502 The empire ravaged and the imperial army 510. Burgundy becomes his tributary. --Clovis defeats Alaric near Poitiers. France:-Clovis makes Paris his capital. 511 A great insurrection in Constantinople, 10,000 511. France:-Clovis dies. killed. 8 282 B -defeats the Vandals in Africa. subdues Sicily. -takes Naples. -Childebert 1. 512. The HERULII settle in Thrace. 516. The Christian Era adopted. 519. Britain:-Prince Arthur defeated at Charford by Cerdic, who begins the third Saxon kingdom of Wessex. 522. Spain:-Amalaric, the first Gothic king, who establishes his court in Spain-his capital, Seville. 530. Britain:-kingdom of Essex. 531. Spain:-Theudis succeeds Amalaric. 532. Burgundy conquered by Childebert. 536. Vitiges, king of the Ostogroths, surren ders his possessions in Gaul to the French king. 537-takes Rome, defeats the Ostrogroths in 537. Italy conquered by Belisarius. Italy. 638-the Huns in Thrace, and A.D. ECCLESIASTICAL. PROGRESS OF SOCIETY, ETC. 540. The Monothelites, who acknowledged but one will in Jesus Christ. 551 The manufacture of silk introduced from China by the monks. 553 Procopius, a Roman historian-the last of the classic writers. 559 The Saxon laws; the king's authority limit-] ed by the Wittenagemot. Three orders; the noble, the free, and the 560. Pope John III. servile.-Trial by ordeal. The Tritheists acknowledge three Gods, and deny the resurrection. 565 Christianity introduced among the Picts by Columbi. 568 The old Roman municipal system in Italy overthrown by the invasion of the Lombards --and the feudal system established. Written laws compiled among the nations of German origin-first by the Visigoths in 573. Pope Benedict I. Spain. Semi-circular arches introduced in the archi- 575. The first monastery founded in Bavaria. tecture of churches, with much grotesque sculpture. Great increase of miracles. 578. Pope Pelagius II. 590. Pope Gregory I. called The Great. 596 Bretwalda, king of England, converted to Christianity. 597 Agathus, a Grecian historian. Gildas, the first British historian. to The Saxons, having conquered England, it relapsed, in a great measure, into the state of barbarism, from which it had been partially raised by the Romans. 598. St. Augustine, first archbishop of Can- The Waldenses refuse submission to 558 A plague extending over Europe and Asia, 558. France:-Clotaire I. and lasting nearly 50 years. 369 The TURKS first mentioned in history. 559. Britain:-the Saxon Heptar. chy commences. 560. Britain:-the kingdom of Northumbria, formed by the union of Bernicia and Deira. -Ethelbert, king of Kent, subdues most of the Saxon kings. 561. France:-Charibert I. 565. Europe ravaged by a pestilence. 568. Italy conquered by the Lombards, under Alboin. He fixes his capital at Pavia. They send embassies to Justin, and form 571. Britain :-Bretwalda II., king of Wessex. an alliance. 574 Tiberius associated with Justin in the gov 575. 66 East Anglia formed into a king. dom, and called Angle-land, whence the origin of the name England. 583. Spain :-the Suevi subdued by the Visgoths. France:-Clotaire II. 586. Britain:-the kingdom of Mercia founded. Spain-Recared, king. 588. The city of Paris destroyed by fire. 570-The Avars flourish under Baian-invade the 589. Rome inundated by the Tiber. 600 Eastern empire, and spread over Hungary, 591. Britain:-Ethelbert, king of Kent, gains Poland, and Prussia. the pre-eminence, and becomes Bretwalda III. Italy-the Lombards, under Autharis, successful against the Greeks and Franks. 595. Istria, Bohemia, and Poland invaded by the Sclavonians. 596. France:-Thierry II., king of Burgundy. 597. Britain:-Christianity introduced by St. Augustine. -a centurion, elected king. GOO. Italy ravaged by the Sclavonians. 602-Phocas, The empire invaded by the Persians. ECCLESIASTICAL A.D. PROGRESS OF SOCIETY, ETC. The aristocracy acquire great power in Rites and superstitions increase in all Europe. Antioch. nies addressed to the Virgin. The burning 609. The Christians massacred by the Jews at of cand es by day.-Exorcisms, &c. Hereditary fiefs.-Aristocratic class. 1 Mecca to Medina. Era of the Mahometans. [Dark Ages, continued.] EUROPE, generally. Heraclius defeats the Persians under Chos- 628. France :-Dagobert I.. roes. 532 Death of Mahomet, 541 --He builds the church of St. Deny, the burial place of the French kings. 631. Samo, a merchant of France, makes himself king of Bohemia. Abubeker succeeds him as caliph of the 633. Britain:- Bretwald V.; he embraces Saracens. Omar, caliph. Christianity. takes Jerusalem, which is held 634. Britain:-Bretwald VI. by the Saracens 463 years. Omar takes Alexandria, and destroys another famous library. Constantine III. -Constans II. (11 years of age.) The Saracens become masters of Africa and The Saracens take Rhodes, and destroy the Persia becomes a part of the empire of the The Saracens obtain peace from Constans, by 638. France--Clovis II. 5 years old. The kingdom divided, Sigebert, (18 years old,) being king of Austrasia. 642. Britain:-Bretwald VII. 644. Britain:-The University of Cambridge founded by Sigebert, king of E. Anglia. 650. Britain:- Mercia converted to Christianity. 656. France:-Clotaire III. agreeing to pay him 100,000 crowns yearly. 660. France:-Childeric II. 66 Constans goes to Rome, and plunders the Treasury. Moawiah, caliph, makes Damascus his capi- 663. Lombardy.conquered by Grimoald, duke tal. Constantine IV. invades Sicily. 670 Grand Cairo founded. 673 Siege of Constantinople by the Saracens whose fleet is destroyed by the Greek fire of Callinicus. The caliph compelled to purchase a peace of thirty years, by paying a yearly tribute. of Beneventura. 672. The Saracens driven from Spain, by Wamba, king of the Goths. |