Chronology

Many Dates are Broad Approximations

Dates	Anglo Saxon History	Arts and Literature	Politics	Science
100	Tacitus writes Germania	149 Lucius Apuleius, The Golden Ass	117 Hadrian becomes Roman Emperor 161 Marcus Aurelius becomes the Roman Emperor	132 Zhang Heng develops the first seismograph 139 Ptolemy is born in Egypt
200	Migration Period begins	250 Heliodorus of Emesa, Egyptian Tales	200 Japanese warrior empress, Jingu, invades Korea 221 Han dynasty ends in China 222 Alexander Severus becomes Emperor and ends persecution of Christians 285 Diocletian moves the capitol of the Roman empire to Byzantium	Mica is used to make windows in China
300	Earliest runic inscriptions in Denmark 375 Ermenrichus king of the Goths dies. He is the basis for Jormunrek of the Volsungasaga	341 Ulfilas translates the Bible into Gothic	325 Constantine calls a ecumenical council at Nicea. Nicean Creed is formulated. Mayans begin their Classical period	Chinese begin to drink tea, probably learned from Tibetan practice
400	Huns battle Burgundians 449 Angles, Saxons, and Jutes migrate to Britain 453 Attila the Hun dies possibly at the hands of his new wife, the Germanic Ildico, the name a form of �Hild�. Attila is the basis for the fictional Atli of the Volsungasaga.	455 St. Patrick, Confessions	406 Vandals take most of Gaul 410 Alric takes Rome 475 Theodoric the Great succeeds to the throne of the Ostrogoths 432 St. Patrick begins converting the Irish to Christianity	425 Flavius Vegetius, a pioneer of veternary science, writes a book on mules
500	Migration Period ends 550 Jordanes writes History of the Goths 550 Danes raid Frisia 597 St. Augustine begins conversion of Anglo-Saxons	531 St. Sophia is rebuilt in Constantinople 550 Mayans build the city of Tikal	By this time, the Japanese have coalesced into one nation and culture 552 Buddhism is introduced into Japan 568 The city of Venice is founded	576 Hindu mathematicians begin to use a number system with place notations and the symbol zero
600	Sutton Hoo Ship Burial	691 Caliph Abd-el-Malkik builds the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem	610 Mohammad sees a vision in which the angel Gabriel tells him he is the messenger of Allah 683 Empress Wu reigns in China	673 �Greek Fire� a mixture of naphtha, quicklime, sulphur, and pitch is used in defense of Constantinople
700	Vendel Ship Burial Frank's casket made in Anglo-Saxon England depicting Weland (Volund) the Smith on one panel and the archer Aegili on another. Eggjum rune stone in Sogn Norway created. Its diction foreshadowing skaldic poetry. Beowulf thought to have been composed. It contains references to the Volsung legend, the Brisingmen, and Weland / Wayland (Volund) the smith. 715 Willibrord leads first Christian mission to Scandinavia. His attempt to convert the Danes is unsuccessful. 789 Norwegians Vikings attack Portland England, the first attack on England 793 Vikings raid Lindisfarne	731 Bede, Ecclesiastical History 748 First printed newspaper appears in China 770 Waldere composed. Contains reference to Wayland (Volund). 778 The Song of Roland, attributed to Turpin, Archbishop of Rheims	711 Moors invade Spain 737 Charles Martel takes Avignon from the Saracens 785 Charlemagne subdues the Saxons	790 Haroun al Rashid increases his patronage of the science, particularly medicine, astronomy, chemistry, astrology and alchemy.
800	Earliest Skaldic poetry 826 Danish King Harald Klak converted to Christianity. He is baptized at Mainz and is accompanied by Anskar on his return to Denmark. 839 Swedish Vikings reach Constantinople 860 Swedish Vikings, the Rus attack Constantinople 866 Danes occupy York 896 Viking army in England breaks up with some members staying in England to live.	817 Li Ho, Poems 845 Abu-Tammam, Diwan	Kyoto is founded The Khmers of Cambodia begin their rise to prosperity at this time The Mayan civilization goes into decline The great migration by canoe and raft into the Polynesian islands of the Pacific probably begins at this time	800 Al-Batriq produces Arabic translations of Galen and Hippocrates 835 First reference to a printed book in China 850 Earliest references to gunpowder in China
900	926 Harald Bluetooth converts Danes to Christianity 975 Exeter Book copied. The volume contains the poems Widsith, the Wanderer and Deor's Lament.	915 Regino Prum, World Chronicle	T'ang dynasty ended by a successful peasant revolt. �Period of the Five Dynasties and the Tend Kingdoms� begins in China 930 Qarmatians sack Mecca and remove the Black Stone. 987 Hugh Capet crowned King of France 996 Otto III crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Gregory	920 Earliest European references to use of collars in the harnesses of horses.
1000	Conversion of Iceland to Christianity Earliest Swedish runic inscriptions Leif Erikson winters in Vinland Runestone in Sweden depicts Sigurd roasting Fafnir's heart.	1000 Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book