November
14
565 Emperor Justinian died. Ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium)
from 527 to 565, Justinian was dynamic and ambitious, and shared many
policy-making decisions with his wife, Theodora. They reclaimed much of the
western empire, reformed Roman law, and rebuilt Constantinople.
1501 Arthur
Tudor of England married Katherine of Aragon.
Sept 19
335
Dalmatius was raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.
912
Emperor Leo VI was born. Known as the Wise or the Philosopher, Emperor Leo VI
of Byzantium issued imperial laws in Greek that became the legal code of the
Empire.
1356 Hundred Years' War: Battle of Poitiers: an English army under the
command of Edward, the Black Prince defeated a French army and captured the
French king, John II.
July 3
324 Battle of Adrianople: Roman Emperor Constantine I defeated
co-emperor Licinius, who fled to Byzantium.
987 Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, the
first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French
Revolution in 1792.
1187 Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, destroyed
Jerusalem's crusader army at the Horns of Hattin, Palestine.
1528 Capuchin
Order received papal approval in a bull by Pope Clement VII.
