1495   Friar John Cor records the first known batch of Scotch whisky. 1533   Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. 1535    Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis. 1571    John Story (died), English martyr (born 1504) 1637   Jacques Marquette (born), French missionary and explorer… Continue reading →

455     Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. 1578   King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France. 1578   Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich in England to Frobisher Bay in Canada, eventually to mine fool’s gold, used to… Continue reading →

1423   Georg von Peuerbach (born), German mathematician and astronomer (died 1461) 1431    Hundred Years’ War: in Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc (born 1412) is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. The Catholic Church remembers this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc. 1536   King Henry VIII of England marries… Continue reading →

1328   Philip VI is crowned King of France. 1453   Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih captures Constantinople after a 53-daysiege, ending the Byzantine Empire. 1500   Bartolomeu Dias (died), Portuguese explorer (born 1451) 1630   Charles II of England (born) (died 1685) 1660   English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of… Continue reading →

585 BC A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. 1371    John the Fearless (born), French husband of Margaret of Bavaria (died 1419) 1503   James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a… Continue reading →