December 8
65 BC Horace (Quintus
Horatius Flaccus) was born. He was one
of the most familiar and admired of the Roman poets.
877 Louis II, the
Stammerer, was crowned King of France.
1542 Mary, Queen of Scots was born.
1609
Biblioteca Ambrosiana (Milan Italy) opened its reading room, the second public
library of Europe.
1660 The first Shakespearian actress to appear on an English
stage (believed to be a Ms. Norris) made her debut as Desdemona in
Shakespeare's Othello.
November 3
1394 Jews
were expelled from France by Charles VI.
1468 Liège was sacked by Charles I of
Burgundy's troops.
1470 Edward V, King of England was born.
1507 Leonardo da
Vinci was commissioned to paint the Mona Lisa.
1529 London - first sitting of
the Reformation Parliament.
1534 English Parliament accepts the Act of
Supremacy: Henry VIII is head of the Church of England.
October 27
97 To placate the Praetorians of
Germany, Roman emperor Nerva adopted Trajan, the Spanish-born governor of lower
Germany, as his successor.
312 Constantine the Great is said to have received
his famous Vision of the Cross.
625 Honorius I Elected Pope. Honorius sponsored the restoration of Roman
buildings, worked to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons, and reorganized the
Visigoths. He was deeply involved in the controversies over monophysitism and
monothelitism.
710 Saracen invasion of Sardinia.
939 Athelstan died. Athelstan
was the first West Saxon king to have effective rule over the whole of England.
He was succeeded by Edmund I as King of England.
1401 Catherine of Valois was
born. The neglected daughter of King Charles VI of France, Catherine married
King Henry V of England and gave birth to his son, Henry VI. After her
husband's untimely death, she began a relationship with Owen Tudor, and married
him in secret. One of their sons was the father of King Henry VII.
1662 Charles
II sold the strategic port of Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France because he needed
money.
