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Showing posts with label Holy Roman Emperor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holy Roman Emperor. Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2016

History Trivia - Pope Leo III attacked in Rome

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April 25 799 Pope Leo III was attacked during a procession in Rome due, in part, for recognizing Charlemagne as patricius of the Romans...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

History Trivia - Richard I of England ransomed

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February 4  1194 King Richard I of England was freed by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, after being ransomed. Richard did return to En...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

History Trivia - Third Crusade initiated

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January 21 1189 King Philip Augustus of France, King Henry II of England, King Richard I, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbaro...
Monday, December 7, 2015

History Trivia - Cicero executed

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December 7  43 BC Roman orator and advocate Cicero was executed on the orders of Mark Antony.  983 German King Otto III took ...
Monday, August 10, 2015

History Trivia - Battle of Maldon - Vikings victorious

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August 10 955 Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeated the Magyars (Hungarians), ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of ...
Thursday, August 6, 2015

History Trivia - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates

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 A ugust 6 9 39 Battle at Simancas - Spain defeated the Moors. Arab witnesses reported a spectacular eclipse of the sun that took pla...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

History Trivia - Alexander the Great dead at age 32

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June 10  323 BC (or June 11) Alexander the Great, Macedonian king, died from either fever or excessive wine at the age of 32. 1190...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

History Trivia - process of making Roquefort cheese discovered

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June 4  781 BC – The first historic solar eclipse was recorded in China. 1039 Henry III became Holy Roman Emperor.  1070 the p...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

History Trivia - Spanish and German troops sack Rome

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May 6 973 Henry II (the Saint), the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Ottonian dynasty, was born. 1527 Spanish and German t...
Monday, March 16, 2015

History Trivia - Battle of Boroughbridge

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March 16 37  Emperor Tiberius died at the age of 78 and was succeeded by Caligula. 1072 Adalbert, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen and...
Friday, February 6, 2015

History Trivia - Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England

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February 6  337 St Julius I began his reign as Catholic Pope. Julius is credited with setting Jesus' birthday on December 25th.   ...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

History Trivia - Pompey the Great murdered

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September 28 48 BC Pompey the Great was murdered on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt. 351 Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Empero...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

History Trivia - Henry V of England army lands on mouth of the Seine River, and organizes the siege of the town of Harfleur

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August 13 523 John I was elected Roman Catholic pope. He ended the Acacian Schism, bringing reunification of the Eastern and Western chu...
Friday, July 11, 2014

History Trivia - The Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte signed

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July 11 472 after being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius was captured in the Old St. Peter's Ba...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

History Trivia - Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople

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June 18  860 Swedish Vikings attacked Constantinople. 1053 Pope Leo IX was taken prisoner by the Normans. 1155 German King Frede...