History Trivia - Louis III of France defeats the Vikings

August 3

 881 Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeated the Vikings, an event celebrated in the German poem Ludwigslied.

1291 the Crusaders abandoned Tortosa (province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain) to the Moslems.

 1347 Six burghers of the surrounded French city of Calais surrendered to Edward III of England, hoping to relieve the siege.

History Trivia - Supernova seen in Cassiopeia

August 4

 70 the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.

367 Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, was named co-Augustus by his father.

1181 Supernova was seen in Cassiopeia, a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain Queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivalled beauty.

1265 Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: the army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeated the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.

1347 English troops conquered Ft. Calais (France).

History Trivia - Calais surrenders to Edward III of England

August 3

881 Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeated the Vikings, an event celebrated in the German poem Ludwigslied.

1291 the Crusaders abandoned Tortosa (province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain) to the Moslems.

1347 Six burghers of the surrounded French city of Calais surrendered to Edward III of England, hoping to relieve the siege.

1387 Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark/ Norway died.

History Trivia - Francis, Duke of Guise, captures Calais

January 7

49 BC Julius Caesar was ordered to disband his army. He refused and crossed the Rubicon three days later, invaded Italy, which began a civil war.

 1327 King Edward II of England was deposed.

1451 the University of Glasgow Founded at the request of King James II of Scotland. Pope Nicholas V issued a bull of foundation for a studium generale. At first underfunded and lacking a place to hold lectures, the University nonetheless grew into a distinguished center of learning, its progress only briefly interrupted by the troubles of the Reformation.

1558 French nobleman Francis, Duke of Guise, captured Calais, the last English possession in mainland France.

1601 Robert, Earl of Essex led revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth.

1610 Galileo Galilei observed three of the four largest moons of Jupiter for the first time. He named them, and in turn the four are called the Galilean moons.