June 30
296 St Marcellinus began his reign as Catholic
Pope. The violent persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian dominated his
papacy. Also the papal archives were
seized and destroyed, but the famous Cemetery of Calixtus was saved by the
Christians when they blocked its entrance.
February 23
303 Roman Emperor Diocletian ordered a general persecution of the Christians.
November 20
284 Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor.
869
Edmund the Martyr died. Saint Edmund was
king of East Anglia. His gruesome death at the hands of the Danes led to
legends and a shrine at what is now Bury St. Edmund's, West Suffolk.
1272 Barons swore fealty to Edward I. Upon the death of his father, King
Henry III, Edward received the fealty of the English barons and succeeded to
the throne.
