| Dates |
Anglo
Saxon History |
Arts
and Literature |
Politics |
Science |
| 100 |
Tacitus
writes Germania |
149
149Lucius
Apuleius, The Golden Ass |
117 Hadrian becomes Roman Emperor
161 Marcus Aurelius becomes the Roman Emperor |
132 Zhang Heng develops the first seismograph
139
139
Ptolemy is born in Egypt |
| 200 |
Migration Period begins |
250 Heliodorus of
Emesa, Egyptian Tales |
200 Japanese warrior empress, Jingu, invades
Korea
221 Han dynasty ends in China
222 Alexander Severus becomes Emperor and ends
persecution of Christians
285 Diocletian moves the capitol of the Roman empire
to Byzantium |
Mica is used to make windows
in China |
| 300 |
Earliest runic inscriptions in Denmark
375
Ermenrichus king of the Goths
dies. He is the basis for Jormunrek of the Volsungasaga
|
341 Ulfilas translates
the Bible into Gothic |
325 Constantine calls a ecumenical council at
Nicea. Nicean Creed is
formulated.
Mayans begin their Classical period |
Chinese begin to drink tea,
probably learned from Tibetan practice |
| 400 |
Huns battle Burgundians
449
Angles, Saxons, and Jutes migrate to Britain
453
Attila the Hun dies possibly at the hands of his
new wife, the Germanic Ildico, the name a form of “Hild”. Attila is
the basis for the fictional Atli of the Volsungasaga.
|
455 St. Patrick, Confessions |
406 Vandals take most of Gaul
410 Alric takes Rome
475 Theodoric the Great succeeds to the throne
of the Ostrogoths
432 St. Patrick begins converting the Irish to
Christianity |
425 Flavius Vegetius,
a pioneer of vetenary science, writes a book on mules |
| 500 |
Migration Period ends
550
Jordanes writes
History of the Goths
550
Danes raid
Frisia
597
St. Augustine begins conversion of Anglo-Saxons
|
531 St. Sophia is
rebuilt in Constantinople
550 Mayans build the
city of Tikal |
By this time, the Japanese have coalesced into one
nation and culture
552 Buddhism is introduced into Japan
568 The city of Venice is founded |
576 Hindu
mathematicians begin to use a number system with place notations and the
symbol zero |
| 600 |
Sutton Hoo Ship Burial |
691 Caliph
Abd-el-Malkik builds the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem |
610 Mohammad sees a vision in which the angel
Gabriel tells him he is the messenger of Allah
683 Empress Wu reigns in China |
673
“Greek Fire” a mixture of naphtha, quicklime, sulphur, and
pitch is used in defense of Constantinople |
| 700 |
Vendel Ship Burial
Frank's casket made in Anglo-Saxon England
depicting Weland (Volund) the Smith on one panel and the archer Aegili on
another.
Eggjum rune stone in Sogn Norway created. Its
diction foreshadowing skaldic poetry.
Beowulf thought to have been composed. It
contains references to the Volsung legend, the Brisingmen, and Weland /
Wayland (Volund) the smith.
715
Willibrord leads first Christian mission to
Scandinavia. His attempt to convert the Danes is unsuccessful.
789
Norwegians Vikings attack Portland England, the
first attack on England
793
Vikings raid Lindisfarne
|
731 Bede, Ecclesiastical
History
748 First printed
newspaper appears in China
770
Waldere composed. Contains reference to
Wayland (Volund).
778 The Song of
Roland, attributed to Turpin, Archbishop of Rheims
|
711 Moors invade Spain
737 Charles Martel takes Avignon from the
Saracens
785 Charlemagne subdues the Saxons |
790 Haroun al Rashid increases his patronage
of the science, particularly medicine, astronomy, chemistry, astrology and
alchemy.
|
| 800 |
Earliest Skaldic poetry
826
Danish King Harald Klak converted to
Christianity. He is baptized at Mainz and is accompanied by Anskar on his
return to Denmark.
839
Swedish Vikings reach Constantinople
860
Swedish Vikings, the Rus attack Constantinople
866
Danes occupy York
896
Viking army in England breaks up with some
members staying in England to live. |
817 Li Ho, Poems
845 Abu-Tammam, Diwan
|
Kyoto is founded
The Khmers of Cambodia begin their rise to prosperity
at this time
The Mayan civilization goes into decline
The great migration by canoe and raft into the
Polynesian islands of the Pacific probably begins at this time |
800 Al-Batriq produces Arabic translations of
Galen and Hippocrates
835 First reference to a printed book in China
850 Earliest references to gunpowder in China
|
| 900 |
926 Harald Bluetooth converts Danes to Christianity
975 Exeter Book copied. The volume contains the poems Widsith, the Wanderer
and Deor’s Lament. |
915 Regino Prum, World
Chronicle |
T’ang dynasty ended by a successful peasant revolt.
“Period of the Five Dynasties and the Tend Kingdoms” begins in
China
930 Qarmatians sack Mecca and remove the Black
Stone.
987 Hugh Capet crowned King of France
996 Otto III crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by
Pope Gregory |
920 Earliest European references to use of
collars in the harnesses of horses. |
| 1000 |
Conversion of Iceland to Christianity
Earliest Swedish runic inscriptions
Leif Erikson winters in Vinland
Runestone in Sweden depicts Sigurd roasting
Fafnir's heart. |
1000 Sei Shonagon, The
Pillow Book
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