December 21
69 the end of the Year of
the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian became the
fourth Emperor of Rome within a year.
882 Hincmar of Reims died. As archbishop
of Reims, Hincmar was one of the most influential political and ecclesiastical
figures of Carolingian Europe.
1118
Thomas A. Becket was born.
