1557    Agostino Carracci (born), Italian painter (died 1602) 1650    Vincenzo Coronelli (born), Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (died 1718) 1661    Thomas Fuller (died), English historian and author (born 1608) 1705    Jacob Bernoulli (died), Swiss mathematician (born 1654) 1733    Matthew Tindal (died), English author (born 1657) 1780   American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British… Continue reading →

423     Honorius (died), Roman emperor (born 384) 465      Libius Severus (died), Roman emperor (born 420) 778      The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed. 1040   King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. 1057    King Macbeth is killed at… Continue reading →

29 BC Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. 582 Tiberius II Constantine (died), Byzantine emperor (born 535) 1040 King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. 1464 Pope Pius… Continue reading →

582     Maurice becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. 1099   Pope Paschal II succeeds Pope Urban II as the 160th pope. 1382   Eleanor of Aragon (died), Queen of Castile (born 1358) 1521    After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. 1553    Michael… Continue reading →

30 BC Cleopatra VII Philopator (born 69 BC), the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite. 1480   Battle of Otranto: Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam; they are later honored in the Church. 1484   Pope Sixtus IV (died) (born 1414) 1577   … Continue reading →