Date Place Country Cont. Name of Building By Whom Date
            Compl.
1 Leptis Magna Libya AF Theater 2
6 China AS Civil Service Examinations instituted  
14 Rome E Death of Augustus  
25 China AS Beginning of Later Han Dynasty  
29 Israel ME Crucifixionof Christ  
54 Rome E Baths of Nero 68
63 Syria ME Death of St Paul  
64 Rome E Domus Aurea, Golden House of Nero Severus & Celer 68
64 Rome E Great Fire of Rome  
68 Rome E Death of Nero  
70 Pompeii Italy E House of Ara Maxima  
72 Rome E Colosseum amphitheater 80
79 Pompeii & Herculaneum Italy E Destroyed by Eruption of Vesuvius  
79 Rome E Baths of Titus 81
81 Rome E Stadium of Domitian 96
92 Rome E Imperial palace on the Palatine Hill groundplan Rabirius  
97 China AS Chinese ecpedition under Kang Yin, penetrates to Persian Gulf  
100 Timgad (Thamugadi) Algeria AF Founded 200
100 Teotihuacán Mexico LA Completion of the Moon Pyramid and the Quetzalcoatl pyramid 300
100 Karli India AS Rock Cut Chaitya Hall of the Buddhist sanctuary 125
100 Assur Iraq ME Parthian Palace 200
100 Hatra Iraq ME Parthian Sanctuary of the Sun 200
100 Rome E Markets of Trajan Apollodorus of Damascus 112
109 Rome E Baths of Trajan  
113 Rome E Column of Trajan repr victory over Dacians  
117 Rome E Temple of Venus & Rome 138
117 Rome E Death of Trajan  
120 Rome E Pantheon 127
122 Scotland E Hadrian's wall begun under Aulus Platorius Nepos  
135 Israel ME Dispersion of the Jews  
172 Rome E Column of Marcus Aurelius recording Danubian Wars 175
175 Rome E CatacombofS Priscilla 200
180 Rome E Death of Marcus Aurelius and the beginning of "The Decline and Fall of Rome (Gibbon)  
200 Teotihuacán Mexico LA The Northern "Moon" pyramid before
200 Cholula Mexico LA Court of the Altars before
200 Rabat-i-Safid Iran ME Fire Temple  
200 Baalbek Lebanon AF Temple of Venus 300
200 Rome E Sanctuary of Mithras 225
200 Rome E Catacomb of Domitilla  
200 Rome E Catacomb of S Panfilo 400
212 Rome E Baths of Caracalla, (Thermae Antonianae) 216
220 China AS End of Han Dynasty, invasions of China begin  
227 Persia ME Sassanid Empire begins  
230 Japan AS Emperor Sujin, Japan's history emerges out of legendary stage  
231 Dura Europos (Salhiyeh) Syria ME Christian Community House  
270 Rome E The walls of Aurelia 271
273 Palmyra Syria ME Destruction of city by Emperor Aurelian  
284 Rome E Accession of Diocletian as Emperor of Rome  
300 Monte Alban Mexico LA Temple pyramids of Group M after
300 Spalato (Split)Croatia E Palace of Emperor Diocletian 306
300 Trier Germany E Palace of Constantine 325
300 Piazza Armerina Sicily E Villa of Emperor Maximianus 325
300 Rome E Temple of Minerva Medica 325
306 York England E Constantine proclaimed emperor of Rome  
313 Milan Italy E Edict of Milan Christianity tolerated in Roman Empire  
320 India AS Gupta dynasty reunites India  
320 Rome E Old St Peter's 330
320 Rome E Old St Peter's 330
325 Nicaea ME First General Council of the Church  
328 Jerusalem Israel ME The Holy Sepulchre 336
350 Rome E Sta Costanza, Mausoleum for Constantia  
395 Rome E Death of Theodosius the Great, the division of the Roman Empire into East and West  
400 Arles France E Medieval Town built within Roman Amphitheatre  
400 Ravenna Italy E Orthodox Baptistry 450
400 Teotihuacán Mexico LA Outer Suburbs and Ceremonial platforms such as the Ciudadela before 700
410 Rome E Sack of Rome by Alaric the Goth  
422 Rome E S Sabina 432
432 Ireland E St Patrick begins mission in Ireland  
452 Italy E Attila the Hun raides Italy, Venice founded by refugees  
455 Rome E Pillaged by Vandals  
476 Rome E Romulus Augustus deposed by Odovacar, conventionally the end of the Roman Empire
480 Der Turmanin Syria ME Church  
481 France/Gaul E Clovis becomes King of the Franks  
493 Ravenna Italy E Theodoric founds Ostrogothic kingdom  
500 Deogarth India AS TempleofVishnu 600
500 NazcaPlain Peru LA Grounddrawings  
500 Atetelco Mexico LA Dwelling Group c
527 Istanbul Turkey ME Accession of Justinian I (d. 565)  
529 Monte Cassino Italy E Monastic Rule of St Benedict put into practice  
529 Istanbul Turkey ME Code of Civil Law published by Justinian  
532 Istanbul Turkey ME Hagia Sophia Isidorus & Anthemios 537
546 Ravenna Italy E San Vitale 548
552 Italy E Byzantine reconquest of Italy  
563 Iona Scotland E St Columba founds mission  
568 Lombardy N. Italy E Lombard Kingdom Founded  
570 Mecca Saudi Arabia ME Birth of Mohammed  
589 China AS Reunion of China under Southern Ch'en Dynasty  
590 Rome E Gregory the Great becomes Pope  
600 Tají Chico Mexico LA Platform A after
600 Tajín Mexico LA Principal pyramid before
600 Poitiers France E Baptistery of St Jean 700
600 Karaiwan Tunisia AF Great Mosque 700
618 Ch'ang-an China AS City of the Tang Dynasty 907
618 China AS T'ang dynasty, lasts 1300 years  
622 Mecca Saudi Arabia ME Hejira or flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina  
632 Medina Saudi Arabia ME Deathe of Mohammed: all Arabia no Islamic; accession of the first Caliph Abu Bakr  
638 Jerusalem Israel ME Captured by the Moslims  
641 Mehawand Persia ME Persia captured by the Moslims  
643 Alexandria Egypt AF Captured by the oslems  
645 Japan AS Downfall of Soga Clan after establishment of Buddhism, beginning of period of imitation of Chinese culture
650 Balkans E Slav Occupation complete  
663 Whitby England E Synod of Whitby, Roman Christianity triumphs over Irish or Celtic Christianity in England
680 El Capilo Spain E San Pedro della Nave 711
685 Jerusalem Israel ME Dome of the Rock or Kubbat-al-Sakhra 690
698 Carthage Tunisia AF Taken by Moslims  
700 Teotihuacán Mexico LA Quetzalpapálotl Before
700 Tikal Guatemala LA Temple of the Giant Jaguar  
705 Jerusalem Israel ME The Mosque of al-Aqsa  
711 Spain E Tarik invades Spain  
718 Asturia Spain E Pelayo founds Christian Kingdom of Asturias in Northern Spain  
718 Istanbul Turkey ME Failure of Second Moslem Attack on Constantinople (Istanbul)  
726 Istanbul (Constantinople) Turkey ME Byzantine Emperor Leo III begins Iconoclastic Movement which is opposed by Pope Gregory III: difference between Roman and Byzantine Church
732 Tours France E Moslem Western advance halted by Charles Martel  
735 England E Death of Bede  
739 Khirbat-al-Mafjar Jordan ME Umayyad palace 744
750 Arabia ME Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate replacing the Umayyads  
750 Quiriga Mexico LA Sandstone stele 800
750 Cordoba Spain E Great Mosque 1000
751 France E Pepin King of the Franks founds Carolingian Dynasty  
751 Ravenna Italy E Taken by Lombards, end of Byzantine power in the West  
754 Rome Italy E Pepin promises central Italy to the Pope: beginning of worldly power of the Papacy  
762 Baghdad Iraq ME City founded by Caliph al-Mansur 767
786 Baghdad Iraq ME Accession of Haroun-al-Rashid  
790 Centula France E St Riquier AbbeyChurch 799
793 Lindisfarne England E Sacked by Vikings: Viking Invasions begin  
796 Aachen Germany E Palatine Chapel and Palace 804
800 Trelleborg Denmark E Viking Camp 900
800 Lorsch Germany E Carolingian monastery gatehouse  
800 Germany/France E Charlemagne crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in Rome  
802 Fulda Germany E Carolingian church 817
806 Germigny-des-Prés France E Oratory of Theodulf, bishop of Orléans  
814 Aachen Germany E Death of Charlemagne  
820 St Gall Switserland E Ideal Plan of Monastery  
820 Kairawan Tunisia AF the Great Mosque 836
827 Sicily E Moslem Invasion  
836 Samarra Iraq ME Abassid Palace Jausaq-al-Kharqani or Bayt-al-Khalifa 837
840 Bari S. Italy E Captured by Moslems  
843 Verdun France E Treaty of Verdun: divison of Germany and France into separate states  
857 Wu-t'ai Shan China AS Fo-Kuang Ssu  
862 Novgorod/Kiev Russia E Rurik founds Viking State in Russia  
866 Japan AS Fujiwara begins  
868 China AS Earliest dated printed book  
873 Corvey Germany E Benedictine Abbey, church of St Vitus 885
885 Paris France E Viking attack 886
893 Bulgaria E Simeon founds Bulgar Empire in the Balkans  
900 Cholula Mexico LA Main pyramid c.
900 Mitla Mexico LA Temple Complex c.
900 Xochicalco Mexico LA Temple Complex before
900 Cacaxtla Mexico LA Temple Complex before
900 Tajín Chico Mexico LA Columnar Building after
900 Ghana AF Height of its power in N. W. Africa  
900 Milan Italy E S Ambrogio 12000
910 Cluny France E Order of Cluny founded  
912 Cordoba Spain E Accession of Abderrahman III  
929 Czech Rep. E Death of Christian King Wenceslas  
955 Lechfeld Germany E Magyars defeated by Otto the Great  
960 China AS Beginnings of Sung dynasty  
961 Angkor Cambodia AS Temple Mountain of Pre Rup  
965 Denmark E Harold Bluetooth of Denmark accepts Christianity  
969 Egypt AF Fatimids begin their rule  
982 Greenland NA Discovered by Norsemen  
987 France E Hugh Capet becomes king of France  
988 Kiev Russia E Vladimir of Kiev accepts Christianity  
1000 Pyrenees France/Spain E Camino along Pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostella 1100
1000 Florence Italy E Baptistery 1200
1000 Chan Chan Peru LA Chimu Capital founded  
1000 USA NA Leif Ericsson discovers America  
1001 St  Martin de Canigou France E Monastery 1026
1001 Hildesheim Germany E St Michael's 1033
1030 Speyer Germany E Cathedral, first stage 1061
1050 Conques France E Ste Foy 1120
1054 W. Africa AF Beginnings of Almoravid conquests  
1060 St Savin sur Gartempe France E Abbey Church 1115
1060 Sicily E Normans invade  
1063 Venice Italy E St Mark's   
1063 Pisa Italy E Cathedral Busketos 1118
1063 Pomposa, Ferrara Italy E Abbey Church of S Maria  
1065 Puente la Reina Spain E bridge over the Arga river 1109
1066 England E Normans invade  
1068 Caen France E Abbaye-aux-Hommes, (MaleAbbey) St Étienne  
1069 China AS Reforms of Wang An-Shih in China  
1071 Turkey ME Seljuk Turks overrun Anatolia (Turkey)  
1073 Rome E Gregory VII becomes Pope: Papal authority enforced  
1075 Jerusalem Israel ME Seljuk Turks capture city  
1076 Kumbi Ghana AF city sacked by Almoravids and decline of Empire  
1080 Winchester England E North Transept Cathedral 1090
1083 Nevers France E St Étienne 1097
1084 Chartreuse France E Carthusian Order founded by St Bruno  
1086 England E Domesday Book compiled  
1087 Cairo Egypt AF the Walls of the Fatimid Minister Badr-al-Gamali 1092
1088 Isfahan Iran ME Great Mosque, Masjid-i-Jami 1089
1090 Avila Spain E City Walls  
1094 Valencia Spain E El Cid takes the city from the Moslems  
1095 Cluny France E Abbey, Cluny III 1130
1098 Cîtaux France E Cistercian Order founded by St Robert  
1099 Jerusalem Israel ME 1st Crusade, asked for by Pope Urban II, under Godfrey of Bouilon takes the city  
1099 Modena Italy E Cathedral 1184
1100 Périgeux France E St Front  
1100 Moissac France E Cluniac Priory  
1100 Tonnere France E Hospital of Notre Dame des Fontenilles 1200
1100 Chichén Itza, Yucatan Mexico LA Temple of the Warriors 1200
1100 Qalaat-el-Hosn Syria ME Krak des Chevaliers 1200
1100 Rome E S Giorgio in Velabro 1200
1104 Vezelay France E Ste Madeleine 1132
1110 Tournai Belgium E Cathedral  
1110 Pavia Italy E S Michele 1160
1113 Angkor Wat Cambodia AS Temple 1150
1115 Clairvaux France E St Bernard founds monastery  
1120 Autun France E St Lazare 1132
1122 Worms Germany E Concordat of Worms, Pope and Emperor compromise but conitue to quarrel (Guelphs & Ghibellines)
1130 Cambridge England E Church of the Holy Sepulchre  
1130 St  Jouin des Marnes, Poitou France E church  
1133 Hildesheim Germany E St Godehard's 1172
1139 Fontenay France E Cistercian abbey 1147
1140 Essex England E Castle Hedingham  
1140 St Denis France E Abbey Church Choir  
1143 Lucca Italy E S Michele  
1148 Damscus Syria ME 2nd Crusade to capture Damscus fails  
1161 China AS Explosives used in warfare  
1169 Egypt AF Accession of Saladin  
1170 Lincoln England E Jew's House 1180
1170 Cantebury England E Murder of Thomas a Becket  
1174 Cantebury England E Cathedral choir, orig. building 1067-1130 William of Sens  
1176 Legnano Italy E Frederick Barbarossa defeated, Italian autonomy established  
1185 Japan AS Kamakura Period: feudalism 1333
1187 Jerusalem Israel ME Hattin destruction of Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem by Saladin  
1189 Jerusalem Israel ME 3rd Crusade by Frederick Barbarossa, Philip Augustus of France and Richard the Lionheart of England
1194 Chartres France E Cathedral, Lower parts 1130 1260
1195 Bourges France E Cathedral of St Étienne 1250
1200 Tula Mexico LA Temple Complex before
1200 Ypres Belgium E Cloth Hall 1620
1200 Angkor Thom Cambodia AS BayonTemple 1225
1200 Somnathpur India AS Keshavatemple 1300
1200 Granada Spain E Alhambra 1400
1204 Istanbul Turkey ME 4th Crusade captures city  
1206 Central Asia AS Temujin proclaimed Gengiz Khan (very mighty King) of all the Mongols  
1215 England E Magna Carta extorted by Barons from King John  
1215 Como Italy E Palazzo del Broletto  
1215 Rome E Dominican monastic order recognized by the Pope  
1220 Salisbury England E Cathedral Elias de Dereham & Nicholas of Ely 1258
1220 Amiens France E Cathedral of Notre Dame  
1223 Assisi Italy E Franciscan monastic order recognized by Pope  
1229 Jerusalem Israel ME Frederick II recognized by Moslems as King of Jerusalem  
1230 Prussia Germany E Teutonic knight established  
1237 Russia E/AS Gloden Horde, Mongol subjugation of Russia  
1241 Central Europe E Mongol Incursions  
1243 Paris France E Ste Chapelle 1248
1250 Egypt AF Mamelukes become rulers  
1250 Egypt AF St Louis of France (Louis IX) captured on his Crusade in Egypt  
1250 Mali AF Mandingo King declares independence from Ghana and embraces Islam  
1256 Lincoln England E Cathedral, Angel Choir  
1258 Baghdad Iraq ME Destroyed by Mongols  
1260 China AS Kublai Kahn rules  
1263 Salisbury England E Chapter House 1284
1274 France E Death of Thomas Aquinas  
1278 Florence Italy E Sta Maria Novella 1350
1281 Japan AS Repulse of Mongol attack  
1285 Cairo Egypt AF Mausoleum of Sultan Qala'un  
1285 Beauvais France E Cathedral of St Pierre, originally beg. 1225  
1290 England E Expulsion of Jews  
1291 Acre Israel ME Falls to Moslem, end of the Crusades  
1294 England E Death of Roger Bacon, early practicioner of experimental science  
1295 England E Model Parliament of Edward I  
1295 Florence Italy E S Croce Arnolfo di Cambio?  
1296 Florence Italy E Cathedral of S Maria del Fiore Arnolfo di Cambio  
1299 Florence Italy E Palazzo Vecchio 1314
1300 Wells England E Cathedral 1350
1300 Tenayuca Mexico LA Tenayuca pyramid 1500
1300 Mistra Greece E Brontocheion, Monastic Church  
1300 Mantua