965 Pope Benedict V (died) 973 Ulrich of Augsburg (died), German bishop (born 890) 1054 A supernova is seen by Chinese, Arab and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. 1541 Pedro de Alvarado (died),… Continue reading
1035 William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigns until 1087. 1423 Louis XI of France (born) (died 1483) 1530 Claude Fauchet (born), French historian (died 1601) 1608 Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain. 1642 Marie de’ Medici (died), Italian-French wife of Henri IV of France (born 1575) 1672 Francis Willughby (died),… Continue reading
1363 Maria (born), Queen of Sicily (died 1401) 1489 Thomas Cranmer (born), English archbishop (died 1556) 1492 Elizabeth Tudor (born), English daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1495) 1504 Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia. 1555 The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola. 1566 Nostradamus (died), French astrologer… Continue reading
552 Totila (died), Ostrogoth king 1277 Baibars (died), Egyptian sultan (born 1223) 1523 Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels. 1586 Claudio Saracini (born), Italian lute player and composer (died 1630) 1614 Isaac Casaubon (died), French philologist and scholar (born 1559) 1633 … Continue reading
1470 Charles VIII of France (born) (died 1498) 1520 Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan. 1559 King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery. 1588 Giovanni Maria Sabino (born), Italian organist, composer, and educator (died 1649) 1785 James Oglethorpe (died), English… Continue reading