History Trivia - Canterbury monks report explosion on the moon

June 18

 1178 Proposed time of origin of the lunar crater Giordano Bruno - five Canterbury monks reported an explosion on  the moon (only known observation).
 

History Trivia - Saxon King Ethelbert converts to Christianity

June 2

597 Saxon King Ethelbert was the first English King to convert to Christianity and baptized by St. Augustine of Canterbury.
 

History Trivia - The Rosetta Stone discovered

July 15

 971 Saint Swithin, the Bishop of Winchester, was reburied inside his cathedral. The day is celebrated in England as Saint Swithin's Day.

 1207 King John of England expelled Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton.

1799 The Rosetta Stone, the key to the translation of hieroglyphs, was discovered in Egypt by a French soldier.

History Trivia - Geiseric the Vandal sacks Rome

June 2

455 Geiseric the Vandal sacked Rome.

597 Saxon King Ethelbert was the first English King to convert to Christianity and baptized by St. Augustine of Canterbury.

1098 First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ended as Crusader forces took the city. The second siege began on June 7.

History Trivia - Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered

December 29

 1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered while at vespers in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights of King Henry II. Acting on the frustrated outburst of King Henry II, four knights entered the Cathedral and struck down the Archbishop. The knights fled.  Henry would later do public penance for his ill-considered words that ultimately ended the quarrel between one-time friends.

History Trivia - Bastille Day

July 14

 664 Deusdedit of Canterbury, the first native-born holder of the see of Canterbury died. An Anglo-Saxon, he became archbishop in 655 and held the office until his death, probably from the plague.

 1223 Louis VIII became King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France.

1430 Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.

1789 The Bastille, a fortress in Paris used to hold political prisoners, was stormed by a mob, beginning of the French Revolution.

History Trivia - Five Canterbury monks report something exploding on the Moon.

June 25,

253 Pope Cornelius died at Centumcellae where he was exiled during the Christian persecution under Trebonianus Gallus Augustus.

524 The Franks defeated the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.

841 In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeated the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.

1134 King Niels of Denmark died. 

1178 Five Canterbury monks reported something exploding on the Moon.

History Trivia - Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople

June 18

 860 Swedish Vikings attacked Constantinople.

1053 Pope Leo IX was taken prisoner by the Normans.

1155 German King Frederick Barbarossa was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

1178 Proposed time of origin of the lunar crater Giordano Bruno - five Canterbury monks reported an explosion on  the moon (only known observation).

1264 The Parliament of Ireland met at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.