Events 1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men – by 1536 only 4 survive. 1648 – Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria in the Battle of Zusmarshausen. 1756 – Seven Years’ War formally begins when… Read More

Events 1204 – Having been elected on 09 May, Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. 1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic. 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England. 1739 – The… Read More

Events 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne. 1525 – Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were… Read More

Events 1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England. 1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.… Read More

Events 1501 – Amerigo Vespucci, this time under Portuguese flag, set sail for western lands. 1568 – Mary Queen of Scots is defeated at Battle of Langside, part of Civil war between Queen Mary and Regent Moray. 1612 – Famous sword duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro on the shores of Ganryū Island. Kojiro… Read More

Events 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule. 1510 – The Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when Zhu Zhifan kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful Ming dynasty eunuch Liu Jin during the… Read More