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Showing posts with label Saladin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saladin. Show all posts
Saturday, December 19, 2015

History Trivia - Edith of Wessex dies

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December 19 1075 - Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England, died.   1187 Clement III became Pope. The fall of ...
Friday, October 2, 2015

History Trivia - England's Henry VII invades France

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October 2 1187  Sultan Saladin, captured Jerusalem which brought about the Third Crusade.  1263 The Battle of Largs was fought ...
Friday, July 3, 2015

History Trivia - Saladin victory at Horns of Hattin

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July 3    987 Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Rev...
Friday, December 19, 2014

History Trivia - Publius Septimius Geta, co-emperor of Rome, murdered

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December 19 211 Publius Septimius Geta, co-emperor of Rome, was murdered. 1075  Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of Eng...
Thursday, October 2, 2014

History Trivia - Saladin captures Jerusalem

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October 2  1187    Sultan Saladin, captured Jerusalem which brought about the Third Crusade. 1263 The Battle of Largs was fought bet...
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Saturday, July 12, 2014

History Trivia - England unified by Athelstan of England

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July 12 100 BC Gaius Julius Caesar was born. 927 England was unified by Athelstan of England after a long process of annexation. ...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

History Trivia - Battle of Adrianople: Roman Emperor Constantine I defeats co-emperor Licinius

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July 3  324 Battle of Adrianople: Roman Emperor Constantine I defeated co-emperor Licinius, who fled to Byzantium. 987 Hugh Capet wa...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

History Trivia - Saladin dies

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March 4 51 Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, was given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).  1152 Frederick Barbaro...
Monday, November 25, 2013

History Trivia - The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning the heir to the British Throne

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November 25 955 King Eadred brought Northumbria permanently under English rule. 1034 Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots died. Do...
Friday, September 20, 2013

History Trivia - The Battle of Fulford: King Harald III of Norway defeats Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria.

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September 20 451 The Battle of Châlons took place in North Eastern France. Flavius Aetius's victory over Attila the Hun in a day of ...