10 BC Claudius I, Emperor
of Rome AD 41-54 was born. He built Rome's harbor at Ostia and conquered parts
of England and Thrace (the Balkins).
69 Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in
Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolted under the leadership of Gaius Julius
Civilis.
126 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Emperor of Rome for less than one year
in 193 was born.
527 Justinian I became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
902 Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, was captured by the
Aghlabid army.
1096 The crusaders under Peter the Hermit reached
Constantinople.
1137 Louis VI, the Fat, King of France died of dysentery.
1203
Isaac II Angelus, restored Eastern Roman Emperor, declared his son Alexius IV
Angelus co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.
1740
"Rule Britannia," which was written by Thomas Arne, was performed for
the first time.
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