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July 27, 2012
History Trivia
On July 27
1054 Siward, Earl of Northumbria invaded Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against Macbeth of Scotland, who usurped the Scottish throne from Malcolm's father, King Duncan. Macbeth was defeated at Dunsinane.
1170 Thomas Becket and King Henry II temporarily reconciled. Becket's six-year self-imposed exile from England was resolved when he met with Henry and King Louis VII of France at a conference in Freteval and settled on an uneasy truce. Becket made preparations to return to his See in Canterbury.
1214 King John lost Normandy and his other French possessions after being defeated by Philip II of France in the Battle of Bouvines.
1360 Danish King Waldemar IV destroyed Visby Gotland (Sweden's largest island, which is also the largest island in the Baltic Sea).
1054 Siward, Earl of Northumbria invaded Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against Macbeth of Scotland, who usurped the Scottish throne from Malcolm's father, King Duncan. Macbeth was defeated at Dunsinane.
1170 Thomas Becket and King Henry II temporarily reconciled. Becket's six-year self-imposed exile from England was resolved when he met with Henry and King Louis VII of France at a conference in Freteval and settled on an uneasy truce. Becket made preparations to return to his See in Canterbury.
1214 King John lost Normandy and his other French possessions after being defeated by Philip II of France in the Battle of Bouvines.
1360 Danish King Waldemar IV destroyed Visby Gotland (Sweden's largest island, which is also the largest island in the Baltic Sea).
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July 26, 2012
History Trivia
On July 26
796 Offa, king of Mercia died. Many historians regard Offa as the most powerful Anglo-Saxon king before Alfred the Great.
811 Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I was killed and his heir Stauracius was seriously wounded.
920 Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Leon against the Muslims at Pamplona.
1267 Inquisition formed in Rome under Pope Clement IV.
1309 Henry VII was recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
1469 Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote - Moor pitted the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England took place.
1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbeck's army landed in Cork.
1524 Scottish Parliament declared James V fit to govern.
796 Offa, king of Mercia died. Many historians regard Offa as the most powerful Anglo-Saxon king before Alfred the Great.
811 Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I was killed and his heir Stauracius was seriously wounded.
920 Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Leon against the Muslims at Pamplona.
1267 Inquisition formed in Rome under Pope Clement IV.
1309 Henry VII was recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
1469 Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote - Moor pitted the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England took place.
1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbeck's army landed in Cork.
1524 Scottish Parliament declared James V fit to govern.
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July 25, 2012
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History Trivia
On July 25
44 Saint James, the brother of John and the son of Zebedee, and one of the 12 apostles, became the first of the apostles to be martyred when he was killed on orders of Herod Agrippa I.
285 Diocletian appointed Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler.
306 Constantine I was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
326 Emperor Constantine refused to carry out traditional pagan sacrifices.
864 The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald ordered defensive measures against the Vikings.
1215 Frederick II, called Stupor Munci (The Amazement of the World), was crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Aix-la-Chapelle.
1261 The city of Constantinople was recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.
1394: King James I of Scotland was born. He became heir to the throne upon the murder of his brother Robert. He himself would be assassinated in 1437.
1603 James VI of Scotland was crowned as king of England (James I of England), uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.
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July 24, 2012
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History Trivia
On July 24
1148 Louis VII of France laid siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
1411 Battle of Harlaw: Highland and Lowland Scots clashed at Red Harlaw, which was one of the bloodiest battles of Scottish history.
1487 Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands held a strike against a ban on foreign beer.
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate and was replaced by her one-year-old son, James VI.
1148 Louis VII of France laid siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
1411 Battle of Harlaw: Highland and Lowland Scots clashed at Red Harlaw, which was one of the bloodiest battles of Scottish history.
1487 Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands held a strike against a ban on foreign beer.
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate and was replaced by her one-year-old son, James VI.
