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27
Mar

TODAY IN HISTORY – DECEMBER

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TODAY IN HISTORY – DECEMBER

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DECEMBER 1

1081. Born Louis VI., King of France
1135. Died Henry I., King of England
Henry I.
1521. Died Pope Leo X.
1825. Died Alexander I., Tsar of Russia
1830. Died Pope Pius VIII.

DECEMBER 2

1463. Died Archduke Albert VI. of Austria
1805. Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Austerlitz
1848. Franz Josef I. becomes Emperor of Austria
1852. Napoleon III. becomes Emperor of the French

DECEMBER 3

1154. Died Pope Anastasius IV.
1368. Born Charles VI., King of France
St. Francis Xavier
1552. Died St. Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary

DECEMBER 4

771. Died Carloman, King of the Franks
1214. Died William I., King of Scotland
Pope John XXII.
1334. Died Pope John XXII.
1642. Died Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu, French Cardinal and Statesman

DECEMBER 5

1443. Born Pope Julius II.
1560. Died Francis I., King of France
W.A. Mozart
1791. Died Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer

DECEMBER 6

1185. Died Alfonso I., King of Portugal
1352. Died Pope Clement VI.
1421. Born Henry VI., King of England
Henry VI.
1792. Born William II., King of Netherlands

DECEMBER 7

43.B.C. Died Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman politician
Marcus Tullius Cicero
283. Died Pope Eutychian
1254. Died Pope Innocent IV.
1279. Died Boleslaus V., King of Poland

DECEMBER 8

1542. Born Mary, Queen of Scots
1574. Born Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire
1626. Born Christina, Queen of Sweden
Christina of Sweden
1638. Died Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet
1708. Born Francis I., Holy Roman Emperor

DECEMBER 9

1437. Died Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
1565. Died Pope Pius IV.
Gustavus Adolphus
1594. Born Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden
1669. Died Pope Clement IX.

DECEMBER 10

1394. Born James I., King of Scotland
1508. Died Rene II., Duke of Lorraine
Leopold I.
1865. Died Leopold I., King of Belgium

DECEMBER 11

384. Died Pope Damasus I.
1475. Born Pope Leo X.
1688. Died James II., King of England, Scotland and Ireland
Ivan Cankar
1918. Died Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer

DECEMBER 12

627. Battle of Nineveh
884. Died Carloman, King of West Franks
1298. Born Albert II. of Austria
1791. Born Marie Louise, Archduches of Austria
William I.
1843. Died William I., King of Netherlands

DECEMBER 13

1124. Died Pope Callixtus II.
1250. Died Frederick II., Holy Roman Emperor
1533. Born Eric XIV., King of Sweden
Eric XIV.
1553. Born Henry IV., King of France

DECEMBER 14

1503. Born Nostradamus, French astrologer
1542. Died James V., King of Scotland
1542. Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I. of Scotland
1553. Died Hanibal Lucić, Croatian writer
Hanibal Lucić
1788. Died Charles III., King of Spain

DECEMBER 15

37. Born Nero, Roman Emperor
1230. Died Otakar I., King of Bohemia
Haakon IV.
1263. Died Haakon IV., King of Norway

DECEMBER 16

1431. Henry VI. of England is crowned King of France
1485. Born Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England
Jules Mazarin
1716. Born Jules Mazarin, French cardinal and diplomat
1751. Died Leopold II. of Anhalt-Desau, Prussian general

DECEMBER 17

1187. Died Pope Gregory VIII.
Pope Gregory VIII.
1734. Born Maria I., Queen of Portugal
1909. Died Leopold II. of Belgium

DECEMBER 18

1290. Died Magnus I., King of Sweden
1495. Died Alphonso II., King of Naples
1863. Born Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria
Andrija Mohorovičić
1936. Died Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist

DECEMBER 19

401. Died Pope Anastasius I.
1370. Died Pope Urban V.
1683. Born Philip V. of Spain
Philip V.
1737. Died James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland

DECEMBER 20

217. Died Pope Zephyrius
910. Died Alfonso III. of Leon
John III.
1537. Born John III., King of Sweden

DECEMBER 21

1118. Born Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor of England
1295. Died Marguerite Berenger, Queen of France
Thomas Becket
1308. Died Henry I. of Hesse
1873. Born Blagoje Bersa, Croatian composer

DECEMBER 22

1095. Born Roger II., King of Sicily
1100. Died Bretislaus II., Duke of Bohemia
Mehmed III.
1603. Died Mehmed III., Ottoman Emperor

DECEMBER 23

1173. Born Louis I., Duke of Bavaria
1537. Born John III., King of Sweden
1750. Born Frederick Augustus I. of Saxony
Alexander I.
1777. Born Alexander I., Tsar of Russia

DECEMBER 24

1166. Born John, King of England
1491. Born Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order
Ignatius of Loyola
1588. Born Constance of Austria, Queen of Poland
1837. Born Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria and Queen of Croatia, Hungary and Bohemia

DECEMBER 25

795. Died Pope Adrian I.
800. Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor
Coronation of Charlemagne
1461. Born Christina of Saxony, Queen of Denmark and Norway
1683. Died Kara Mustafa, Ottoman general

DECEMBER 26

268. Died Pope Dionysius
418. Died Pope Zosimus
1194. Born Frederick II., Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II.
1574. Died Charles of Guise, French cardinal

DECEMBER 27

1076. Died Prince Svyatoslav II. of Kiev
Pope Pius VI.
1717. Born Pope Pius VI.

DECEMBER 28

1446. Died Antipope Clement VIII.
1503. Died Piero di Lorezo de`Medici, ruler of Florence
1635. Born Princess Elisabeth of England
Mary II.
1694. Died Mary II., Queen of England

DECEMBER 29

1170. Died Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
1709. Born Elisabeth, Empress of Russia
1721. Born Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV.
Madame de Pompadour
1916. Died Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk

DECEMBER 30

39. Born Titus, Roman Emperor
1591. Died Pope Innocent IX.
Pope Innocent IX.
1662. Died Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
1673. Born Ahmed III., Ottoman Sultan

DECEMBER 31

192. Died Commodus, Roman Emperor
335. Died Pope Silvester
1302. Died Frederick III., Duke of Lorraine
1378. Born Pope Callixtus III.
Bianca Maria Sforza
1510. Died Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximillian I., Holy Roman Emperor
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27
Mar

TODAY IN HISTORY – NOVEMBER

   Posted by: SANDRA SKANDERLIC

TODAY IN HISTORY – NOVEMBER

today-in-history-november


NOVEMBER 1

846. Born Louis II., King of West Francia
1339. Born Rudolf IV., Duke of Austria
1351. Born Leopold III., Duke of Austria
Gustav IV. Adolf
1778. Born Gustav IV. Adolf, King of Sweden
1894. Died Alexander III., Russian Tsar

NOVEMBER 2

1327. Died James II., King of Aragon
1618. Died Maximilian III., Archduke of Austria
Marie Antoinette
1755. Born Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
1766. Born Joseph Radetzky, Austrian field marshal

NOVEMBER 3

1254. Died John III. Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor
Sultan Osman II.
1604. Born Osman II., Ottoman Sultan
1895. Born Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia

NOVEMBER 4

1448. Born Alphonso II., King of Naples
Alphonso II.
1631. Born Mary Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I. of England

NOVEMBER 5

1370. Died Casimir III. the Great, King of Poland
Casimir III. the Great
1615. Born Ibrahim I., Ottoman Sultan
1913. Ludwig III. becomes King of Bavaria

NOVEMBER 6

1406. Died Pope Innocent VIII.
1479. Born Joanna I. of Castile, Queen of Spain
Joanna I.
1494. Born Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan
1661. Born Charles II., King of Spain
1836. Died Charles X., King of France

NOVEMBER 7

1225. Died Engelbard II., Archbishop of Cologne
Archbishopric of Cologne
1550. Died Jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Ireland prior
1917. Russian Revolution

NOVEMBER 8

35. Born Nerva, Roman Emperor
955. Died Pope Agapetus II.
1226. Died Louis VIII., King of France
Charles X.
1622. Born Charles X., King of Sweden

NOVEMBER 9

959. Died Constantine VII., Byzantine Emperor
1414. Born Albert III., Margrave of Brandenburg
Edward VII.
1841. Born Edward VII., King of the United Kingdom

NOVEMBER 10

1241. Died Pope Celestine IV.
1433. Born Charles, Duke of Burgundy
1483. Born Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer
1549. Died Pope Paul III.
Pope Paul III.
1673. Died Michal Wisniowiecki, King of Poland
1683. Born George II., King of Great Britain

NOVEMBER 11

537. Died Pope Silverius
1050. Born Henry IV., Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV.
1155. Born Alfonso VIII., King of Castile
1748. Born Charles IV., King of Spain
1869. Born Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy
1882. Born Gustav IV. Adolf, King of Sweden

NOVEMBER 12

1094. Died Duncan II., King of Scotland

Duncan II.
1434. Died Louis III., King of Naples
1547. Born Claude of Valois, French princess

NOVEMBER 13

867. Died Pope Nicholas I.
1093. Died Malcolm II., King of Scotland
Edward III.
1312. Born Edward III., King of England
1801. Born Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria

NOVEMBER 14

1391. Died Nikola Tavelić, Croatian saint
1457. Born Beatrix of Aragon, Croatia and Hungary Queen
Beatrix of Aragon
1650. Born William II., King of England

NOVEMBER 15

1397. Born Pope Nicholas V.
1498. Born Eleonore of Austria, Queen of France
Jerome Bonaparte
1784. Born Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia
1853. Died Maria II., Queen of Portugal

NOVEMBER 16

42.B.C. Born Tiberius, Roman Emperor
1272. Died Henry III., King of England
Henry III.
1632. Died Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden
1797. Died Frederick William II., King of Prussia

NOVEMBER 17

9. Born Vespazian, Roman Emperor
375. Died Valentinian I., Roman Emperor
1558. Died Mary I., Queen of England
Mary I.
1755. Born Louis XVIII., King of France
1796. Died Catherine II. the Great, Empress of Russia

NOVEMBER 18

1630. Born Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire
1772. Born Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
Louis Ferdinand
1774. Born Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of Netherlands

NOVEMBER 19

498. Died Pope Anastasius II.
Charles I.
1600. Born Charles I., King of England
1816. Established Warsaw University

NOVEMBER 20

1316. Died John I., King of France
1662. Died Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria
Pope Pius VIII.
1737. Died Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of Great Britain
1761. Born Pope Pius VIII.

NOVEMBER 21

1361. Died Philip I., Duke of Burgundy
1854. Born Pope Benedict XV.
Franz Josef I.
1916. Died Franz Josef I., Emperor of Austria and King of Croatia and Hungary

NOVEMBER 22

1515. Born Marie of Guise, Queen consort of Scotland
Elisabeth of Bourbon
1602. Born Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Spain
1617. Died Ahmed I., Ottoman Sultan

NOVEMBER 23

312. Born Otto I. the Great, Holy Roman Emperor
1221. Born Alfonso X., King of Castile
Alfonso X.
1407. Died Louis of Valois, Duke of Orleans
1457. Died Ladislaus Posthumus, King of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary

NOVEMBER 24

1655. Born Charles XI., King of Sweden
1741. Died Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden
Charles XI.
1801. Died Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal

NOVEMBER 25

1185. Died Pope Lucius III.
1609. Born Henrietta Maria, Queen of England
Henrietta Maria
1881. Born Pope John XXIII.
1885. Died Alfonso XII., King of Spain

NOVEMBER 26

399. Died Pope Siricius
1252. Died Blanche of Castila, Queen of France
Isabella I.
1504. Died Isabella I., Queen of Castile
1847. Born Maria Fyodorovna, Empress of Russia

NOVEMBER 27

511. Died Clovis I., King of the Franks
1630. Born Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria
Sigismund Francis
1635. Born Francoise d`Aubigne, Queen of France

NOVEMBER 28

741. Died Pope Gregory III.

Alfonso XII.
1857. Born Alfonso XII., King of Spain

NOVEMBER 29

1268. Died Pope Clement IV.
1314. Died Philip IV., King of France
1378. Died Charles IV., Holy Roman Emperor
Maria Theresa
1780. Died Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Croatia, Hungary and Bohemia

NOVEMBER 30

1016. Died Edmund II., King of England
Edmund II.
1683. Born Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhueller, Austria field marshall
1718. Died Charles XII., King of Sweden
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