July 26
796 Offa, king of Mercia died. Many
historians regard Offa as the most powerful Anglo-Saxon king before Alfred the Great.
1469 Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor pitted the
forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of
England took place.
1497 "Edward IV's son"
Perkin Warbeck’s army landed in Cork.
November 22
498 Symmachus Consecrated. Christian convert
Symmachus was chosen by the Roman Church to succeed Pope Anastasius II at the
same time a Byzantine faction selected Laurentius. Both individuals were
consecrated on the same date, and the Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great was
asked to choose the new pope. He chose Symmachus.
845 the first King of all
Brittany, Nominoe, defeated the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of
Ballon near Redon.
1307 Pope Clement V issued the papal bull Pastoralis
Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all
Templars and seize their assets.
1428 Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and also known
as known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was born.
