This Week In History Feb 10th

1199 Death of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147) 1267 Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps. 1404 Birth of Constantine XI Dragases last Byzantine Emperor. 1441 Birth of Ali Sjir Neva’i [Fani] Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub). 1450 Death of AgnFs Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421) 1499 France and...

This Week in History

1119 Death of Pope Gelasius II 1342 Death of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279) 1523 Sermon of Constanz: Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden. 1559 Sir Thomas Pope English politician, benefactor, dies at about age 52. 1574 Sea battle of Reimerswaal – Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet. 1584 Birth of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647) 1587 Deventer and...

This Week In History Jan 20th

1077 German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness. 1118 Death of Pope Paschal II 1118 Paschalis II [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies. 1189 Philip II, Henry II and Richard Lion-Hearted initiate third Crusade. 1189 Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. 1276 Innocent V becomes...

This Week In History January 12th

1072 Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. 1072 Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. 1094 Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) 1271 Otto II the Lame, Earl of Gelre, dies. 1276 Death of Pope Gregory X 1276 Gregorius X [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies. 1356 German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree. 1365 Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV assigns gold and...

This Week In History 1/1/2014

  1196 Birth of Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) 1322 Death of King Philip V of France (b. 1293) 1322 Philip V the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies. 1338 Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent. 1407 Bloody battles between Hoeksen and Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht. 1431 Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop. 1431 Joan of Arc is handed over to the...

This Week In History December 30th

1065 Ferdinand I the Great, king of Castile, dies. 1076 Death of Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) 1381 Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician 1390 Birth of Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411) 1437 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Bohemia. 1503 Battle at Garigliano – Spanish army under G...