86       Antoninus Pius (born), Roman emperor (died 161) 1356    Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures the French king, John II. 1551     Henry III of France (born) (died 1589) 1668   William Waller (died), English general (born 1597) 1676    Jamestown is burned to… Continue reading →

14        Tiberius is confirmed as Roman Emperor by the Roman Senate following the natural death of Augustus 53        Trajan (born), Roman emperor (died 117) 96        Domitian (died), Roman emperor (born 51) 411      Constantine III (died), Roman general and emperor 1180    Louis VII of France (died) (born 1120) 1502    Christopher Columbus lands at Honduras on his… Continue reading →

456      Remistus, Roman general (magister militum), is besieged with a Gothic force at Ravenna and later executed in the Palace in Classis, outside the city. 879     Charles the Simple (born), French king (died 929) 1550    Pope Paul V (born) (died 1621) 1574    Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (died), Spanish admiral and explorer, founded St. Augustine, Florida… Continue reading →

1380   Charles V of France (died) (born 1338) 1386   Henry V of England (born), (died 1422) 1615    Heinrich Bach (born), German organist and composer (died 1692) 1620   The Mayflower starts her voyage to North America 1651    Engelbert Kaempfer (born), German physician (died 1716) 1725    Nicolas Desmarest (born), French geologist (died 1815) 1736    Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit… Continue reading →

1440   Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes. 1533    Catherine of Austria (born), Queen of Poland (died 1572) 1616    The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy. 1736    Jean Sylvain Bailly (born),… Continue reading →