History Trivia - Prince Edward (Black Prince) marries Joan Plantagenet

October 10

1361 Prince Edward (Black Prince) married Joan Plantagenet. The "Fair Maid of Kent" was not considered the ideal wife for the heir of the English throne. Joan was the mother of Richard II. 

1471 Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repelled an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.

 1631 During the Thirty Years War a Saxon army successfully entered Prague (capital and largest city of the Czech Republic). The war was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe, and was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.

History Trivia - Battle of Poitiers - Edward, the Black Prince, defeats the French

 Sept 19

 335 Dalmatius was raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.

 912 Emperor Leo VI was born. Known as the Wise or the Philosopher, Emperor Leo VI of Byzantium issued imperial laws in Greek that became the legal code of the Empire. 

1356 Hundred Years' War: Battle of Poitiers: an English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeated a French army and captured the French king, John II.

History Trivia - Germanicus, the best loved of Roman princes, dies of poisoning

October 10

19 Germanicus, the best loved of Roman princes, died of poisoning. On his deathbed he accuses Piso, the governor of Syria, of poisoning him.

1361 Prince Edward (Black Prince) married Joan Plantagenet. The "Fair Maid of Kent" was not considered the ideal wife for the heir of the English throne. Joan was the mother of Richard II.

1471 Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repelled an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.

 

History Trivia - El Cid captures Valencia from the Moors

June 15

763 BC Assyrians recorded a solar eclipse that was later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

1094, El Cid, the great Spanish national hero, captured Valencia from the Moors.

1184 King Magnus V of Norway was killed at the Battle of Fimreite.  

 

1215 Magna Carta sealed: Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on the Magna Carta,  or "Great Charter."

 

1219 King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark. According to legend, the Danish flag fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, turning the tide in favor of the Danes.

1330 Edward, the Black Prince was born.

1381 Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, was beheaded in London.

1520 Pope Leo X threatened to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.

History Trivia - Charles Martel defeats the Moors

October 10,

19 Germanicus, the best loved of Roman princes, died of poisoning. On his deathbed he accuses Piso, the governor of Syria, of poisoning him.

732 Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeated a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, was killed during the battle.

1361 Prince Edward (Black Prince) married Joan Plantagenet. The "Fair Maid of Kent" was not considered the ideal wife for the heir of the English throne. Joan was the mother of Richard II.

1471 Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repelled an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.

1575 Battle of Dormans (battle during the 5th war of religion in France): Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeated the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

1580 After a three-day siege, the English Army beheaded over 600 Irish and Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir, Ireland.

1631 During the Thirty Years War a Saxon army successfully entered Prague (capital and largest city of the Czech Republic). The war was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe, and was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.

History Trivia - Edward the Black Prince defeats the French at Poitiers

Sept 19

 335 Dalmatius was raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.

912 Emperor Leo VI was born. Known as the Wise or the Philosopher, Emperor Leo VI of Byzantium issued imperial laws in Greek that became the legal code of the Empire.

1356 Hundred Years' War: Battle of Poitiers: an English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeated a French army and captured the French king, John II.