1367    Henry IV of England (born) (died 1413) 1415     Manuel Chrysoloras (died), Greek educator (born 1355) 1446    Filippo Brunelleschi (died), Italian sculptor and architect (born 1377) 1450    Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years’ War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France. 1452    Leonardo da… Continue reading →

193    Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). 1028    Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected king of the Germans. 1205    Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders. 1434    The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laidied 1471     In England, the… Continue reading →

799    Paul the Deacon (died), Italian monk and historian (born 720) 1111      Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204    Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1506    Peter Faber (born), French theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (died 1546) 1519     Catherine de’ Medici (born), Italian-French wife of… Continue reading →

434   Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople (died) 1204   The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. 1500   Joachim Camerarius (born), German scholar (died 1574) 1526    Muretus (born), French philosophor (died 1585) 1550    Edward de Vere (born), 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier… Continue reading →

1554    Thomas Wyatt the Younger (died), English rebel (born 1521) 1592    John Eliot (born), English politician (died 1632) 1626    Marin Getaldić (died), Croatian mathematician and physicist (born 1568) 1683   Jean-Joseph Mouret (born), French composer (died 1738) 1689   William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain. 1715     John Alcock (born), English organist… Continue reading →