04-19-2020, 07:42 AM
Quote:6th century AD
500 AD [circa] Armoured horse archer is the dominant cavalry form in China.
[circa] Horses are defenitely ridden in Japan. Samurai tradition as mounted archers develops over the next centuries
530 AD +AoB:Dara+: Byzantine commander Belisarius, in alliance with Heruli and Huns, defeats Sassanid Persians in Turkey as part of the Iberian War.
531 AD +Callinicum+: Byzantine Empire under Belisarius vs a Sasanian cavalry force under Azarethes.
533 AD +Ad Decimum+: Vandals vs Byzantine Empire, under the command of general Belisarius. Byzantine victory marked the beginning of the end for the Vandals and began the reconquest of the west under the Emperor Justinian I.
533 AD +AoB:Tricamarum+: Byzantine commander Belisarius again defeats the Vandals near Carthage, ending Vandal rule in North Africa.
534 AD Northern Wei in China split in Eastern Wei and Western Wei.
540 AD [circa] Formation of a regular standing infantery system by Western Wei state in China. Local warlords along with their xiang bing troops are adapted into the military hierarchy.
546 AD Last Vandal hold-outs in North Africa finally destroyed.
550 AD [circa] Final rebellions of Qiang and Di against Western Wei in China. End of Eastern Wei.
[Knight-Jadezyk] large event that can be discerned in the scientific records ( Ice core, peat bog, tree-ring dates combined)
552 AD +AoB:Taginae+: Byzantines under Narses defeat Ostrogoths under Totila, who dies in battle.
554 AD +AoB:The Volturnus+: Byzantines under Narses defeat the Franks and Alamanni decisively.
556 AD End of Western Wei in China.
557 AD +AoB:Bukhara (or Battle of Gol-Zarriun)+: Sasanian Great King Chosrau I allied with the western Turkic Khaganate against the hunnic Hephthalite Empire in Transoxiana.
581 AD China united under Sui dynasty
589 AD Sui conquer last southern dynasty Chen in China
596 AD +Aob:Raith+: An invading force of Angles landed on the Fife coast near Raith and defeated an alliance of Scots, Britons and Picts under King Áedán mac Gabráin of Dál Riata (according to the theory of E. W. B. Nicholson).
7th century AD
618 AD End of Sui-Dynasty - Begin of Tang-Dynasty in China
628 AD Byzantines take back Palestine (from Sasanians?)
630 AD Byzantine emperor Heraclius makes a triumphal entry into Jerusalem
636 AD +WatG:Yarmouk+: Muslim Arab forces under Khalid ibn al-Walid crush a larger army of Romans, Greeks, Franks, Russians, Slavs, Armenians, Georgians and Christian Arabs under Heraclius and Constantine III, and conquer the Levant.
640 AD Islâmic conquest of Egyp. Afterwards, the gradual Arabicization of Egypt produced the most profound break with the Ancient land of the Nile.
650 AD Muslim Caliphate starts to try conquering India.
8th century AD
712 AD Muhamad bin Qasim brakes into north-west India and creates the Muslim province of Sind in what is now Pakistan.
750 AD Nanzhao kingdom in Yunnan rebells against Tang China and successfully defends itself against Tang attemps to regain controll.
751 AD +Talas River+: Only recorded clash between an Arab army and a Chinese army. Chinese Tang Army is defeated due to the defaction of their local allies
755 AD Start An Lushan rebellion in Tang China
763 AD End An Lushan rebellion in Tang China
Tibetans conquer Tang Chinese capital Chang'an and install an ineffectual pupet regime for a short time
793 AD With the sacking of the Monastery at Lindisfarne, the Vikings arrive in Britain. Eventually, Northumbria, East Anglia, Essex, and about the north-eastern half of Mercia are overrun and become part of the Danelaw.
9th century AD
802 AD Start of Khmer (Kambuja) kingdom in Cambodia with the capital beeing Angkor.
821 AD Peace treaty between Tibetan and Chinese
850 AD [Knight-Jadezyk] large event that can be discerned in the scientific records ( Ice core, peat bog, tree-ring dates combined)
871 AD +WatG:Ashdown+: Alfred the Great, then a prince of only 22, led the army of his brother, King Ethelred of Wessex, in a victorious battle against the invading Danes.
875 AD Start Huang Chao rebellion in China
878 AD Emishi rising in Japan
884 AD End huang Chao rebellion in China. Central Chinese goverment cheases to have an effective army
10th century AD
905 AD Yelü Abaoji leeds 70.000 Qidan cavalry into China to the assistance of the Shatuo in Hedong, who where emerging as the major power at the end of the Tang dynasty.
907 AD End of Tang-Dynasty in China: Zhu Wen deposes last Tang emperor and founds his own Later Liang dynasty.
Begin of "Five Dynasties and Ten kingdoms"-period: China is already effectively fragmented between a large number of squabbling generals, who claim to be head of state.
Yelü Abaoji is elected Khagan (Great Khan) of the Qidan peoples. This marks the the real start of the imperial history of the Qidan.
911 AD Mit Konrad I. wird erstmals ein Adliger, der nicht aus dem Geschlecht der Karolinger stammt, zum ostfränkischen König gewählt - in der Geschichtswissenschaft des 19./20. Jahrhunderts als erster „deutscher“ König.
931 AD destruction of the Breton Kingdom by the Vikings, the newly formed Duchy of Brittany assimilated to the Norman military system.
935 AD Korean Kingdom Shilla is defeated by Koryo
936 AD Shi Jiangtang, the Shatuo founder of the Later Jin dynasty cedes the strategically important "Sixteen Prefectures" (including modern Beijing) to the Qidan empire in return for military support.
947 AD Qidan adopt the dynastic name of Liao
955 AD +WatG:Lechfeld+: Holy Roman Emperor Otto I defeats Magyars, ending their invasion of the West.
960 AD Zhao Kuangyin makes a coup against the Later Zhou in China and sets up his own Song dynasty in their state.
976 AD Final conquest of the Southern Tang by the Song in China.
979 AD Liao vassal state Northern Han kingdom conquered by the Song in China. A try to capture the disputed Sixteen Prefectures overstretches the weary Song army and it is heavily defeated.
998 AD +WatG:Apamea+: Fatimids defeat Byzantine army under Damian Dalassenos.
11th century AD
1001 AD +WatG:Chach+: Ghaznavid army of Sultan Mahmud bin Sebuktigin (Mahmud of Ghazni) defeats the Hindu Shahi army of Jayapala led by his son, Anandapala, near Mirpur.
1005 AD Liao military superiority meant that the Song Chinese are forced to accept the Chanyuan Covenant peace treaty to pay a large anual tribute to the Liao.
1016 AD Outright annexation of England to Denmark by King Canute.
1018 AD +WatG:Clontarf+: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats a Norse-Irish alliance comprising the forces of Sigtrygg Silkbeard, King of Dublin; Máel Mórda mac Murchada, King of Leinster; and an external Viking contingent
1040 AD [circa] Earliest possible date for introduction of the naginata and latest plausible date for archers behind shield walls in Japan
1044 AD Burmese King Anawrahta seizes thron of city Pagan (Bagan) and attacks both Mon and Shan towns. He becomes ruler over most of modern Burma (Myanmar).
1053 AD +Civitate+: Norman army (mainly cavalry) vs a Papal army of Lombards, Italians and 700 Swabian mercenary/knight infantry that formed half of the Papal front in a long thin line while the Italo-Lombard mob formed the other half. The Italo-Lobard part of the army immediately broke from the Norman charge but the Swabian mercenary infantry held against the Norman center and had to be surrounded and wiped out with great effort as they fell into defensive formations.
12th century AD
1125 AD Lio dynasty of the Qidan (Khitan) falls to the Jin Dynasty of the Juchen in China. Liao under Yelü Dashi migrate wetwards and found Qara Khitai (Western Liao/Xi Liao) state in central Asia.
1145 AD Khmer invade Champa
1156 AD Hogen-Rebellion schwächt die Fujiwara-Regenten in Japan
1160 AD Heiji-Rebellion in Japan. Taira clan setzt sich gegen Minamoto clan durch
1175 AD |Total War: Shogun 2 - Rise of the Samurai-Campaign Start|
1180 AD Start Gempei War between rivaling Minamoto vs Taira samurai clans in Japan. Sohei (warrior-monks) eventually become embroiled in secular politics as they join the lords that support their temple.
+Uji+:
1185 AD End Gempei War. Minamoto samurai clan sets up military dictatorship under first shogun. Triumph of mounted samurai archer is complete.
1190 AD Khmer conquer Champa
13th century AD
1211 AD Qara Khitai (Western Liao/Xi Liao) state falls to exiled Naimans under Kuchlug.
1218 AD Qara Khitai state ruled by Naimans falls to the Mongols.
1220 AD Khmer loose control of Champa
1272 AD +Vochan+: Marco Polo describes Burmese elephants as having castles on teir back capable of accommodating 12 to 16 crew.
1274 AD Mongol invasion of Japan
1279 AD Mongol Great Khan Khubilai Khan who is first Yuan emperor of China creates a effective riverine navy and combined with an attack from western part of China conquers the Southern Song state.
1281 AD |TWS2: Genko Campaign DLC| Mongol invasion of Japan is disposed by famous typhoon called Kamikaze.
1284 AD Mongol invasion of Champa. Champa allies with vietnamese Tran to fend it off.
1287 AD Mongol invasion of Champa. Champa allies with vietnamese Tran to fend it off. Mongols sack Pagan.
1298 AD +Falkirk+: Major battle in the First War of Scottish Independence. Led by King Edward I of England, the English army defeated the Scots, led by William Wallace. Shortly after the battle Wallace resigned as Guardian of Scotland.