867-1056: Macedonian dynasty.

867: Basil I comes to the throne.

867: The first Schism.

867. 869. 886: Further decoration of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

869-870: Council of Constantinople. Ratification of Photios΄ condemnation.

870-879: Publication of the 'Procheiros Nomos.

873/874: Panagia Skripou.

877-886: Second patriarchy of Photios.

878: The Arabs occupy Syracuse.

879-886: Publication of Epanagoge.

880: Building of the Nea Ekklesia (New Church).

885: Depiction of the Ascension in Hagia Sophia of Thessalonike.

886: Leo VI comes to the throne.

887-892: Publication of Basilika (Imperial Laws).

894: First attacks of the Bulgars against Byzantium.

895: The Book of the Eparch.

896: Symeon defeats the Byzantines at Bulgarophygon.

902: The Arabs occupy Sicily.

904: Sack of Thessalonike by Leo of Tripoli.

907: Lips Monastery founded in Constantinople.

912: Alexander comes to the throne.

912, 11 of May: Leo VI the Wise dies, the Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos returns, Symeon becomes Tsar of Bulgaria (913-927).

913, August: Siege of Constantinople by Symeon and his meeting with the Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos.

917, August: Destruction of the Byzantine army at Anchialos, Byzantine-Bulgar conflict in Katasyrtes.

919, March: Romanos I Lekapenos is pronounced Caesar.

920, Spring: Marriage of Romanos I Lekapenos΄s daughter, Helen, to Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos.

920-945: Romanos I Lekapenos and Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos co-emperors.

918-927: Southern Greece suffers under the raids of the Bulgar Tsar Symeon, who not only sacks and takes prisoners, but also demands tribute.

927: Death of the Bulgar Tsar Symeon.

934: First Hungarian raids in Byzantine territory.

936: Otto I King of Germany.

940 (circa): Niketas' Biblos.

941, June-September: Russian assault and consquent victories of the Byzantines against the Russian fleet.

941-944: Military triumphs of John Kourkouas in Asia Minor and handing over of the Holy Mandylion (Towel) to the Byzantines.

944-959: Constantine VII Porphrogennetos.

949: First visit of Liutprand to Constantinople as envoy of Berengario II. Liutprand writes his impressions in his work Antapodosis.

949: Failure of naval campaign in Crete against the Arabs.

953: Death of the Hosios Loukas of Steiri in his monastery at Phokis.

954/5 or 959 or 960: Conversion of Olga or Elga, mother and guardian of the young sovereign of the Russian state, Sviatoslav, in Kiev.

955 (circa): Church of the Virgin Mary in the complex of Hosios Loukas.

958: John Tzimiskes occupies Samosata.

959-963: Romanos II.

961: Crete falls into Byzantine hands, after 130 years of Arabic occupation.

962: Nikephoros Phokas conquers Alep.

963: The Eastern proclaim Nikephoros Phokas emperor.

964: Destruction of the Byzantine fleet in Sicily.

965: The Byzantine fleet, under the leadership of the Patriarch Niketas Chalkoutzes, conquers Cyprus. Cyprus is thus reinstated into Byzantine sovereignty; its former policy of neutrality and co-dominium with the Arabs (in operation since the 7th century) comes to an end.

966: Nikephoros Phokas campaigns in Mesopotamia, takes the Holy Keramion from Hierapolis (Holy-city) and stops outside Antioch.

969, October: Reconquest of Antioch by the Byzantines.

969, December: Murder of Nikephoros Phokas and accession of his murderer, John Tzimiskes, to the throne.

969-976: John Tzimiskes.

969, December-January 970: Treaty between Byzantium and the Arabs.

971, Spring: Expedition of Tzimiskes against the Russ in Bulgaria and occupation of Prethslav. Arrest of Boris, the Bulgarian sovereign - prisoner of the Russ.

971, July: Capitulation of the Russ at Dorystolon (Theodoroupolis).

972-974: New expeditions in the Middle East and subjugation of Damascus by Byzantine troops.

976, January: Death of John Tzimiskes and revolt of the Kometopouloi (Sons of the Komes, or Earls) family in Bulgaria under the leadership of Symeon (976/1014).

976-1025: Basil II Bulgaroktonos.

985: Basil's Menologion.

11th century, 1st half: Building of the Church of St Sophia in Ochris (Yugoslavia).

1001: Uprising of Rome against Otto III.

1001: Truce of the emperor Basil II with the Persian caliph al-Hakim.

1009: Destruction of the church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Holy Land.

1010: Partition of Muslim Spain.

1011 (circa): Katholikon of Hosios Loukas in Phokis.

1014: Conquest of London by the Danes.

1014-1024: Henry II, emperor in the West.

1014: After long-lasting wars Basil II smashes the Bulgarian army.

1018-1185: Byzantine dominium in Bulgaria.

1019(?)-1054: Yiaroslav I Bladimirovits the Wise, great prince of Kiev.

After 1023: Wall paintings of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, in the West.