy by Narses 8 561 Death of Clotaire at Compiègne 19 567 Alboin, king of the Lombards, undertakes the conquest of Italy 21 33 571 Turkish embassy to Justinian II. 15 573 Alboin, king of the Lombards, murdered by his wife 591 Khosrú restored to the throne of Persia by the Emperor Maurice 613 France reunited into a single monarchy by Clotaire II. 622 The Hejira, or Flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina 35 29 A.D. 624 Heraclius enters Persia 628 Accession of Dagobert I. 632 Death of Mohammed. Abú Bekr, first khaliph 633 Syria invaded by the Saracens 634 Death of the Khaliph Abú Bekr. Accession of Omar 636 Rotharis elected king of the Lombards The Sassanid dynasty overthrown 641 Battle of Navahend. Persia completely subdued by the Saracens 643 Omar assassinated by a slave Othman-ebn-Affán, third khaliph 647 Cyprus conquered by Moawiyah 651 Death of Yezdijird, the last monarch of the Sassanid dynasty 656 Othman murdered. Ali, fourth khaliph 661 Ali assassinated. Moawiyah founds the Ommiade dynasty 704 Bokhara conquered by the Arabs - A manufactory of cotton-paper at Samarcand 710 The Saracens invited into Spain by Count Julian 711 Luitprand becomes king of the Lombards 714 Death of Pepin D'Heristal 732 Defeat of the Saracens by Charles Martel 743 Death of Luitprand 751 Astulphus elected king of the Lombards Rise of the temporal power of the Popes 754 Image-worship condemned at the Synod of Constantinople 774 Monarchy of the Lombards subverted by Charlemagne 799 Egbert ascends the throne of Wessex 800 Charlemagne crowned by the Pope emperor of the West 61 193 56 56 72 814 Death of the Emperor Charlemagne. 827 The Saxon Heptarchy subverted 833 Turkish mercenaries first employed by the khaliphs of Bagdad 860 The Pope assumes the power of citing kings before him. 861 Feroe Islands discovered about this time by a Scandinavian vessel 877 Fiefs rendered hereditary 878 The Pope bestows the title of Emperor upon Charles the Bald 884 Brief restoration of the Empire of the West 887 The Normans expelled from England by Alfred 912 The province of Neustria ceded to the Normans 919 Henry the Fowler elected emperor of Germany 936 The Khaliph Al Khadi, of Bagdad, elects a new minister called the 950 Greenland discovered by the Icelanders about this period 951 The German Emperor Otho I. invited into Italy 962 Otho I. crowned Emperor of the Romans by the Pope 967 The Pope takes an oath of obedience and fidelity to the Emperor 977 The Ghaznevid dynasty established. 57,80 A.D. 983 Death of the Emperor Otho II. 987 Extinction of the Carlovingian dynasty. Hugh Capet becomes king 992 Venice become an important state 996 Pope Gregory V. nominated by the Emperor 1002 The Emperor Otho III. poisoned 1016 Establishment of the Normans in Southern Italy End of the Saxon line of the German emperors 1028 Death of Mahmúd of Ghizni 1045 Three rival Popes share the revenues of the Church 1059 The Election of the Pope declared to be in the Cardinals only 60 74 57 57 62, note 74 75 62 77 77 60 1070 The Emperor Romanus Diogenes taken prisoner by Alp Arslan 1077 The Countess Matilda bestows her property upon the Church. The Emperor is obliged to submit to the Pope 1085 Madrid and Toledo taken from the Moors by the Castilians 1086 Death of Gregory VII. . 1092 Death of Malek Shah, and dismemberment of the Seljukian empire 1099 Kingdom of Jerusalem founded 1104 Oath of obedience to the Pope imposed on the clergy 1106 Death of the Emperor Henry IV. 1114 Formation of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem 1130 Innocent II. ascends the Papal chair. 1139 Council at Rome of a thousand bishops Alphonso proclaimed king of Portugal on the field of battle 1142 Death of Abelard 1117 The Saracens reach the Tagus 1152 Normandy, Anjou, and Maine added to the English crown 1154 Ireland brought under the supremacy of the Pope Ireland granted to the king of England by the Pope 1169 Earliest case of popular representation occurs in Castile 1180 The Jews expelled from France 1187 The Christian kingdom of Jerusalem overthrown by Saladin 1192 Treaty between Saladin and Richard I. 1193 Death of Saladin. 82, 83 83 123 84 63 85 85, 89 90 86 . 86 104 1212 The Mohammedan power broken in Spain at the battle of Ubeda 1215 The Great Charter of England signed 1216 Death of John, King of England 100 97 97 123 124 134 134 |