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- Battle of Frigidius
- Founding of Mount Cassino and the Bendictine Order
- Treaty of Verdun
- The Beginning of the Fourth Crusade
- Pietro D. Abano is Born
450
- The Vandals Sack Rome- Founding of Mount Cassino and the Bendictine Order
550
- Charlemagne's Coronation as Emperor- Treaty of Verdun
650
- Charles the Bald Becomes King of Italy- The Beginning of the Fourth Crusade
750
- The Children's Crusade- Pietro D. Abano is Born
850
- Pietro D. Abano Dies
1500
Battle of Frigidius
Date: 405 A.D.
Description:
Radagaesus recruited an army of reportedly 400,000 Germans and planned an invasion of Italy. Stilocho managed to scratch together a force of thirty Western Roman units amounting to only about 20,000 men.
Rather than taking a defensive stance, the Roman Commander instead actually crossed the Danube, and with a swift march, fell upon the German rear and utterly destroyed them.
Date: 405 A.D.
Description:
Radagaesus recruited an army of reportedly 400,000 Germans and planned an invasion of Italy. Stilocho managed to scratch together a force of thirty Western Roman units amounting to only about 20,000 men.
Rather than taking a defensive stance, the Roman Commander instead actually crossed the Danube, and with a swift march, fell upon the German rear and utterly destroyed them.
Date added: 12.08.04
Region: Western Europe, Southern Europe, Germany, Italy
Category: Military
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
Region: Western Europe, Southern Europe, Germany, Italy
Category: Military
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
The Vandals Sack Rome
Date: 455 A.D.
Description:
The Vandals, under Genseric, sack Rome.
Date: 455 A.D.
Description:
The Vandals, under Genseric, sack Rome.
Date added: 11.28.04
Region: Western Europe, Western Roman Empire, Southern Europe, Italy
Category: Military, Society
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
Region: Western Europe, Western Roman Empire, Southern Europe, Italy
Category: Military, Society
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
Founding of Mount Cassino and the Bendictine Order
Date: 529 A.D.
Description:
Benedict of Nursia founds the Benedictine monastic order at Monte Cassino, south of Rome.
Date: 529 A.D.
Description:
Benedict of Nursia founds the Benedictine monastic order at Monte Cassino, south of Rome.
Date added: 11.30.04
Region: Western Europe, Southern Europe, Italy
Category: Religion
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
Region: Western Europe, Southern Europe, Italy
Category: Religion
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
Charlemagne's Coronation as Emperor
Date: December 25th, 800 A.D.
Description:
Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor of the West at Christmas mass. The title had not been used since Roman Augustulus held the title in 476.
Date: December 25th, 800 A.D.
Description:
Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor of the West at Christmas mass. The title had not been used since Roman Augustulus held the title in 476.
Date added: 12.18.04
Region: Western Europe, France, Holy Roman Empire, Italy
Category: Politics, Religion, Law and Legislation
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
Region: Western Europe, France, Holy Roman Empire, Italy
Category: Politics, Religion, Law and Legislation
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
Treaty of Verdun
Date: 843 A.D.
Description:
This treaty divided the Carolingian Empire into three new states. These states were divided amongst the three surviving grandsons of Charlemagne. Lothar, the eldest, kept the imperial title but in reality really only had authority over his third of the empire. That third included Rome and Aachen and stretched from the North Sea to the Italian peninsula in a long portion down Western Europe. After Lothar's death in 855, this kingdom dissolved. Louis the German received East Francia, which encompasses much of modern Germany. The third brother, Charles the Bald, took West Francia from which France would develop.
Date: 843 A.D.
Description:
This treaty divided the Carolingian Empire into three new states. These states were divided amongst the three surviving grandsons of Charlemagne. Lothar, the eldest, kept the imperial title but in reality really only had authority over his third of the empire. That third included Rome and Aachen and stretched from the North Sea to the Italian peninsula in a long portion down Western Europe. After Lothar's death in 855, this kingdom dissolved. Louis the German received East Francia, which encompasses much of modern Germany. The third brother, Charles the Bald, took West Francia from which France would develop.
Date added: 08.28.05
Region: Western Europe, France, Germany, Italy
Category: Politics, Law and Legislation
Contributor(s): Natalie Kohout
Region: Western Europe, France, Germany, Italy
Category: Politics, Law and Legislation
Contributor(s): Natalie Kohout
Charles the Bald Becomes King of Italy
Date: January 31st, 876 A.D.
Description:
Having established the military power of his kingdom, Charles in 875 felt strong enough to make a bid for the vacant position of Holy Roman Emperor. Marching into Italy he was crowned as such by the pope, and on the 31st January 876 he gained unopposed, for himself, the crown of the Kingdom of Italy following the death of Louis II without legitimate issue.
Date: January 31st, 876 A.D.
Description:
Having established the military power of his kingdom, Charles in 875 felt strong enough to make a bid for the vacant position of Holy Roman Emperor. Marching into Italy he was crowned as such by the pope, and on the 31st January 876 he gained unopposed, for himself, the crown of the Kingdom of Italy following the death of Louis II without legitimate issue.
Date added: 01.24.05
Region: Western Europe, Holy Roman Empire, Italy
Category: Politics
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
Region: Western Europe, Holy Roman Empire, Italy
Category: Politics
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
The Beginning of the Fourth Crusade
Date: 1202 A.D.
Description:
The Fourth Crusade begins in Venice.
Date: 1202 A.D.
Description:
The Fourth Crusade begins in Venice.
Date added: 05.05.05
Region: Southern Europe, Italy
Category: Religion, Military, Politics
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
Region: Southern Europe, Italy
Category: Religion, Military, Politics
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter
The Children's Crusade
Date: 1212 A.D.
Description:
In 1212 a French boy from Coyes claimed he had met Christ and was urged by him to lead a Children's Crusade. Their innocence and faith would convince the Muslims of their cause, and the children attracted to the crusade believed it. This French boy, known as Stephen, went to Paris to gather support for his crusade to the Holy Land. Thousands of other children joined him and the movement even spread into Germany. Nicholas, a German peasant from near Cologne, served as a rallying point for those in Germany. Eventually Stephen and about 9,000 followers escorted by priests reached the port of Marseilles. In the port local merchants offered to transport them all to the Holy Land. In route a storm at sea drowned all of the children aboard two ships, and the remaining five parted ways, each heading for different destinations. One group went to Bougie in North Africa and the other sailed to Alexandria, Egypt. Both groups of children had the same end result in these port cities; all were sold in the slave markets. While those in Stephen's group met horrible ends, the group led by Nicholas had crossed the Swiss Alps and were in northern Italy. They numbered only about 7,000 or less and wandered south through Italy begging for food as they went. Only a few hundred of Nicholas' group remained when they reached the city of Brindisi on the southern Italian coast. A Norwegian trader by the name of Friso took the children who were left under his wing. Most of these children subsequently ended up in Mediterranean brothels or slave markets. Remarkably, a few actually did make it to the Holy Land by tagging along with groups of pilgrims. The handful of child crusaders that did reach the Holy Land failed to make any sort of an impression on the Muslims who occupied Jerusalem.
Date: 1212 A.D.
Description:
In 1212 a French boy from Coyes claimed he had met Christ and was urged by him to lead a Children's Crusade. Their innocence and faith would convince the Muslims of their cause, and the children attracted to the crusade believed it. This French boy, known as Stephen, went to Paris to gather support for his crusade to the Holy Land. Thousands of other children joined him and the movement even spread into Germany. Nicholas, a German peasant from near Cologne, served as a rallying point for those in Germany. Eventually Stephen and about 9,000 followers escorted by priests reached the port of Marseilles. In the port local merchants offered to transport them all to the Holy Land. In route a storm at sea drowned all of the children aboard two ships, and the remaining five parted ways, each heading for different destinations. One group went to Bougie in North Africa and the other sailed to Alexandria, Egypt. Both groups of children had the same end result in these port cities; all were sold in the slave markets. While those in Stephen's group met horrible ends, the group led by Nicholas had crossed the Swiss Alps and were in northern Italy. They numbered only about 7,000 or less and wandered south through Italy begging for food as they went. Only a few hundred of Nicholas' group remained when they reached the city of Brindisi on the southern Italian coast. A Norwegian trader by the name of Friso took the children who were left under his wing. Most of these children subsequently ended up in Mediterranean brothels or slave markets. Remarkably, a few actually did make it to the Holy Land by tagging along with groups of pilgrims. The handful of child crusaders that did reach the Holy Land failed to make any sort of an impression on the Muslims who occupied Jerusalem.
Date added: 05.05.05
Region: Western Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Northern Africa
Category: Religion, Military
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter; Natalie Kohout
Source information: Konstam, Angus. Historical Atlas of the Crusades. New York: Checkmark Books, 2002, 170-171.
Region: Western Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Northern Africa
Category: Religion, Military
Contributor(s): Alan Chanter; Natalie Kohout
Source information: Konstam, Angus. Historical Atlas of the Crusades. New York: Checkmark Books, 2002, 170-171.
Pietro D. Abano is Born
Date: 1250 A.D.
Description:
An Italian physician and philosopher who was brought to trial by the Inquisition twice.
Date: 1250 A.D.
Description:
An Italian physician and philosopher who was brought to trial by the Inquisition twice.
Date added: 07.08.05
Region: Western Europe, Southern Europe, Italy
Category: Society, Religion
Source information: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Eleventh Edition. Volume I. New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1910. 7.
Region: Western Europe, Southern Europe, Italy
Category: Society, Religion
Source information: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Eleventh Edition. Volume I. New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1910. 7.
Pietro D. Abano Dies
Date: 1316 A.D.
Description:
An Italian physician and philosopher who died before the completion of his second trial with the Inquisition.
Date: 1316 A.D.
Description:
An Italian physician and philosopher who died before the completion of his second trial with the Inquisition.
Date added: 07.08.05
Region: Western Europe, Southern Europe, Italy
Category: Society, Religion
Source information: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Eleventh Edition. Volume I. New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1910. 7.
Region: Western Europe, Southern Europe, Italy
Category: Society, Religion
Source information: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Eleventh Edition. Volume I. New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1910. 7.