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May 11, 2012
History Trivia
May 11, 330 Constantinople was dedicated as the new capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great. 482 Justinian I (the Great) was born. He was Byzantine (East Roman) emperor AD 527-565 who collected Roman laws under one code known as the Justinian Code. 1310 In France fifty-four members of the Knights Templar were burned at the stake as heretics. 1559 Religious reformer John Knox ignited the Scottish Reformation with a sermon at Perth, Scotland.
May 10, 2012
History Trivia
May 10, 70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of Emperor Vespasian, opened a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacked the city's Third Wall to the northwest. 238 Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, was murdered. 946 Agapetus II elected pope. His pontificate is noted for the spread of Christianity in Denmark. 1291 Scottish nobles recognized the authority of Edward I of England.
May 9, 2012
History Trivia
May 9, 1457 BC Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It was the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. 1012 BC Solar Eclipse seen at Ugarit (ancient Syrian port city on the Mediterranean Sea). 328 Athanasius was elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria. 1092 Lincoln Cathedral, one of the most important medieval cathedrals in England, was consecrated. 1386 England and Portugal signed the Treaty of Windsor, the oldest alliance in Europe still in force. 1671 The crown jewels were briefly stolen from the Tower of London by Irish adventurer Colonel Thomas Blood.
May 8, 2012
History Trivia
May 8, 589 – Reccared (reigned 586–601) was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia summoned the Third Council of Toledo. The council enacted restrictions on Jews, and the conversion of the country to Christianity led to repeated persecutions of Jews. 1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI. 1521 Parliament of Worms installed an Imperial edict against Marten Luther, which denounced the monk and commanded that all his works be burned. 1559 An act of supremacy defined Queen Elizabeth I as the supreme governor of the Church of England. 1660 Parliament proclaimed Charles II king of England, restoring the monarchy after more than a decade.
May 7, 2012
History Trivia
May 7, 558 The Hagia Sophia (in Constantinople) collapsed. Justinian I immediately ordered that the dome be rebuilt. 1274 in France, the Second Council of Lyons opened, which addressed the union of the Eastern and Western churches, regulating the election of the Pope and church reform. 1348 Charles University in Prague (Universitas Carolina/Univerzita Karlova) was established as the first university in Central Europe. 1429 English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc.
May 6, 2012
Time: A Literary Underground Anthology
My short story is included in this anthology, which is free for all ebook venues at Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
History Trivia
May 6 973 Henry II (the Saint), the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Ottonian dynasty, was born. 1527 Spanish and German troops sacked Rome, ending the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, died fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo. 1536 King Henry VIII ordered English language Bibles to be placed in every church.
May 5, 2012
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History Trivia
May 5, 311 Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, died. 553 The Second Council of Constantinople began. 984 Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia died. 1215 Rebel barons renounced their allegiance to King John of England, which led to the signing of the Magna Carta. 1640 King Charles I of England dissolved the Short Parliament.
May 4, 2012
History Trivia
May 4, 1256 The Augustinian monastic order was constituted at the Lecceto Monastery in Tuscany when Pope Alexander IV issued a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae. 1415 Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus were condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance. 1471 Wars of the Roses: the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians at the battle of Tewkesbury. 1493 Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation
