180     Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. 924     Edward the Elder (died), English king (born 877) 1429    Hundred Years’ War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a… Continue reading →

622     The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1194    Clare of Assisi (born), Italian saint (died 1253) 1216    Pope Innocent III (died) (born 1160) 1377    Coronation of Richard II of England. 1546    Anne Askew (died), English poet (born 1520) 1557    Anne of Cleves (died) (born 1515) 1611     Cecilia Renata of Austria (born) (died 1644) 1661    Pierre… Continue reading →

1099   First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege. 1149    The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem. 1291    Rudolph I of Germany (died) (born 1218) 1353    Vladimir the Bold (born), Russian prince (died 1410) 1381    John Ball, a… Continue reading →

1575    Richard Taverner (died), English translator (born 1505) 1610    Ferdinando II de’ Medici (born), Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1670) 1671    Jacques d’Allonville (born), French astronomer and mathematician (died 1732) 1696    William Oldys (born), English historian and author (died 1761) 1769    An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolà establishes a base in California and sets… Continue reading →

574     Pope John III (died) 939     Pope Leo VII (died) 1527    John Dee (born), English-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (died 1609) 1579    Arthur Dee (born), English physician (died 1651) 1590    Pope Clement X (born) (died 1676) 1607    Wenceslaus Hollar (born), Czech-English etcher (died 1677) 1628   Robert Shirley (died), English adventurer (born 1581) 1705    Titus Oates (died),… Continue reading →