History Trivia - Francis Drake was knighted
April 4
1081 Alexius Comnenus crowned emperor. Alexius seized the throne from Nicephorus III. During his reign, he would succeed in reviving the Eastern Roman Empire after half a century of ineffective rule.
1460 University of Basle in Switzerland founded.
1581 Francis Drake was knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
1081 Alexius Comnenus crowned emperor. Alexius seized the throne from Nicephorus III. During his reign, he would succeed in reviving the Eastern Roman Empire after half a century of ineffective rule.
1460 University of Basle in Switzerland founded.
1581 Francis Drake was knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
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