Events

Medieval, continued c. 500 CE – 1500 CE 244 events

• Christianity Council of Mainz 847 CE
• Christianity Council of Constantinople 861 CE Council held in 861
• Christianity Council of Shirakavan 862 CE
• Christianity Council of Constantinople (867) 867 CE Church Council
• Christianity Synod of Worms (868) 868 CE
• Christianity Fourth Council of Constantinople 869 CE 8th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church; held in Constantinople 869 to 870
• Christianity Council of Capharthutha 869 CE
• Christianity Council of Paderborn 875 CE Important piece in Christianization of Saxons
• Christianity Synods held at Troyes 878 CE
• Christianity Fourth Council of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox) 879 CE – 880 CE Synod convoked by Byzantine Emperor Basil I and held in 879–880, confirming the reinstatement of Photius I, regarded as ecumenical by many members of the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Christianity Synod of Mantaille 879 CE
• Christianity Council of Preslav 893 CE Synod
• Christianity Council of Tribur 895 CE
• Christianity Universal Synod of Ingelheim 948 CE Synod
• Christianity Synod of Rome of 963 963 CE Synod held in St. Peter’s Basilica from 6 November until 4 December 963 by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I to depose Pope John XII; condemned by the subsequent Synod of Rome of 964
• Christianity Lateran Council 964 CE 964 synod
• Christianity Synod of Rome of 964 964 CE Synod, held in St. Peter’s Basilica from 26 to 28 February 964; condemned the Synod of Rome of 963 and deposes Pope Leo VIII
• Baptism of Poland 966 CE Baptism of Mieszko I of Poland and much of his court, which precipitated the Christianization of Poland
• Christianity Council of Charroux 989 CE
• Christianity Council of Sutri 1046 CE Synod
• Christianity East-West Schism 1054 CE Division of Christianity into two large parts in 1054
• Christianity papal selection before 1059 1059 CE Selection of popes before 1059
• Christianity 1061 papal election 1061 CE 1061 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity Cadalan schism 1061 CE – 1064 CE Schism of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Nicholas II
• Christianity Synod of Jaca 1063 CE Synod of Jaca,1063
• Christianity Council of Winchester 1070 CE Ecclesiastical council held in England
• Christianity Council of Winchester 1072 CE Former Catholic Church administrative body
• Christianity 1073 papal election 1073 CE 1073 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity Council of London 1075 CE 11th-century church council in Medieval England
• Christianity Synod of Worms 1076 CE Ecclesiastical synod convened by Henry IV
• Christianity Council of Avignon of 1080 1080 CE
• Christianity Synod of Brixen 1080 CE
• Christianity 1086 papal election 1086 CE 1086 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity 1088 papal election 1088 CE 1088 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity Council of Benevent 1091 CE
• Christianity Synod of Szabolcs 1092 CE
• Christianity Council of Constantinople 1094 CE Local council convened to deal with Leo of Chalcedon
• Crusades 1095 CE – 1291 CE Mass military expeditions and wars initiated by the Catholic Church in the High Middle Ages
• Christianity Council of Clermont 1095 CE Mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen of the Catholic Church in 1095
• Christianity Council of Piacenza 1095 CE Roman Catholic synod in March 1095
• First Crusade 1096 CE – 1099 CE 1096–1099 Christian conquest of the Holy Land
• Christianity Council of Bari 1098 CE Christian synod presided over by Pope Urban II in Bari, Italy, in October 1098 during the First Crusade
• Christianity 1099 papal election 1099 CE Papal election
• Crusade of 1101 1101 CE Battle in the summer of 1101
• Christianity Council of London 1102 CE Medieval church council in 1102 in London
• Christianity Synod of Ráth Breasail 1111 CE Irish Catholic synod in 1111
• Christianity 1118 papal election 1118 CE Election of Pope Gelasius II
• Christianity 1119 papal election 1119 CE Election of Pope Calixtus II
• Christianity Council of Nablus 1120 CE Synod
• Venetian Crusade 1122 CE 1122 crusade
• Christianity First Council of the Lateran 1123 CE Roman Catholic synod of 1123
• Christianity 1124 papal election 1124 CE 1124 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity Expulsion of Andalusi Christians 1126 CE 1126 forced displacement
• Christianity Synods held at Troyes 1129 CE Council convened by Bernard of Clairvaux
• Christianity 1130 papal election 1130 CE 1130 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity Council of Pisa 1135 CE 1135 council of the Catholic Church
• Christianity Second Council of the Lateran 1139 CE Synod
• Christianity Councils of Sens 1140 CE
• Christianity 1143 papal election 1143 CE 1143 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity 1144 papal election 1144 CE 1144 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity 1145 papal election 1145 CE 1145 election of the Catholic pope
• Second Crusade 1147 CE – 1149 CE Second major crusade launched from Europe as Catholic ('Latin') Holy War against Islam
• Wendish Crusade 1147 CE Saxons and Danes vs Slavs (Wends)
• Christianity Council of Acre 1148 CE
• Christianity Council of Reims 1148 CE 12th-century Roman Catholic Church council at France starting in 1148
• Christianity Synod of Kells 1152 CE
• Rögnvald Kali's Crusade 1152 CE – 1155 CE 1152–1155 religious war
• Christianity 1153 papal election 1153 CE 1153 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity 1154 papal election 1154 CE 1154 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity 1159 papal election 1159 CE 1159 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity Synod of Cashel 1172 CE
• Christianity Council of Hromkla 1178 CE Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church in 1178
• Christianity Third Council of the Lateran 1179 CE Synod
• Christianity 1181 papal election 1181 CE 1181 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity Synod of Verona 1184 CE
• Christianity 1185 papal election 1185 CE 1185 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity December 1187 papal election 1187 CE December 1187 election of the Catholic pope
• Christianity October 1187 papal election 1187 CE October 1187 election of the Catholic pope
• Third Crusade 1189 CE – 1192 CE Attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Egypt
• Christianity 1191 papal election 1191 CE 1191 election of the Catholic pope
• Crusade of 1197 1197 CE – 1198 CE Crusade
• Christianity 1198 papal election 1198 CE 1198 election of the Catholic pope
• Fourth Crusade 1202 CE – 1204 CE Armed expedition against Constantinople
• Albigensian Crusade 1209 CE – 1229 CE 1209 military campaigns against Catharism in southern France
• Children's Crusade c. 1212 CE Attempted crusade by European Christians to expel Muslims from the Holy Land
• Fifth Crusade 1213 CE – 1221 CE An attempt to recontrol Jerusalem and the holy land from Egyptian control
• Christianity Fourth Council of the Lateran 1215 CE Synod
• Christianity 1216 papal election 1216 CE Election of Pope Honorius III
• Christianity Council of Bourges From 1225 CE
• Christianity 1227 papal election 1227 CE Election of Pope Gregory IX
• Sixth Crusade 1228 CE – 1229 CE 13th-century military raid against Egyptians
• Christianity Council of Toulouse 1229 CE Council of the Roman Catholic Church in 1229
• Crusade against the Stedinger 1229 CE – 1234 CE Papally-sanctioned war against the rebellious peasants of Stedingen
• Bosnian Crusade 1235 CE – 1241 CE 1235 crusade against Bosnian heretics
• Barons' Crusade 1239 CE – 1241 CE Crusade of 1239-1241
• Christianity 1241 papal election 1241 CE Election of Pope Celestine IV
• Christianity 1243 papal election 1243 CE Election of Pope Innocent IV
• Christianity First Council of Lyon 1245 CE Synod
• Seventh Crusade 1248 CE – 1254 CE Military conflict (1248-1254)
• Christianity 1254 papal election 1254 CE Election of Pope Alexander IV
• Christianity 1261 papal election 1261 CE Election of Pope Urban IV
• Disputation of Barcelona 1263 CE Medieval Jewish-Christian debate
• Christianity 1264–65 papal election 1264 CE – 1265 CE Election of Pope Clement IV
• Christianity 1268–71 papal election 1268 CE – 1271 CE Papal election (1268–1271)
• Crusade of the Infants of Aragon From 1269 CE Crusade in late 1269
• Eighth Crusade 1270 CE Military raid against muslim Egyptians 1270
• Ninth Crusade 1271 CE – 1272 CE European crusade to the Holy Land in 1271-1272
• Christianity Second Council of Lyon 1274 CE Fourteenth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church
• Christianity January 1276 papal conclave 1276 CE Papal election
• Christianity July 1276 papal conclave 1276 CE Election
• Christianity September 1276 papal election 1276 CE Election of Pope John XXI
• Christianity 1277 papal election 1277 CE Election of Pope Nicholas III
• Christianity 1280–81 papal election 1280 CE – 1281 CE Election of Pope Martin IV
• Christianity 1285 papal election 1285 CE Election of the Pope in 1285
• Christianity Council of Blachernae 1285 CE Local council that rejected the Union of the Churches at Lyons
• Christianity 1287–88 papal election 1287 CE – 1288 CE Election of Pope Nicholas IV
• Christianity 1292–94 papal election 1292 CE – 1294 CE 1290s papal election
• Christianity 1294 papal conclave 1294 CE Election of Pope Boniface VIII
• Christianity 1303 papal conclave 1303 CE 1303 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XI
• Christianity 1304–05 papal conclave 1304 CE – 1305 CE Election of Pope Clement V