1782 – 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1860 – The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. 1867…
1782 – 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1860 – The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. 1867…
1612 – First observation of Neptune – Galileo observes and records a “fixed star” without realising it is a planet 1893 – French lieutenant Boiteux…
537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed. 1703 – Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.…
887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at…
1901 – Battle at Tweefontein: British force camped on a hill is surprised by a Boer attack at 2am 1914 – Legendary “Christmas Truce” takes…
640 – Pope John IV is elected. 1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned. 1777 – Kiritimati, also…
562 – Hagia Sophia in Constantinople reopened with a rebuilt dome after a series of earthquakes caused the original to collapse. 1572 – Theologian Johann…
69 – Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome. 401 – Pope Innocent I is elected. 856 – Damghan earthquake:…
69 – The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors. 1124 – Pope Honorius II is…
69 – Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. 217 – Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth…
211 – Publius Septimius Geta, co-emperor of Rome, is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet his brother Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla), to discuss…
1398 – Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud’s armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur. 1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England. 1718 –…
1431 – Hundred Years’ War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. 1497 – Vasco da Gama passes…
1256 – Mongol forces under the command of Hulagu Khan enter and destroy the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut Castle (in present-day Iran) as part of…
557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake. 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful…
1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage. 1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to…
627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II’s Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. 884 – King Carloman…
361 – Julian enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire. 630 – Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquerMecca. 861 – Assassination…
1041 – The son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. 1317 – The “Nyköping…
480 – Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia. He later establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate. 536 – Gothic…