The Byzantine Empire

The eastern Roman Empire, from the dedication of Constantinople to its fall to the Ottomans, 330 to 1453.

A timeline of 18 events from AD 330 to 1453, by stevejeffery1703, on Timeline Source.

Events

1. Byzantine Empire: May 11, AD 330 – May 29, 1453
2. Constantinople dedicated: May 11, AD 330
3. Empire divided east and west: Jan 17, AD 395
4. Theodosian Walls built: AD 408 – AD 413
5. Reign of Justinian I: Aug 1, AD 527 – Nov 14, AD 565
6. Nika riots: Jan 13, AD 532 – Jan 18, AD 532
7. Hagia Sophia dedicated: Dec 27, AD 537
8. Plague of Justinian: AD 541 – AD 549
9. Arab siege of Constantinople: Jul AD 717 – Aug AD 718
10. Iconoclasm: AD 726 – AD 843
11. Reign of Basil II: Jan 10, AD 976 – Dec 15, 1025
12. Great Schism: Jul 16, 1054
13. Battle of Manzikert: Aug 26, 1071
14. Sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade: Apr 13, 1204
15. Latin Empire: Apr 13, 1204 – Jul 25, 1261
16. Constantinople recovered: Jul 25, 1261
17. Siege of Constantinople: Apr 6, 1453 – May 29, 1453
18. Fall of Constantinople: May 29, 1453