1099   The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem began. 1329   Robert the Bruce (died), Scottish husband of Isabella of Mar (born 1274) 1394   Anne of Bohemia (died) (born 1367) 1494   Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas which divided the New World between the two countries. 1654   Louis XIV was crowned King of France…. Continue reading →

1508    Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friuli by Venetian troops 1586    Francis Drake’s forces raid St. Augustine in Spanish Florida. 1599    Diego Velázquez (born), Spanish painter (died 1660) 1683    The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world’s first university museum. 1752    A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000… Continue reading →

70       Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem. 754     Saint Boniface (died), English missionary, bishop, and martyr 1257    Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. 1716    Roger Cotes (died), English mathematician (born 1682) 1723   Adam Smith (born), Scottish economist and philosopher (died 1790) 1757    Pierre Jean George… Continue reading →

1039   Conrad II (died), Holy Roman Emperor (born 990) 1411    King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries. 1604   Claudia de’ Medici (born), Italian daughter of Ferdinando I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1648) 1694   François Quesnay… Continue reading →

1539   Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain. 1608   Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec. 1621    The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland. 1657    William Harvey (died), English physician (born 1578) 1726   James Hutton (born), Scottish geologist and physician (died 1797) 1781    Jack Jouett… Continue reading →