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Never married, he is succeeded by his brother and co-emperor Constantine VIII, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Constantine calls the Sicilian invasion off. Catapan Basil Boioannes diverts the Byzantine expeditionary force already assembled on Calabria, to join the siege of Capua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367042525#Events", "title": "1025", "revid": 1367042525, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1165, "year_label": "1165 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos makes an alliance with Venice against Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who takes an oath at the Diet of Würzburg to support Antipope Paschal III against Pope Alexander III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362483614#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1165", "revid": 1362483614, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1183, "year_label": "1183 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Alexios II is compelled to condemn his own mother to death. In September, Andronikos Komenos is formally proclaimed Byzantine Emperor before the crowd on the terrace of the Church of Christ of the Chalke. By the end of the month, Andronikos orders Alexios' assassination; the young emperor is strangled in secret with a bow-string and his body thrown in the Bósporos.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360552635#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1183", "revid": 1360552635, "section": "Events › By area › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1183, "year_label": "1183 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October", "text": "October – Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1167)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360552635#Deaths", "title": "1183", "revid": 1360552635, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1195, "year_label": "1195 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Alexius III Angelus overthrows Isaac II, and becomes Byzantine Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326044730#Events", "title": "1195", "revid": 1326044730, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1204, "year_label": "1204 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – Alexios V Doukas is crowned Byzantine emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361051821#Events", "title": "1204", "revid": 1361051821, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1204, "year_label": "1204 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 8", "text": "February 8 – Alexios IV Angelos, Byzantine emperor", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361051821#Deaths", "title": "1204", "revid": 1361051821, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1204, "year_label": "1204 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January", "text": "January – Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine emperor", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361051821#Deaths", "title": "1204", "revid": 1361051821, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1204, "year_label": "1204 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27–28 – Byzantine emperor Alexios IV Angelos is overthrown in a revolution.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361051821#Events", "title": "1204", "revid": 1361051821, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1235, "year_label": "1235 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Constantinople: The Byzantine emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II besiege Constantinople in an attempt to take it from its Latin rulers, John of Brienne and Baldwin II. Angelo Sanudo successfully negotiates a two-year truce.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362483906#Events", "title": "1235", "revid": 1362483906, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1332, "year_label": "1332 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 13", "text": "February 13 – Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1259)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1272872485#Deaths", "title": "1332", "revid": 1272872485, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1332, "year_label": "1332 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – John V Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1391)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1272872485#Births", "title": "1332", "revid": 1272872485, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1341, "year_label": "1341 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1297)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561422#Deaths", "title": "1341", "revid": 1369561422, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1350, "year_label": "1350 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1425)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358971362#Births", "title": "1350", "revid": 1358971362, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1354, "year_label": "1354 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – The reign of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor is ended, after John V Palaiologos retakes Constantinople and is restored as sole emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325866553#January–December", "title": "1354", "revid": 1325866553, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1370, "year_label": "1370 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1408)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370872148#Births", "title": "1370", "revid": 1370872148, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1390, "year_label": "1390 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – John VII Palaiologos overthrows his grandfather, John V Palaiologos, as Byzantine Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371631980#April–June", "title": "1390", "revid": 1371631980, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1391, "year_label": "1391 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1332)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365430899#Deaths", "title": "1391", "revid": 1365430899, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1391, "year_label": "1391 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 –Manuel II Palaiologos becomes Byzantine emperor after his father, John V Palaiologos, dies from a nervous breakdown, due to his continued humiliation by the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365430899#January–March", "title": "1391", "revid": 1365430899, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1400, "year_label": "1400 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – Manuel II Palaiologos becomes the only Byzantine Emperor ever to visit England, and is greeted at Blackheath by King Henry IV, who hosts the Emperor at Eltham Palace during the Christmas holiday.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369029011#October–December", "title": "1400", "revid": 1369029011, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1405, "year_label": "1405 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 8", "text": "February 8 – Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor (d. 1453)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337543539#Births", "title": "1405", "revid": 1337543539, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1408, "year_label": "1408 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – Andronikos Palaiologos becomes the new Byzantine Emperor of Thessalonica after the death of his brother, John VIII Palaiologos.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360565942#July–December", "title": "1408", "revid": 1360565942, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1408, "year_label": "1408 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1370)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360565942#Deaths", "title": "1408", "revid": 1360565942, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1448, "year_label": "1448 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – John VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1390)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367832753#Deaths", "title": "1448", "revid": 1367832753, "section": "Deaths"}}]}