Mary Ann Bernal

June 14 1497 Giovanni (Juan) Borgia, favorite son of Pope Alexander VI, was murdered, allegedly by his brother Cesare or by his younger...

March 12 1507 Cesare Borgia was killed while fighting for the Navarrese king in the city of Viana, Spain.

December 31  192 The Roman emperor Commodus, whose brutal reign ended 90 years of peaceful prosperity, was assassinated.  870 S...

August 17 986 A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron....

March 12  538 Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ended his siege of Rome and retreated to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the v...

January 17 38 BC Octavian married Livia Drusilla.  69 Etruscan Roman Emperor Otho committed suicide after a night of meditation in h...

Sept 13  585 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrated a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of C...

August 17 682 Pope Leo II began his reign; he was known as an eloquent preacher who was interested in music, and was noted for his chari...

March 12 538 Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ended his siege of Rome and retreated to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the vict...

January 28  814 Charlemagne, King of the Franks and creator of the Holy Roman Empire, died in Aachen. 1077 the excommunication of He...

January 17  38 BC Octavian married Livia Drusilla. 69 Etruscan Roman Emperor Otho committed suicide after a night of meditation in h...

Sept 13 585 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrated a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Co...