1025    Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland 1480    Lucrezia Borgia (born), Italian daughter of Pope Alexander VI (died 1519) 1506    The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is laid 1521     Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses… Continue reading →

485     Proclus (died), Greek philosopher (born 412) 1397    Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. 1492    Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices. 1521     Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of… Continue reading →

73       Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Great Jewish Revolt. 1495    Petrus Apianus (born), German mathematician and astronomer (died 1557) 1521     Martin Luther’s first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles Vand the other estates of the empire. 1582   … Continue reading →

1367    Henry IV of England (born) (died 1413) 1415     Manuel Chrysoloras (died), Greek educator (born 1355) 1446    Filippo Brunelleschi (died), Italian sculptor and architect (born 1377) 1450    Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years’ War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France. 1452    Leonardo da… Continue reading →

193    Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). 1028    Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected king of the Germans. 1205    Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders. 1434    The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laidied 1471     In England, the… Continue reading →