History Trivia - St. Patrick returns to Ireland

April 5

 456 St. Patrick returned to Ireland as a missionary bishop.

1242 Russian troops repelled an invasion by Teutonic knights.

1603 New English king James I left Edinburgh for London.

History Trivia - Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, flees Britain

November 2

All Souls’ Day.  

1164 Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, left Britain because of a quarrel with King Henry II.  He fled to Flanders and stayed away from England for 6 years.

1093 Malcolm III MacDuncan, King of Scots, was killed while laying siege to Alnwick in an invasion of England.  He was succeeded by his brother Donald Bane.

1541 Henry VIII was informed that Katherine Howard was involved in two affairs before their marriage.

1570 A tidal wave in the North Sea destroyed the sea walls from Holland to Jutland. More than 1,000 people were killed.

History Trivia - Julius Caesar's second invasion Britain begins

July 7

 54 BC   Julius Caesar's second invasion Britain begins as he lands his troops, probably near Deal, Kent.

1124 Tyre (city in Lebanon) surrendered to the Crusaders. 

1307 King Edward I of England died at age 68 on his way to subdue the new Scottish king, Robert Bruce.

1456 A retrial verdict acquitted Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.

1550 Chocolate was introduced.

1575 Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland. The Scots proved victorious. The story of the skirmish was turned into a Border ballad.

1607 “God Save the King" was sung for the first time.

History Trivia - Antioch falls to the Crusaders

June 19

1098 Antioch fell to the Crusaders.

1179 The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke was killed, and the battle changed the tide of the civil wars.

1306 Wars for Scottish Independence: The Earl of Pembroke's army defeated Robert Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.

1566 James I Stuart, King of Scotland (James VI)/England) was born.

History Trivia - Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt

May 24

King David I of Scotland

 1153 David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), died, and Malcolm IV became king of Scotland.

1218 The Fifth Crusade left Acre for Egypt.

1337 The Hundred Years War between England and France began when France confiscated Gascony from Edward III.

1487 The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel was crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.

1543 Astronomer Nicolas Copernicus died

History Trivia - Thomas Becket canonized

February 21

1173 Thomas Becket was canonized. The Archbishop of Canterbury, one-time friend and opponent to King Henry II of England, had been murdered less than three years earlier, and the swift canonization by Pope Alexander III was a clear message of rebuke to the king.

1431 Public trial of Joan of Arc began.

1437 King James I of Scotland was murdered in the Dominican Friary at Perth, which sparked a civil war.

History Trivia - Edward II of England deposed

January 20

 250  Fabian who was created pope in 236, was martyred under the persecution of Decius.

1265 The first English parliament was held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminister (Houses of Parliament)and was attended by elected burgesses and knights.

1327 Edward II of England was deposed by his eldest son, Edward III.

1356 Edward Balliol abdicated as King of Scotland.

1523 Christian II was forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.

 1649 Charles I of England went on trial for treason and other high crimes.