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Empire of Trebizond

Byzantine Greek state on Black Sea coast

25 dated entries naming Empire of Trebizond, drawn from 22 separate years between 1182 CE and 1466 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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12th century

  • 1182Alexios I (Megas Komnenos), emperor of Trebizond (died 1222)source

13th century

  • 1204Theodore I Laskaris flees to Nicaea after the capture of Constantinople, and establishes the Empire of Nicaea; Byzantine successor states are also established in Epirus and Trebizond.source
  • 1214November 1 – Siege of Sinope: The Seljuk Turks under Sultan Kaykaus I capture the strategic Black Sea port city of Sinope – at the time held by the Empire of Trebizond (one of the Byzantine successor states formed after the Fourth Crusade). Emperor Alexios I of Trebizond leads an army to break the siege, but he is defeated and captured. His capture forces the Byzantines to accept tributary status to Kaykaus.source
  • 1222February 1 – Alexios Megas Komnenos, first Emperor of Trebizondsource
  • 1235Andronikos I Gidos, Emperor of Trebizondsource
  • 1243June 26 – Battle of Köse Dağ: The Mongols under Baiju Noyan defeat the Seljuk Turks of the Sultanate of Rum and their Byzantine allies. The Seljuks and the Empire of Trebizond become vassals of the Mongols.source
  • 1256October – Mongol forces led by Baiju Noyan (operating under Hulagu Khan's command) win a victory over Kaykaus II, Seljuk ruler of the Sultanate of Rum, and capture Anatolia. Kaykaus flees to the Byzantine court where he seeks refuge at Constantinople. The Empire of Trebizond fearing a potential punitive Mongol expedition, becomes a vassal state and is forced to pay a tribute tax every year in gold and silk.source
  • 1262John II (Megas Komnenos), emperor of Trebizond (died 1297)source
  • 1263Manuel I (Megas Komnenos), emperor of Trebizondsource
  • 1282Alexios II ("Megas Komnenos"), emperor of Trebizond (died 1330)source
  • 1297August 16 – John II, Byzantine emperor of Trebizond (born 1262)source

14th century

  • 1321John III of Trebizond ("Megas Komnenos"), Emperor of Trebizond (died 1362)source
  • 1330May 3 – Alexios II Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (born 1282)source
  • 1332January 8 – Andronikos III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizondsource
  • 1340April 6 – Emperor Basil Megas Komnenos of Trebizondsource
  • 1342September 4 – John III of Trebizond (John III Comnenus) becomes emperor of Trebizond.source
  • 1342September 4 – Anna Anachoutlou, Empress of Trebizondsource
  • 1390March 20 – Manuel III succeeds his father, Alexios III, as Emperor of Trebizond (now north eastern Turkey).source
  • 1390March 20 – Alexios III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (born 1338)source

15th century

  • 1417March 5 – Alexios IV becomes the new Emperor of Trebizond (located in what is now Turkey along the Black Sea) upon the death of his father, Manuel III.source
  • 1417March 5 – Manuel III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (born 1364)source
  • 1429October – Alexios IV Megas Komnenos, Empire of Trebizond (born 1382)source
  • 1460September 14 – The siege of Trebizond, the capital of the Empire of Trebizond, is started by the Ottoman Empire. Franz Babinger, "La date de la prise de Trébizonde par les Turcs (1461)", Revue des études byzantines, 7 (1949), pp.source
  • 1461August 15 – The Empire of Trebizond, the last major Romano-Greek outpost, falls to the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II, after a 21-day siege.source
  • 1466Mark II of Constantinople, the Ecumenical Patriarch and leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christian church, is deposed in autumn after Symeon of Trebizond, a monk in the church, purchases the office of Ecumenical Patriarch for 2,000 gold pieces, with the help of his supporters in the Trapezuntine nobility. Soon after being appointed, Symeon is deposed by the Sultan and replaced with Dionysius of Dimitsana as the new Patriarch.source

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