History Trivia - Duncan, King of Scots murdered by Macbeth

August 14

 1040 Duncan, King of Scots was murdered by Macbeth, who became king.

1457 The first book ever printed was published by a German astrologer named Faust. He was thrown in jail while trying to sell books in Paris because authorities concluded that all the identical books meant Faust had dealt with the devil.

 

History Trivia - Henry VII's army lands in Milford Harbor

August 7

 322 BC Battle of Crannon: Macedonian forces of Antipater and Craterus and rebellious Greek forces led by the Athenians, was the decisive battle of the Lamian War, following the death of Alexander the Great. The Greeks sued for peace which marked the end of city-state freedom from Macedonian hegemony in Greece.

 1485 Henry VII's army landed in Milford Harbor, South-Wales, a Lancastrian stronghold, and amassed an army to seize the crown from Richard III who was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth Field on August 22, 1485.

1606 The first documented performance of Macbeth was performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court.

History Trivia - Thomas Becket and King Henry II reconcile

July 27

 1054 Siward, Earl of Northumbria invaded Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against Macbeth of Scotland, who usurped the Scottish throne from Malcolm's father, King Duncan. Macbeth was defeated at Dunsinane.

1170: Thomas Becket and King Henry II temporarily reconciled. Becket's six-year self-imposed exile from England was resolved when he met with Henry and King Louis VII of France at a conference in Freteval and settled on an uneasy truce. Becket made preparations to return to his See in Canterbury.

1214 King John lost Normandy and his other French possessions after being defeated by Philip II of France in the Battle of Bouvines.

History Trivia - Duncan, King of Scots murdered by Macbeth

August 14

1040 Duncan, King of Scots was murdered by Macbeth, who became king.

1457 The first book ever printed was published by a German astrologer named Faust. He was thrown in jail while trying to sell books in Paris because authorities concluded that all the identical books meant Faust had dealt with the devil.

1585 England's Queen Elizabeth I refused sovereignty of the Netherlands.

1598 Nine Years War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeated an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.

History Trivia - Macbeth was performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court

August 7

 322 BC Battle of Crannon: Macedonian forces of Antipater and Craterus and rebellious Greek forces led by the Athenians, was the decisive battle of the Lamian War, following the death of Alexander the Great. The Greeks sued for peace which marked the end of city-state freedom from Macedonian hegemony in Greece.

317 Roman Emperor Flavius Julius Constantius was born.

 626 The Avar and Slav armies left the siege of Constantinople, which kept the Byzantine Empire intact.

936 Coronation of King Otto I of Germany. He would become the first Holy Roman Emperor since Charlemagne.

1420 Construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore began in Florence.

1427 The Visconti of Milan's fleet was destroyed by the Venetians on the Po River.

 

1485 Henry VII's army landed in Milford Harbor, South-Wales, a Lancastrian stronghold, and amassed an army to seize the crown from Richard III who was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth Field on August 22, 1485.

 

1606 The first documented performance of Macbeth was performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court.