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June 19, 2011
History Trivia
June 19, 1098 Antioch fell to the crusaders.The long siege and capture of Antioch in the First Crusade delayed the crusaders' arrival in Jerusalem for more than a year. Even after its fall it took several months before the last leg of the journey could begin. 1179 The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke was killed, and the battle changed the tide of the civil wars. 1269 King Louis IX of France ordered all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver. 1306 Wars for Scottish Independence: The Earl of Pembroke's army defeated Robert Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
June 18, 2011
History Trivia
June 18, 1155 Frederick Barbarossa was crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1178 Five Canterbury monks saw what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of metres) are a result of this collision. 1264 The Parliament of Ireland met at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature. 1429 French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeated the main English army under sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turned the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
June 17, 2011
History Trivia
June 17, 1194 Richard I (the Lionheart) was crowned again. After having been held captive in Australia for two years by Emperor Henry VI, Richard felt it was necessary to demonstrate his sovereignty over England,and had a second coronation. Less than one month later, he left the country for Normandy, never to return. 1239 Edward I was born. 1497 Cornish Rebellion - Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeated troops led by Michael An Gof.
June 16, 2011
History Trivia
June 16,1487 Battle of Stoke Field, Henry VII defeated pretender Lambert Simnel at Stoke, in the final battle of the Wars of the Roses. 1586 Mary, Queen of Scots, recognized Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
June 15, 2011
History Trivia
June 15,763 BC Assyrians recorded a solar eclipse that was later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 923 Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France was killed and King Charles the Simple was arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy 1094, El Cid, the great Spanish national hero, captured Valencia from the Moors. 1184 King Magnus V of Norway was killed at the Battle of Fimreite. 1215 King John of England put his seal to the Magna Carta. 1246 With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ended in Austria. 1330 Edward, the Black Prince was born.1381 The Peasants' Revolt against a poll tax was dispersed at Smithfield after its leader Wat Tyler was killed. 1389 Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeated Serbs and Bosnians. 1520 Pope Leo X threatened to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
June 14, 2011
History Trivia
June 14,1287 Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.1381 Richard II of England met leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London was stormed by rebels who entered without resistance.
June 13, 2011
History Trivia
June 13, 323 BC Alexander the Great died of a fever in Babylon at age 33. 37 AD Gnaeus Julius Agricola was born. He was a Roman general noted for conquering all of England and part of Scotland from AD 77-84. 49 AD Pope Leo I, The Great, presented his Tome, affirming the reality of the two natures of Christ human and divine to Flavian, the Bishop of Constantinople. 313 The 'Edict of Milan' was proclaimed, ending the persecution of Christians across the Roman empire. 823 Charles I (the Bald) was born. He was the Grandson of Charlemagne who with his two half brothers divided Charlemagne's empire into three parts, with Charles becoming the first king of France in AD 843-877. 1249 Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots. 1373Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force. 1525 Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns. 1625 King Charles I married Henrietta Maria of France, Princess of France.
June 10, 2011
History Trivia
June 11,1184 BC Trojan War: Troy was sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes. 173 Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia was encircled by the Quadi, who had broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeated and subdued them in the so-called "miracle of the rain". 1345 The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, was lynched by political prisoners. 1429 Hundred Years' War: start of the Battle of Jargeau. 1488 Rebels defeated and deposed James III of Scotland at the Battle of Sauchieburn, making his son, James, king. 1509 Henry VIII of England married Catherine of Aragon.
History Trivia
June 12, 1381 Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrived at Blackheath. 1418 An insurrection delivered Paris to the Burgundians. 1429 Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc led the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau.
History Trivia
June 10, 1190 Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (67) drowned in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem. 1258 Provisions of Oxford issued. King Henry III of England, bankrupted by a venture in Sicily, summoned Parliament in the hopes of gaining a grant of funds. In return, he agreed to abide by a reform program devised by a royal commission; its report, considered England's first written constitution, is known as the Provisions of Oxford. 1539 Council of Trent: Paul III sent out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
