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527
General belisarius military campaigns
He is the genreal under Justinian and is set out to conquest most of the mediterranean terriorty of the old western roman empire back -
531
Nika revolts
It was the most violent riot in the history of Constantinople, with nearly half the city being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed. -
536
Hagia sophia completed
From 537 to 1453, it served as an Orthodox cathedral and home of the Patriarch of Constantinople. except between 1204 to 1261, when it was changed into a Roman Catholic cathedral. -
Feb 16, 824
Early Islamic military campaigns into Byzantine Territory
the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates saw a century of rapid expansion conquering alot of the byzantine empire -
Feb 16, 1018
Emperor Basil II military conquests Bulgaria
Basil oversaw the stabilization and expansion of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire, and above all, the final and complete conquest of Bulgaria, the Empire's foremost European foe, after a prolonged struggle. -
Feb 16, 1054
Great Schism
The italian side closed all greek churches and to respond the western half closed al the latin churches and practices -
Jan 1, 1096
Emperor Alexios contacts Pope for military help
Known as the first crusade. The primary goal was to respond to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I , who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuk Turks from Anatolia. -
Jun 23, 1203
Fourth crusade
The main crusader fleet reached Constantinople.In August 1203, following clashes outside Constantinople, Alexios Angelos was crowned as Co-Emperor, in January 1204, he was overthrown in an uprising in Constantinople. The Western crusaders were no longer able to receive their promised payments, and when Alexios was killed on February 8th 1204, the crusaders and Venetians decided on the conquest of Constantinople. In April 1204, they captured and ransacked the city -
May 29, 1453
Fall of constantinople to the ottoman turks
The fall of constantinopl was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire on May 29th 1453. The Ottomans were commanded by 21 year old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, who defeated an army commanded by Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. The conquest of Constantinople followed a 53-day siege that had begun on 6 April 1453. -
Emperor Constatine founded the Byzantine Empire
He rose through the ranks of the army eventually reaching the rank of augustus. He is put into power after the death of his father and wins a series of civil wars to mantain control
