History Trivia - Gunthamund becomes king of the Vandals

December 23

484 Huneric died and was succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who became king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholics were freed from persecutions.

 1116 St. Ivo of Chartres died. He was one of the most notable bishops of France at the time of the Investiture struggles and the most important canonist before Gratian. Gratian was a legal scholar and the founder of the science of canon law, which is the body of law based on the legislation of the councils (both ecumenical and local) and the popes, as well as the bishops (for diocesan matters) in the Roman Catholic Church.

History Trivia - Gunthamund becomes king of the Vandals.

December 23

 484 Huneric died and was succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who became king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholics were freed from persecutions.

619  Boniface V became Roman Catholic pope.

962 Arab-Byzantine Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo.

1116 St. Ivo of Chartres died. He was one of the most notable bishops of France at the time of the Investiture struggles and the most important canonist before Gratian. Gratian was a legal scholar and the founder of the science of canon law, which is the body of law based on the legislation of the councils (both ecumenical and local) and the popes, as well as the bishops (for diocesan matters) in the Roman Catholic Church

History Trivia - Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, dies

October 24

51 Roman Emperor Domitian was born.

69 Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeated the forces of Emperor Vitellius.

439 Carthage, the leading Roman city in North Africa, fell to Genseric and the Vandals.

1147 After a siege of 4 months crusader knights led by Afonso Henriques, reconquered Lisbon.

1260 The s

pectacular Cathedral of Chartres was dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

1360 The Treaty of Brétigny was ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.

1375 King Valdemar IV died. He united Denmark after a brief period of domination by foreign rulers.

1537 Jane Seymour, the third wife of England's King Henry VIII, died after giving birth to Prince Edward.  Prince Edward became King Edward VI.