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 →

1475    Beatrice d’Este (born), Italian wife of Ludovico Sforza (died 1497) 1517    Rembert Dodoens (born), Flemish physician and botanist (died 1585) 1534   Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island. 1613    The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground. 1746   Joachim Heinrich Campe (born), German linguist, educator, and author (died… Continue reading →

767     Pope Paul I (died) (born 700) 928     Louis the Blind (died), Roman emperor (born 880) 1461    Edward IV is crowned King of England. 1476   Pope Paul IV (born) (died 1559) 1490   Albert of Mainz (born), German archbishop (died 1545) 1491    Henry VIII of England (born) (died 1547) 1519    Charles V is elected Emperor of… Continue reading →