364         Valentinian I  is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 1266       Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily.   Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily andNaples. 1360       Roger Mortimer (died), 2nd Earl… Continue reading →

1522       William Lily (died), English scholar (born 1468) 1570       Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England. 1643       Marco da Gagliano (died), Italian composer (born 1582) 1651       Johann Philipp Krieger (born), German organist and composer (died 1725) 1682       Giovanni Battista Morgagni (born), Italian anatomist (died 1771) 1692       Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz (born), German author… Continue reading →

303         Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire. 1303       Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence. 1304       Ibn Battuta (born), Moroccan explorer (died 1368) 1387       King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. 1500      Charles V (born), Holy… Continue reading →

1417       Pope Paul II (born) (died 1471) 1455       Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. 1603       Andrea Cesalpino (died), Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (born 1519) 1633       Samuel Pepys (born), English administrator and politician (died 1703) 1664       Georg Dietrich Leyding (born), German composer and organist… Continue reading →

1300 BC Ramesses II (born), Egyptian pharaoh (died 1213 BC) 1371       Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty. 1403      Charles VII of France (born) (died 1461) 1440      Ladislaus the Posthumous (born), son of Albert II of Germany (died 1457) 1495      King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city’s throne…. Continue reading →