History Trivia

July 25, 44 Saint James, the brother of John and the son of Zebedee, and one of the 12 apostles, became the first of the apostles to be martyred when he was killed on orders of Herod Agrippa I. 285 Diocletian appointed Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler. 306Constantine I was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. 864 The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald ordered defensive measures against the Vikings. 1215 Frederick II, called Stupor Munci (The Amazement of the World), was crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Aix-la-Chapelle. 1261 The city of Constantinople was recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. 1547 Henry II of France was crowned. 1593 Henry IV of France publicly converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. 1603 James VI of Scotland was crowned as king of England (James I of England), uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.