Timeline

Dates

Major Events

1046

Synod of Sutri: three rival popes are deposed

1049‒1054

Pope Leo IX (Bruno of Toul) reigns

1049

Council of Reims

1053 (Jun.)

Battle of Civitate

1054

Schism with Eastern Church at Constantinople

1056 (5 Oct.)

Death of Emperor Henry III

1056‒1065

Minority of Henry IV

1057

Pataria movement first active in Milan

1057‒1058

Pope Stephen IX (Frederick of Lorraine)

1059‒1061

Pope Nicholas II (Gerard of Burgundy)

1059

Papal election decree establishes role of the cardinals

1059

Treaty of Melfi between Nicholas II and the Normans of southern Italy

1061‒1073

Pope Alexander II (Anselm of Lucca)

1061‒1064

Cadalus of Parma (anti-pope)

1066 (27 Jun.)

Assassination of Arialdo, leader of the Milanese Pataria

1066 (14 Oct.)

Norman conquest of England

1073‒1075

Saxon rebellion against Henry IV

1073‒1085

Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand) reigns

1075

Lenten Synod at Rome (possibly first lay investiture prohibition)

1075

Henry IV appoints Tedald archbishop of Milan as well as bishops of Fermo and Spoleto

1075 (Dec.)

Gregory VII's letter (3.10) to Henry

1076 (24 Jan.)

Synod of Worms: German bishops call for Gregory to step down

1076 (14‒22 Feb.)

Lenten Synod at Rome: Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV and bishops at Worms

1076 (27 Apr.)

Bishop William of Utrecht dies a month after pronouncing excommunication of Gregory VII

1076 (Oct.)

Henry negotiates with princes at Tribur-Oppenheim

1077 (25‒28 Jan.)

Encounter at Canossa

1077

Ramihrd executed as a heretic at Cambrai; Gregory VII excommunicates those involved

1077 (13 Mar.)

Election of Rudolf of Rheinfelden as (anti-)king at Forchheim

1078 (7 Aug.)

Battle of Mellrichstadt

1080 (27 Jan.)

Battle of Flarchheim

1080 (Mar.)

Second excommunication of Henry IV

1080 (25 Jun.)

Council of Brixen: Gregory VII deposed and Wibert of Ravenna elected as Clement III

1080 (15 Oct.)

Battle of the Elster: Rudolf dies of wounds received

1080 (Oct.)

Battle of Volta Mantovana

1081 (Aug.)

Hermann of Salm elected as king by the opposition to Henry IV

1081‒1084

Henry IV's second Italian expedition

1084 (Mar.)

Henry IV enters Rome, installs Clement III and is crowned emperor

1084 (2 Jul.)

Battle of Sorbaria

1084 (Jul.)

Norman sack of Rome; Gregory VII flees to Salerno

1085 (25 May)

Death of Gregory VII

1086 (11 Aug.)

Battle of Pleichfeld

1086‒1087

Pope Victor III (Desiderius of Montecassino)

1087 (30 May)

Conrad, son of Henry IV, crowned co-king of Germany

1088 (28 Sept.)

Death of Hermann of Salm (anti-king)

1088‒1099

Pope Urban II (Odo of Lagery)

1090‒1111

Ivo, bishop of Chartres

1090‒1097

Henry IV's third Italian expedition

1093‒1109

Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury

1093

Conrad, son of Henry IV, rebels against his father in Italy

1095 (1‒7 Mar.)

Council of Piacenza: Reform program renewed

1095 (Nov.)

Council of Clermont: First Crusade is announced

1099 (Jul.)

First Crusaders capture Jerusalem from the Fatimid Caliphate

1099‒1118

Pope Paschal II (Ranierius of San-Clemente)

1100 (Aug.)

Henry I becomes king of England after the death of his brother, William Rufus

1100 (Sept.)

Death of Wibert/Clement III

1100‒1101

Theoderic of Albano chosen to succeed Clement III

1102

Albert of Silva Candida chosen as (anti-)pope by cardinals supportive of Clement III

1103 (Jan.)

Imperial Peace declared at Mainz

1105

Rebellion of Henry V against his father

1105 (23 Dec.)

Henry V imprisons his father near Mainz

1105‒1111

Maginulf of San-Angelo chosen as (anti-)pope

1106 (22 Mar.)

Battle of Visé: Henry IV's forces defeat those of his son

1106 (7 Aug.)

Death of Henry IV

1106

Investiture settlement in France

1106 (Aug.)

Louis VI becomes king of France after his father's death

1107 (Aug.)

Investiture settlement in England

1111 (Feb.)

Negotiations at Sutri between Paschal II and Henry V

1111 (Apr.)

Henry V extracts the "praevilegium" from Paschal II and is crowned emperor

1114 (Jan.)

Marriage of Henry V and Mathilda of England

1115 (24 Jul.)

Death of Mathilda, countess of Tuscany

1115

Death of Tanchelm, wandering preacher active the Low Countries

1118‒1119

Pope Gelasius II (John of Gaeta)

1118

Mauritius Burdinus of Braga is established as (anti-)pope Gregory VIII by Henry V

1119‒1124

Pope Calixtus II (Guy, archbishop of Vienne)

1119

Council of Reims-Mouzon

1122 (Sept.)

Concordat of Worms

1123

First Lateran Council ratifies the Concordat

1124

Death of Calixtus II

1125

Death of Henry V

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