| Greifswald | ... and the rest of the world | |||
| 1098 | St. Robert founds the cistercian order | |||
| 1189-92 | third crusade | |||
| 1199 | foundation of a cistercian monastery in Eldena at the mouth of the river Ryck | |||
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1200 | foundation of the university of Cambridge | ||
| 1204 | capture of Constantinople during the fourth crusade | |||
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| 1209 | the monastery in Eldena is entitled to settle German, Danish and Slav people on its landed property | 1209 | Francis of Assisi founds the Franciscan Order | |
| 1228-29 | fifth (sixth) crusade | |||
| 1230 | in the area of today´s town centre of Greifswald houses are built by the settlers which were attracted by the monastery | |||
| 1236 | Castile conquers Córdoba. Granada is the last Moorish town in Europe. | |||
| 1248 | laying of the foundation stone of the cathedral of Cologne | |||
| 1250 | Greifswald is given its town charter by the Duke of Pomerania | 1248-54 | sixth (seventh) crusade | |
 Greifswald´s coat of arms |
1265 | birth of the Italian poet Dante | ||
| 1270 | seventh (eighth) crusade | |||
| 1275 | Marco Polo in China | |||
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| 1280 | the 3 churches of Greifswald, St. Mary´s, St. Nicholas´ and St. James´ are mentioned in a document for the first time (laying of the foundation stone of all three churches about 1250) | |||
| 1283 | Greifswald is a member of the Hanseatic League | |||
| 1284 | Genua having defeated Pisa now rules over the western part of the Mediterranean area | |||
| 1309 | Avignon becomes the seat of the popes | |||
| 1310-63 | eight conferences of the Hanseatic League in Greifswald | 1347-52 | Plague breaks out in Europe: a third of the population of Europe dies. | |
| 1348 | foundation of the university of Prague | |||
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1367-70 | successful war of the Hanseatic League against Denmark | ||
| 1378- 1417 |
the great schism: election of two popes, one in Rome, one in Avignon | |||
| 1381 | Venice having defeated Genua now dominates the trade with the Middle East | |||
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| 1437-43 | the university of Rostock moves to Greifswald after Rostock had been placed under the bann of the empire and the Church | 1438 | completion of the Doge's Palace in Venice | |
| 1445 | Gutenberg invents the printing press | |||
| 1450 | all the three gothic churches in Greifswald are completed. | |||
Francis of Assisi
Marco Polo
