Events Tagged: "alliance"

21 events with tag "alliance"

970 BC ID: 5798
Hiram of Tyre allies with David and Solomon - provides cedar, craftsmen, and expertise for Temple construction
ID: 5798
612 BC ID: 3670
Babylon and Medes destroy Nineveh - end of Assyrian Empire, Babylon inherits southern territories
ID: 3670
Babylon
Nineveh
589 BC ID: 2772
Zedekiah rebels against Babylon - makes alliance with Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar responds with massive invasion
ID: 2772
Jerusalem
478 BC ID: 236
Delian League founded - Athens leads alliance against Persia, beginning of Athenian Empire
ID: 236
Delos
100 BC ID: 5379
Aedui become 'friends of Roman people' - Celtic tribe controls wine trade, exchanges slaves for Roman wine, later crucial Caesar allies
ID: 5379
Bibracte
60 BC ID: 2690
First Triumvirate formed - secret alliance of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus to dominate Republic
ID: 2690
Rome
54 BC ID: 2695
Death of Julia - Caesar's daughter and Pompey's wife dies in childbirth, key link between them broken
ID: 2695
Rome
47 BC ID: 2702
Caesar and Cleopatra - installs her as queen of Egypt, has son Caesarion, legend of carpet delivery
ID: 2702
Alexandria
463 ID: 2813
Childeric returns from exile - allegedly exiled for seducing Frankish women, returns with Thuringian queen Basina who becomes Clovis's mother
ID: 2813
Tournai
493 ID: 2818
Clovis marries Clotilde - Burgundian Catholic princess, begins influencing him toward Catholicism rather than Arianism
ID: 2818
500 ID: 2822
Clovis attacks Burgundy - allies with Theodoric the Great, defeats Gundobad, increases Frankish territory
ID: 2822
Burgundy
660 ID: 5518
Silla-Tang alliance defeats Baekje kingdom, beginning unification of Korea
ID: 5518
Korea
756 ID: 2881
Donation of Pepin - defeats Lombards, gives conquered lands to Pope, creates Papal States
ID: 2881
770 ID: 2887
Charlemagne marries Lombard princess - Desiderata, daughter of King Desiderius, political alliance angers Pope
ID: 2887
842 ID: 2934
Oaths of Strasbourg - Louis and Charles swear alliance in vernacular languages (Old French and Old High German), first such texts
ID: 2934
Strasbourg
1002 ID: 5876
April 1002
Aethelred marries Emma of Normandy - alliance to prevent Vikings using Norman ports, Emma becomes queen, takes English name Aelfgifu
ID: 5876
Winchester
1053 ID: 3738
William marries Matilda of Flanders - strategic marriage despite papal opposition over consanguinity
ID: 3738
Flanders
1170 ID: 5761
Saladin courts Venetian traders - despite Crusades, allows Venice to trade in Alexandria and Cairo for naval support
ID: 5761
Alexandria
Cairo
1688 ID: 3433
The 'Pietist Prince' Frederick III Becomes Elector of Brandenburg - Educated by Pietist tutors - Makes Pietism fashionable among nobility - Beginning of formal Pietist-Hohenzollern alliance
ID: 3433
1879 ID: 1017
Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary established
ID: 1017
1991 ID: 4394
IBM, Motorola, and Apple announce PowerPC alliance - RISC architecture to challenge Intel dominance
ID: 4394