Mary Ann Bernal

March 28 845 Paris was sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collected a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.  

March 21 717 Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid who returned defeated to Neustria.   Instead of following the army imm...

December 16  1431 Henry VI of England was crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. Though young Henry had been proclaimed king ...

August 26  55 BC Julius Caesar and his Roman Legions invaded Great Britain.   1429 Joan of Arc made a triumphant entry into Paris....

July 14  664 Deusdedit of Canterbury, the first native-born holder of the see of Canterbury died. An Anglo-Saxon, he became archbishop...

July 8 49 BC, the city of Paris, France was founded by the Parisii, a Celtic tribe of fishermen. 810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, Ki...

Ancient Origins The skeletons of more than 200 medieval Parisians have been moved for further study to a warehouse of the French Nationa...

March 28  37 Roman Emperor Caligula accepted the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. 845 Paris was sacked by ...

by Tia Ghose Live Science   Several mass burials, including a room where 1...

December 16 882 Marinus I was elected Roman Catholic pope, replacing the murdered John VIII. 955 Ottaviano (age 18), the only son of...

November 26 579 Pelagius II became Pope.   When assistance from Emperor Tiberius II of Byzantium was not forthcoming, Pelagius convinced...

July 8 49 BC, the city of Paris, France was founded by the Parisii, a Celtic tribe of fishermen. 810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King...

June 6 1242   Twenty four wagonloads of Talmudic (Hebrew instruction)books were burned in Paris.    1513 Italian Wars: Battle of N...

March 28 37 Roman Emperor Caligula accepted the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.   Didius Julianus   ...