December 30
39 Titus was born. He was
Roman emperor from 79-81 and during his reign the Coliseum was completed.
1370
Pope Gregory XI elected pope. Gregory attempted to foster peace between England
and France during the Hundred Years' War, defeated Florence in its war against
the Papal States, and returned the papacy to Rome from Avignon.
1460 The
Lancastrians routed the Yorkists at the Battle of Wakefield, and executed
Richard, Duke of York.
April 14
43 BC Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieged Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in Mutina and defeated the forces of the consul Pansa, who was wounded.
69 Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeated Emperor Otho in the
Battle of Bedriacum and seized the throne.
70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of
Emperor Vespasian, surrounded the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions.
73
after two years of defending the fortress of Masada, the Jews committed mass
suicide rather than surrender to the Roman Tenth Legion.
979 Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England.
1028 Henry III, son of Conrad, was elected king of the Germans.
1205 Battle of
Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders.
1434 The foundation stone of
Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France was laid.
1471 In England,
the Yorkists under Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians under the Earl of
Warwick (the Kingmaker) at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl was killed and Edward
IV resumed the throne.
December 30
39 Titus was born. He was
Roman emperor from 79-81 and during his reign the Coliseum was completed.
1370
Pope Gregory XI elected pope. Gregory attempted to foster peace between England
and France during the Hundred Years' War, defeated Florence in its war against
the Papal States, and returned the papacy to Rome from Avignon.
1460 The
Lancastrians routed the Yorkists at the Battle of Wakefield, and executed
Richard, Duke of York.
