State395–1453
Byzantine Empire
The Eastern Roman Empire with its capital at Constantinople, from the division of the Roman Empire (395) to the capture of the city by the Ottomans (1453).
- Dates
- 395 – 1453
- Events
- 42 events
- Regions
- Western and Central Europe, Balkans and Anatolia, Africa, Eastern Europe
- In the threads
- Europe in the Roman age (1st–5th c.), Early medieval Europe (500–1000), Eastern Europe and Rus’ before the Baptism (1st–10th c.), Europe and the Mediterranean in the 13th century, Europe and the Ottoman Empire: the end of the Middle Ages
Events
- Division of the Roman Empire17 January 395 · Western and Central Europe
- Council of Chalcedon8 October – 1 November 451 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Deposition of Romulus Augustulus4 September 476 · Western and Central Europe
- Theodoric takes Ravenna490 – 5 March 493 · Western and Central Europe
- Corpus Juris Civilis7 April 529 – 16 November 534 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Vandalic WarJune 533 – March 534 · Africa
- Construction of Hagia Sophia23 February 532 – 27 December 537 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Gothic War (535–554)535–554 · Western and Central Europe
- Plague of Justinian541–549 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Jordanes and Procopius describe the Sclaveni and the Antesbetween 550 and 554 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Lombard invasion of Italy2 April 568 – 572 · Western and Central Europe
- Avar campaign against the Antes602 · Eastern Europe
- Avar–Persian siege of Constantinople29 June – 7 August 626 · Balkans and Anatolia
- First Arab siege of Constantinople674–678 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Founding of the First Bulgarian Empirebetween 680 and 681 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Second Arab siege of Constantinoplebetween 15 July and 15 August 717 – 15 August 718 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Byzantine Iconoclasmbetween 726 and 730 – 11 March 843 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Second Council of Nicaea24 September – 23 October 787 · Balkans and Anatolia
- The Khazar rulers adopt Judaismbetween 740 and 861 · Eastern Europe
- Construction of Sarkelbetween 833 and 841 · Eastern Europe
- The “Rhos” at the court of Louis the Pious18 May 839 · Western and Central Europe
- Rus’ attack on Constantinople18 June – 4 August 860 · Balkans and Anatolia
- First Christianization of the Rus’between 860 and 867 · Eastern Europe
- Christianization of Bulgaria864 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Mission of Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia863 – 6 April 885 · Western and Central Europe
- Oleg’s campaign against Constantinople907 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Rus’–Byzantine Treaty of 9112 September 911 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of Achelous20 August 917 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Igor’s campaigns against Byzantium11 June 941 – 944 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Rus’–Byzantine Treaty of 944between 944 and 945 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Constantine VII describes the Rus’ route to Constantinoplebetween 948 and 952 · Eastern Europe
- Olga’s visit to Constantinople and her baptism9 September – 18 October 957 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Sviatoslav’s invasion of Bulgariabetween 967 and 968 – July 971 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Siege of Dorostolon23 April 971 – July 971 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of the Gates of Trajan17 August 986 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Vladimir’s choice of faith986–987 · Eastern Europe
- Baptism of Rus’988 · Eastern Europe
- Vladimir’s siege of Chersonesus (Korsun)between 988 and 989 · Eastern Europe
- Building of the Church of the Tithes989–996 · Eastern Europe
- Sack of Constantinople12–13 April 1204 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Reconquest of Constantinople25 July 1261 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Fall of Constantinople29 May 1453 · Balkans and Anatolia
Often together with
Kievan Rus’First Bulgarian EmpireJustinian ISviatoslav IVarangiansVladimir the GreatAnna PorphyrogenitaPechenegsAntesAvarsBasil IIBelisarius