History Trivia - Order of the Dragon created

December 12 

884 Charles the Fat inherited the West Frankish lands and briefly reunited the empire of his ancestor Charlemagne.  

1189 Richard I left England, where he spent less than six months of his reign, to join the Third Crusade. 

1408, The Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric order was created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then King of Hungary.

History Trivia - Religious festival Agonalia held

December 11

The Ancient Roman religious festival, Agonalia, held. It was also celebrated on January 9th, March 17th and May 21st. On each day a ram was sacrificed, probably as an offering to deities Janus and Angonius. 

1192 Richard I (the Lionheart) was captured by Leopold, Duke of Austria, as he returned from the Third Crusade. 

1282 Llywellyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, was killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales by King Edward I of England soldiers. 

History Trivia - Cornish Rebellion - Battle of Deptford Bridge

June 17

 1194 Richard I (the Lionheart) was crowned again, after having been held captive in Australia for two years by Emperor Henry VI.

1239 Edward I was born.

1497 Cornish Rebellion - Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeated troops led by Michael An Gof.

History Trivia - Battle of Thapsus.- Julius Caesar victorious

April 6

 46 BC – Julius Caesar defeated Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the battle of Thapsus.

774 Charles the Great (Charlemagne) affirmed Pippin’s promise of Quiercy, protecting the States of the Church.

 1199 England's King Richard I, the Lion-Hearted, died from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.

History Trivia - Ptolemy XII, King of Egypt and brother of Cleopatra, drowns in the Nile

March 25

47 BC Ptolemy XII, King of Egypt and brother of Cleopatra, drowned in the Nile, probably with an assist by Julius Caesar, who thereby made Cleopatra queen.

421 City of Venice founded.

1199 Richard I was wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which led to his death on April 6.

History Trivia - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at York

February 4

 211 Roman emperor Septimius Severus died at York while campaigning to subdue northern Britain, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta.

1194 King Richard I of England was freed by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, after being ransomed. Richard did return to England but soon set sail for France where he died five years later.

1586 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, became governor of Neth (Netherlands).

History Trivia - The Order of the Dragon, a monarchical chivalric order, created

December 12

884 Charles the Fat inherited the West Frankish lands and briefly reunited the empire of his ancestor Charlemagne.

1098 First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan – Crusaders breached the town's walls and massacred about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resorted to cannibalism.

1189 Richard I left England, where he spent less than six months of his reign, to join the Third Crusade.

1408, The Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric order was created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then King of Hungary.

History Trivia -The Ancient Roman religious festival Agonalia celebrated

December 11

 The Ancient Roman religious festival Agonalia was held. The festival was also celebrated on January 9th, March 17th and May 21st. On each day a ram was sacrificed, probably as an offering to deities Janus and Angonius. 3

1192 Richard I (the Lionheart) was captured by Leopold, Duke of Austria, as he returned from the Third Crusade.

1282 Llywellyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, was killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales by King Edward I of England soldiers.

1475 Pope Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici) was born. Leo contributed strongly to the power of the papacy, made Rome a center of culture, and excommunicated Martin Luther.

History Trivia - City of Venice founded

March 25

47 BC Ptolemy XII, King of Egypt and brother of Cleopatra, drowned in the Nile, probably with an assist by Julius Caesar, who thereby made Cleopatra queen.

421 City of Venice founded.

708 Constantine I began his reign as Catholic Pope.

1199 Richard I was wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which led to his death on April 6.

1306 Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scotland.