History Trivia - Canute I crowned King of England

January 6 

1017 Canute I crowned King of England. He was also King Canute II of Denmark and King Canute of Norway, and because of the empire he built in Britain and Scandinavia, he is sometimes known as Canute the Great. 

History Trivia - Church of the Holy Sepulcher destroyed

October 18

1009 The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a Christian church in Jerusalem, was completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacked the Church's foundations down to bedrock.

 1016 Canute of Denmark became the heir of Edmund Ironside, King of England, with victory at Ashingdon, and Edmund agreed to divide England between himself and Canute. At the end of November, however, Edmund died, and Canute became king of all England. 

1529 Henry VIII ordered Cardinal Wolsey to hand over the great seal. 

History Trivia - Harold Godwinson (last Anglo-Saxon King of England) crowned

January 6

1017 Canute I crowned King of England. He was also King Canute II of Denmark and King Canute of Norway, and because of the empire he built in Britain and Scandinavia, he is sometimes known as Canute the Great.

1066 Harold Godwinson (last Anglo-Saxon King of England) was crowned, most likely in Westminster Abbey.

1367 King Richard II of England was born. 

 1540 King Henry VIII of England married Anne of Cleves. The marriage lasted six months after which time Henry obtained a divorce and married Catherine Howard.

History Trivia - Canute the Great dies

November 12

 607 Boniface III died. Before he became Pope, Boniface went as a legate to Constantinople and obtained from the emperor Phocas an edict that recognized the See of Rome as the head of all the churches.

1035 Canute the Great died. King Canute I of England was also King Canute II of Denmark and King Canute of Norway, and was known as "the Great" because of the empire he built in Britain and Scandinavia.

1276 Suspicious of the intentions of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, the Prince of Wales, English King Edward I resolves to invade Wales.

1439 Plymouth, England, became the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.

History Trivia - Charlemagne and his brother Carloman crowned co-rulers of the Franks

October 18,

768 Charlemagne and his brother Carloman were crowned co-rulers of the Franks, after the death of their father, Pepin the Short.

1009 The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a Christian church in Jerusalem, was completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacked the Church's foundations down to bedrock.

1016 Canute of Denmark became the heir of Edmund Ironside, King of England, with victory at Ashingdon, and Edmund agreed to divide England between himself and Canute. At the end of November, however, Edmund died, and Canute became king of all England.

1529 Henry VIII ordered Cardinal Wolsey to hand over the great seal.

History Trivia - Cardinal Wolsey to hand over the great seal to Henry VIII

October 18

768 Charlemagne and his brother Carloman were crowned co-rulers of the Franks, after the death of their father, Pepin the Short.

1009 The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a Christian church in Jerusalem, was completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacked the Church's foundations down to bedrock.

1016 Canute of Denmark became the heir of Edmund Ironside, King of England, with victory at Ashingdon, and Edmund agreed to divide England between himself and Canute. At the end of November, however, Edmund died, and Canute became king of all England.

1081 The Normans defeated the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.

1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicated German leader Otto IV.

1529 Henry VIII ordered Cardinal Wolsey to hand over the great seal.

1541 Princess Margaret Tudor died.