37           The Roman Senate annulled Tiberius’s will and proclaimed Caligula emperor. 235         Alexander Severus (died), Roman emperor (born 208) 633         Ridda Wars: The Arabian Peninsula is united under the central authority of Caliph Abu Bakr. 978         Edward the Martyr (died), English king (born 962) 1241       Mongols overwhelmed Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik… Continue reading →

45 BC     In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. 455         Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 624         Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeat the Quraysh of Mecca in the… Continue reading →

37                   Tiberius (died), Roman emperor (born 46 BC) 455                 Heraclius (died), Roman servant 455                 Valentinian III (died), Roman emperor (born 419) 1338               Thomas de Beauchamp (born), 12th Earl of Warwick, English son of Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick (died 1401) 1410               John Beaufort (died), 1st Earl of Somerset, French-English admiral (born 1373) 1521              … Continue reading →

44 BC – Julius Caesar (born 100 BC), Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March. 1327 – Albert of Schwarzburg (died), grand preceptor of the Knights Hospitaller 1493 – Christopher Columbus returns to… Continue reading →

44 BC     Casca and Cassius decide, on the night before the Assassination of Julius Caesar, that Mark Antony should stay alive. 1489       The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. 1780      American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans… Continue reading →