History Trivia - St. Ivo of Chartres dies

December 23

484 Huneric died and was succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who became king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholics were freed from persecutions. 

619  Boniface V became Roman Catholic pope. 

1116 St. Ivo of Chartres died. He was one of the most notable bishops of France at the time of the Investiture struggles and the most important canonist before Gratian. Gratian was a legal scholar and the founder of the science of canon law, which is the body of law based on the legislation of the councils (both ecumenical and local) and the popes, as well as the bishops (for diocesan matters) in the Roman Catholic Church

History Trivia - Battle of Sama - Scipio defeats Hannibal's army

October 19

 202 BC, the Romans under Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal's army of Carthaginians and Numidians in the Battle of Sama in the Second Punic War. 

439 Gaiseric, King of the Vandals, seized the Roman city of Carthage, and made it his capital. 

1216 King John of England died at Newark-on-Trent and was succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.

History Trivia - Emperor Claudius poisoned

October 13

 54 Emperor Claudius died from poison given him by his physician Xenophon and his empress Agrippina, and Nero became emperor of Rome. 

409 Vandals (East Germanic tribe) and Alans (group of Sarmatian tribes) crossed the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania (Iberian Peninsula, modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar). 

1307, on Friday the 13th, Hundreds of Knights Templar in France were simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, and were later tortured into a confession of heresy. 

History Trivia - Ethelred of Wessex beats the Danish invasion army

December 31

192 The Roman emperor Commodus, whose brutal reign ended 90 years of peaceful prosperity, was assassinated.

406 Van

dals, Alans and Suebians crossed the Rhine, which began an invasion of Gaul.

535 Byzantine General Belisarius completed the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.

870 Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beat the Danish invasion army.

History Trivia - Gunthamund becomes king of the Vandals

December 23

484 Huneric died and was succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who became king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholics were freed from persecutions.

 1116 St. Ivo of Chartres died. He was one of the most notable bishops of France at the time of the Investiture struggles and the most important canonist before Gratian. Gratian was a legal scholar and the founder of the science of canon law, which is the body of law based on the legislation of the councils (both ecumenical and local) and the popes, as well as the bishops (for diocesan matters) in the Roman Catholic Church.

History Trivia - Romans under Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal's army in the Battle of Sama

October 19

202 BC, the Romans under Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal's army of Carthaginians and Numidians in the Battle of Sama in the Second Punic War.

439 Gaiseric, King of the Vandals, seized the Roman city of Carthage, and made it his capital.

1216 King John of England died at Newark-on-Trent and was succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.

1453 The French recapture of Bordeaux brought the Hundred Years' War to a close, with the English retaining only Calais on French soil.

1469 Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile creating the alliance that unified Spain.

History Trivia - Emperor Claudius dies from poison

October 13

54 Emperor Claudius died from poison given him by his physician Xenophon and his empress Agrippina, and Nero became emperor of Rome. 4

09 Vandals (East Germanic tribe) and Alans (group of Sarmatian tribes) crossed the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania (Iberian Peninsula, modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar).

1307, on Friday the 13th, Hundreds of Knights Templar in France were simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, and were later tortured into a confession of heresy.

1399 Henry IV of England was crowned.

History Trivia - Construction of Hadrian's Wall begins

Sept 13

 585 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrated a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.

81 Roman emperor Titus, who was on the throne when Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, died in Rome at age 40.

122 Construction of Hadrian's Wall began. 533 General Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeated Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimium, near Carthage, North Africa.

1321 Dante, author of "The Divine Comedy," died.

The Borgias

1475 Cesare Borgia was born.

History Trivia - Cesare Borgia occupies Urbino

December 31

192 The Roman emperor Commodus, whose brutal reign ended 90 years of peaceful prosperity, was assassinated.

406 Vandals, Alans and Suebians crossed the Rhine, which began an invasion of Gaul.

535 Byzantine General Belisarius completed the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.

870 Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beat the Danish invasion army.

Pope Alexander VI and Cesare Borgia - The Borgias

 

1502  Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupied Urbino (walled city in the Marche region of Italy).

History Trivia - Gunthamund becomes king of the Vandals.

December 23

 484 Huneric died and was succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who became king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholics were freed from persecutions.

619  Boniface V became Roman Catholic pope.

962 Arab-Byzantine Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo.

1116 St. Ivo of Chartres died. He was one of the most notable bishops of France at the time of the Investiture struggles and the most important canonist before Gratian. Gratian was a legal scholar and the founder of the science of canon law, which is the body of law based on the legislation of the councils (both ecumenical and local) and the popes, as well as the bishops (for diocesan matters) in the Roman Catholic Church

History Trivia - Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandals

December 15

37 Nero was born. He was the Roman emperor who is alleged to have fiddled while Rome burned.

 533 Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron.

687 Sergius I (Saint Sergius) was elected Roman Catholic pope. He received Caedwalla, King of the West Saxons, and baptized him (689) but because the King died in Rome, he was buried in St. Peter's. Sergius also ordered St. Wilfrid to be restored to his see (Bishopric at York), greatly favored St. Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury, and is credited with endeavoring to secure the Venerable Bede as his adviser. Finally he consecrated the Englishman St. Willibrord bishop, and sent him to preach Christianity to the Frisians.

History Trivia - Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, dies

October 24

51 Roman Emperor Domitian was born.

69 Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeated the forces of Emperor Vitellius.

439 Carthage, the leading Roman city in North Africa, fell to Genseric and the Vandals.

1147 After a siege of 4 months crusader knights led by Afonso Henriques, reconquered Lisbon.

1260 The s

pectacular Cathedral of Chartres was dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

1360 The Treaty of Brétigny was ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.

1375 King Valdemar IV died. He united Denmark after a brief period of domination by foreign rulers.

1537 Jane Seymour, the third wife of England's King Henry VIII, died after giving birth to Prince Edward.  Prince Edward became King Edward VI.