12        Caligula (born), Roman emperor (died 41) 1422    Henry V of England (died) (born 1386) 1422    King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months. 1654    Ole Worm (died), Danish physician (born 1588) 1748    Jean-Étienne Despréaux (born), French ballet… Continue reading →

1464    Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as the 211th pope. 1483   Louis XI of France (died) (born 1423) 1720    Samuel Whitbread (born), English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread (died 1796) 1748    Jacques-Louis David (born), French painter (died 1825) 1791    HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day. 1797   … Continue reading →

1261    Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope, the last man to do so without being a cardinal first. 1484   Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV. 1498   Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal. 1632    John Locke (born), English physician and philosopher (died 1704)… Continue reading →

388     Magnus Maximus (died), Roman emperor (born 335) 430     Augustine of Hippo (died), Algerian theologian and saint (born 354) 1565    Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States. 1609   Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay. 1619    Ferdinand II is elected emperor… Continue reading →

410      The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. 1172    Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England. 1521    Josquin des Prez (died), Flemish composer (born 1450) 1577    Titian (died), Italian painter (born 1488) 1590    Pope Sixtus V (died) (born 1521) 1593    Pierre… Continue reading →