History Trivia - Geiseric sacks Rome
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455 Geiseric the Vandal sacked Rome.
575 Benedict I was confirmed as Pope.
597 Saxon King Ethelbert was the first English King to convert to Christianity and baptized by St. Augustine of Canterbury.
1098 First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ended as Crusader forces took the city. The second siege began on June 7.
1420 Henry V married Catherine of Valois.
1572 Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk and second cousin to Elizabeth I was executed for treason, plotting to put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne and restoring Catholicism.
455 Geiseric the Vandal sacked Rome.
575 Benedict I was confirmed as Pope.
597 Saxon King Ethelbert was the first English King to convert to Christianity and baptized by St. Augustine of Canterbury.
1098 First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ended as Crusader forces took the city. The second siege began on June 7.
1420 Henry V married Catherine of Valois.
1572 Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk and second cousin to Elizabeth I was executed for treason, plotting to put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne and restoring Catholicism.
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