Today in History...

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Well - It is royalty related, Jennifer!

January 22, 1440 birthdate of Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505) that conquered Lithuania

[Colleen, The Enforcer/Mod #2]

LOL about Fergie wearing a paper bag over her head on a plane!

[Heather]

January 23, 1571 - Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Heather, you're finding some great ones! Too funny about Fergie :)

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

I know, I love the Fergie one, too.

January 23, 1002 Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

January 24, 41 (doesn't the 41 look weird?)
Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. Claudius succeeds his nephew.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Now there is a book that I wish I hadn't read.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Caligula or I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54?

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Caligula: The Corruption of Power by Anthony A. Barrett. I have yet to read the others, but they can't be as bad as the Barrett book.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I Claudius is an excellent piece of historical fiction; haven't read the Camus.

[Heather]

January 24, 76: The birth of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.


January 24, 1236: King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Lyn M wrote: "Now there is a book that I wish I hadn't read."

And one I won't be reading...

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

January 25, 1533

Henry and Anne’s secret wedding ceremony probably took place on this day. David Starkey believes this was their second secret wedding. According to Eric Ives it was around this time that Anne may have also begun to suspect that she might be pregnant.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

January 25, 1494 Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples

[Kelly A.]

Not exactly royalty-related, but still pretty interesting: January 26, 1998 - President Bill Clinton said "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" regarding the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

January 26, 1887 Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians

[Heather]

January 26, 1340 - English King Edward III proclaimed King of France.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

And so the so-called "Hundred Years War" started.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

January 27, 1556 Birth date of Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)

[Kelly A.]

We missed a great one yesterday (the 28th)!

January 28, 1547 - Henry VIII died at age 55.

[Grace]

Today is Jan. 29th and in history this happened:

OTHERS
1595 - William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is probably first performed.
1613 - Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
1676 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.

BIRTHS
1749 - King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)

DEATHS
969 - Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies
1676 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
1696 - Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies

[Kelly A.]

January 30, 1649 - Charles I of England is executed.

[Angela]

January 31, 1788- Bonnie Prince Charlie dies in Rome, Italy.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

January 31, 1560 Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Wife number three, I think.

[Heather]

January 31, 36 BC - The birth of Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor.

[Meghan]

February 1, 1587: Queen Elizabeth I signs death sentence of her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots.

[Heather]

February 1, 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

February 1st, 1539 Emperor Karel & King Francois I sign anti-English treaty

[Grace]

1650 - Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress (King Charles II) was born.

[Meghan]

February 2, 1461: The English houses of York and Lancaster battled at Mortimer's Cross, The Battle of the Three Suns. (This also went into February 3)

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

The origin, I believe, of "the Sun in Splendor."

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

February 2, 0962 Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

February 3, 1591 German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau

[Meghan]

February 3, 1547: Russian czar Ivan IV marries Anastasia Romanova

[Linnaea]

Today is the day that Jeanne de Bourbon, the wife of King Charles the 5th of France, was born

[Heather]

February 3, 1368 - The birth of Charles VI, King of France.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

February 4, 1194 Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000

February 4th 1508 Maximilian I assumes imperial title without being crowned

[Heather]

February 6, 1508 - Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

[Meghan]

February 6, 1665: Birth of Anne Stuart, Queen of England

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

February 6, 1952 Beginning of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II of England. Happy 59 Years QE2!

[Priya]

Susanna wrote: "I Claudius is an excellent piece of historical fiction; haven't read the Camus."

the camus is so brilliant as is the graves! i also just read an amazing piece in the guardian about how they just located caligula's lost tomb! someone was robbing the grave and the police caught him and he showed them the location!

[Priya]

Grace wrote: "1650 - Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress (King Charles II) was born."

happy birthday nell!

i think, and could very well be wrong, that it was also the day that princess joanna of wales (of sharon kay penman's marvellous novels) died...

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Priya wrote: "Susanna wrote: "I Claudius is an excellent piece of historical fiction; haven't read the Camus."

the camus is so brilliant as is the graves! i also just read an amazing piece in the guardian abou..."

That is fascinating, Priaya. I would love to find a good book about Caligula, cuz the one we read was dry as toast and twice as boring.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

February 7th 1522 Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches

[Heather]

February 7, 1102 - The birth of Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

February 8th 1291birthdate of Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)

And of course we can't forget:

February 8th 1587 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44

[Meghan]

February 8, 1725: Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at the age of 52.

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Well, it seems that Feb 8 is a very good day to do something historic hehe...

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

February 9th 1404 birth date of Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor


February 9, 1954 - birth date of my brother---he's not Royalty, but I couldn't resist,LOL.