1034 Birth of Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan (d. 1073) 1189 England’s King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster. 1189 Rabbi Jacob of Orleans killed in anti Jewish riot in London England. 1189 Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard “the Lionhearted”) is crowned at Westminster. 1260 The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain...

1025 Birth of Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) 1341 Death of King Leo V of Armenia (murdered) (b. 1309) 1481 Death of King Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432) 1521 The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade 1542 Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and cavalry, Imam Ahmad Gragn attacks the Portuguese camp in the Battle of Wofla. The Portuguese are scattered, their...

1000 Hungary is founded by Saint Stephen. 1384 Death of Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life (b. 1340) 1391 Konrad IV von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. 1517 Birth of Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (d. 1586) 1561 Birth of Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (d. 1633) 1572 Death of Miguel...

1121 The Georgian army under King David the Builder won a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi at the Battle of Didgori. 1323 Treaty of Nöteborg – Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first time 1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor – Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar routed by Edward Balliol 1332 Battle of Dupplin...

1063 Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Welsh prince 1100 Henry I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey 1264 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany. 1301 Birth of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) 1305 William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to...

1419 First Defenestration of Prague. 1470 Birth of Hongzhi, Emperor of China (d. 1505) 1502 Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage. 1511 Birth of Giorgio Vasari painter/architect/art historian (Vasari’s Lives). 1540 Death of Thomas Abel, English priest (martyred) 1549 Birth of Ferdinando l de’ Medici...