History Trivia

March 27,196 BC Ptolemy V ascended to the throne of Egypt. 47 BC Ptolemy XII, King of Egypt and brother of Cleopatra, drowned in the Nile, probably with an assist by Julius Caesar,who thereby made Cleopatra queen. 30 AD, Jesus was condemned to be crucified by Pontius Pilate. The date, which is highly uncertain, is said to have been set down on a copper plate discovered in 1810 in the ancient city of Aquileia. 1351 The Battle of the Thirty -this battle in the struggle for succession to the duchy of Brittany was so called because each side chose thirty knights to engage in combat. Though the battle settled nothing, it became the basis of troubadour legends and was retold in the chronicles of Froissart. 1489 Treaty of Medina del Campo. Although the treaty was never fully accepted by either side, this agreement between Spain and England established important conventions in relations between the two countries. It also settled the details of the marriage of Catherine of Aragon, youngest daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, and Arthur, eldest son of King Henry VII. Upon Arthur's death Catherine would marry his brother,who would become King Henry VIII.