32        Otho (born), Roman emperor (died 69) 1192     Conrad of Montferrat (died) (born 1140) 1253     Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. 1442    Edward IV of England (born) (died 1483) 1503    The Battle… Continue reading →

1521     Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu. 1521     Ferdinand Magellan (died), Portuguese explorer (born 1480) 1539    Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar. 1565    Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the… Continue reading →

121       Marcus Aurelius (born), Roman emperor (died 180) 645      Richarius (died), Frankish hermit and monk 1478    The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de’ Medici and kill his brother Giuliano (born 1453) during High Mass in the Duomo of Florence. 1564    Playwright William Shakespeare was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of actual birth is unknown). 1575     Marie… Continue reading →

1214     Louis IX of France (born) (died 1270) 1265    Roger de Quincy (died), 2nd Earl of Winchester, English husband of Helen of Galloway (born 1195) 1284    Edward II of England (born) (died 1327) 1342    Pope Benedict XII (died) (born 1285) 1502    Georg Major (born), German theologian (died 1574) 1566    Diane de Poitiers (died), French mistress… Continue reading →

1184 BC Traditional date of the fall of Troy. 624       Mellitus (died), English archbishop 1533     William the Silent (born), German son of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1584) 1558    Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris. 1620    John Graunt (born), English statistician (died 1674) 1704    The first regular… Continue reading →