799    Paul the Deacon (died), Italian monk and historian (born 720) 1111      Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204    Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1506    Peter Faber (born), French theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (died 1546) 1519     Catherine de’ Medici (born), Italian-French wife of… Continue reading →

434   Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople (died) 1204   The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. 1500   Joachim Camerarius (born), German scholar (died 1574) 1526    Muretus (born), French philosophor (died 1585) 1550    Edward de Vere (born), 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier… Continue reading →

1554    Thomas Wyatt the Younger (died), English rebel (born 1521) 1592    John Eliot (born), English politician (died 1632) 1626    Marin Getaldić (died), Croatian mathematician and physicist (born 1568) 1683   Jean-Joseph Mouret (born), French composer (died 1738) 1689   William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain. 1715     John Alcock (born), English organist… Continue reading →

428    Nestorius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople. 837    Halley’s Comet and Earth experienced their closest approach to one another, 3.2 million miles. 1500    Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French. 1583    Hugo Grotius (born), Dutch jurist and philosopher (died 1645) 1585    Pope Gregory XIII (died) (born… Continue reading →

491    Zeno (died), Byzantine emperor (born 425) 715     Pope Constantine (died) (born 664) 1024    Pope Benedict VIII (died) (born 980) 1413     Henry V is crowned King of England. 1483    Edward IV of England (died) (born 1442) 1492    Lorenzo de’ Medici (died), Italian ruler (born 1449) 1511      St John’s College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret… Continue reading →