History Trivia - Battle of Arbela - Alexander the Great victorious

October 1

331 BC, Alexander the Great defeated Persian emperor Darius III in the Battle of Arbela in Mesopotamia in one of the fifteen decisive battles of history. 

959 Edgar, King of the Mercians and Northumbrians, became King of the West Saxons and was then considered to be King of all England. 

Henry III was born. King of England 1216-1264, his 56-year reign was one of the longest in history. The building of the Westminster Abbey was his most enduring moment. 

History Trivia - Sergius I elected Pope

December 15

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

 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 - Edgar, King of Mercia and Northumbria becomes King of the West Saxons, making him King of all England

October 1

 331 BC, Alexander the Great defeated Persian emperor Darius III in the Battle of Arbela in Mesopotamia in one of the fifteen decisive battles of history.

959 Edgar, King of the Mercians and Northumbrians, became King of the West Saxons and was then considered to be King of all England.

965 John XIII became Pope.

1189 Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, was killed in the Siege of Acre.

1207 Henry III was born. King of England 1216-1264, his 56-year reign was one of the longest in history. The building of the Westminster Abbey was his most enduring moment.

1404 Boniface IX died. The second pope in Rome during the Western Schism, Boniface was unable to end the breach and increased hostility with his attempts to raise money in order to combat the antipopes.

1553 Coronation of Queen Mary I of England