871      Æthelred of Wessex (died) (born 837) 1016     Æthelred the Unready (died), English son of Edgar the Peaceful (born 968) 1016     Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England, 1348    The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George’s Day. 1464    Joan of… Continue reading →

238      Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne. 1451     Isabella I of Castile (born) (died 1504) 1500    Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. 1519     Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement… Continue reading →

753 BCRomulus founds Rome (traditional date). 571     Prophet Muhammad is born in Makkah. 1073    Pope Alexander II (died) 1142     Peter Abelard (died), French philosopher and theologian (born 1079) 1509    Henry VII of England (died) (born 1457) 1509    Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII. 1555     Ludovico Carracci… Continue reading →

1303    The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. 1453    The last naval battle in Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn. 1494    Johannes Agricola (born), German reformer (died 1566) 1517     Bogdan III… Continue reading →

1054    Pope Leo IX (died) (born 1002) 1529    Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: The Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism; a group of rulers (German:Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms. 1560    Philipp Melanchthon (died), German theologian and reformer (born 1497) 1567    Michael Stifel (died), German monk and… Continue reading →