1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris 1816 – First savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) 1939 –…
1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris 1816 – First savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) 1939 –…
800 – Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican. 1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris. 1577 – Francis Walsingham…
1648 English Parliamentary army captures King Charles I 1707 – The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to…
526 – Antioch, modern day Syria, struck by an earthquake, killing about 250,000 561 – King Chlothar I dies at Compiègne. The Merovingian dynasty is…
587 – Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. 936 – Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor…
25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han. 176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus…
43 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed 1161 – Battle of Caishi: A…
571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. 885 – Siege of Paris: Viking forces sail…
380 – Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople. 1227 – Polish Prince Leszek the White is assassinated at an assembly of…
534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage. 1174 – Saladin enters Damascus, and adds it to…
498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.…
164 BC – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the…
284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe,…
461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militumRicimer. 636 –…
1180 – Phillip II becomes king of France. 1210 – Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. 1282 – Pope Martin IV excommunicates…
474 – Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the…
1272 – While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England’s death, but he will not return…
565 – Justin II succeeds his uncle, Justinian I, as emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is…
India celebrating Children’s Day, on the Birthday of the 1st Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru 1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes…
1002 – English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice’s Day massacre. 1093 –…