1428 - Events.
October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. Jean de Dunois, the Bastard of Orléans, commands the defenders.
October 24 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury is mortally wounded in an unsuccessful assault on Orléans. He is succeeded in command by the Earl of Suffolk
Emperor Go-Hanazono ascends to the throne of Japan
Itzcóatl becomes ruler of the Aztecs. He eventually begins the construction of Tenochtitlan.
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April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). There are 261 days remaining.
April 14 - Events.
43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum. Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is killed.
AD 69 - Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seizes the throne.
1028 - Henry III, son of Conra ...
Reddy is a caste (community) mainly from the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Reddys wield significant social and economic power and they are dominant in every part of Andhra Pradesh, and have strong political hold in Rayalaseema, Telengana and coastal areas. They are generally Telugu-speaking farming community originally from the state of Andhra Pradesh, though there are considerable number of Reddys settled in the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Reddy - Origins.
There are many t ...
The Ashikaga shogunate (Japanese 足利幕府, Ashikaga bakufu, 1336–1573) was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns of the Ashikaga family.
This period is also known as the Muromachi period and gets its name from the Muromachi area of Kyoto where the third shogun Yoshimitsu established his residence.
In part because the founder of the Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji, did so by siding with the Emperor against the previous Kamakura shogunate, the Ashikagas shared more of the governmental author ...
Afyonkarahisar (Turkish for the black opium castle) is a city in western Turkey, also known simply as Afyon (i.e. opium) or as Karahisar-i Sahip. Older spellings include Afium-Kara-hissar and Afyon Karahisar. It is the capital of Afyon province. It is located 250 km south-west of Ankara along the Akar River at an elevation of 1 034 meters. It has a population of 128 516 and is an important railroad junction between Izmir, Konya, Ankara and Istanbul. The region is traditionally th ...
Bergamo is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about 40km northeast of Milan. It is home to Orio al Serio International Airport, which serves Milan, Italy's low-cost market. The foothills of the Alps begin immediately north of the town.
The commune of Bergamo covers 39.6 km2, and is home to 113,143 inhabitants. It resides within the Province of Bergamo.
Bergamo - History.
Bergamo occupies the site of the ancient town of Bergomum, which was a Roman municipality. It was destroyed by Attila in ...
The Coptic Orthodox Church is a member of the Oriental Orthodox churches, not to be mistaken with the Eastern Orthodox group of churches. The Coptic Orthodox Chruch has its own Pope and Patriarch, whom is currently His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark.
The following is a list of all the Popes who have held led the Coptic Orthodox Church since the Council of Chalcedon.
For the earlier Patriarchs of Alexandria prior to the schism, see List of Patriarchs of Alexandr ...
Constantine XI Paleologus (sometimes numbered Constantine XII or Constantine XIII), also known as Constantine XI Dragases Paleologus (Gr. Κωνσταντίνος ΧΙ Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος - Konstantinos XI Dragases Palaiologos), (February 9, 1404 – May 29, 1453) was the last reigning emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1449 to his death. He was born in Constantinople, the eighth of ten children of Manuel II and Helena Dragas, the daughter of the Serbian prince Constantine of Serres. I ...
Zawisza Czarny z Garbowa (Zawisza the Black from Garbów, also known as The Black Knight), (c.1379 in Garbów, Poland - 1428 in Golubac, Serbia), Sulima Coat of Arms, was a famous Polish mediæval knight and diplomat.
Zawisza Czarny was a famous Polish knight, winner of many tournaments, a symbol of a knight and a model of all knightly virtues. His father was Biernat from Garbów, mother is unknown. His nickname certainly comes from his appearance and not like later believed from a black armor. He ...
December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 10 days remaining.
December 21 - Events.
69 - Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian becomes the fourth Emperor of Rome within a year.
1620 - Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1861 - Medal of Honor: Public Resolution ...
Azcapotzalco ("Place of the ants" in Nahuatl) is one of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) into which Mexico's Federal District is divided.
Azcapotzalco is in the northwestern part of Mexico City. It was a town of its own until it was swallowed up by the burgeoning conurbation of Mexico City.
Azcapotzalco - History.
Between 1371 and 1426. Azcapotzalco was a city-state led by a Tepanec leader named Tezozomoc.
From 1426 to his death in 1428, Tezozomoc's son ...
Brunswick-Lüneburg was a historical state within the Holy Roman Empire. As the name implies, the main cities of this state were Brunswick and Lüneburg.
Brunswick-Lüneburg - Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
The state emerged from the inheritance of the first Saxon state of Henry the Lion in the late 12th century. Henry was deposed by the Emperor as Duke of Saxony, but retained various Lower Saxon lands which were inherited by his children as the Duchies of Brunswick and Lüneburg.
The first duke of ...
1375 - Events.
October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark.
1375 - Births.
Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (approximate date; d.1415)
Nicolas Grenon, French composer (approximate date; d. 1456)
Lan Kham Deng, King of Lan Xang 1416-1428 (d. 1428)
1375 - Deaths.
July 5 - Charles III of Alençon, French archbishop (b. 1337)
O ...
1380s - Events and Trends.
The Western Schism continues with Pope Urban VI and Avignon Pope Clement VII each considered by some to be the Pope.
Richard II reigns in England and Charles VI reigns in France.
Geoffrey Chaucer begins work on The Canterbury Tales
A civil war in the Scandinavian part of Sweden brought unrest to Finland, too.
As part of the Hundred Years War, the island of Jersey was attacked many times and was even occupied for a couple of years.
Many ...
1370 - Events.
Beginning of the rule of Poland by Capet-Anjou family.
May 24 - The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League.
20 October - Philip of Anjou, Titular Emperor of Costantinoples, marries Elisabeth of Slavonia, daughter of Stephen, duke of Transylvania and Slavonia, and Margareta of Bavaria.
Steel Crossbow first used as a weapon of war.
Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London.
Fortification of Xian City (Chang' ...
1353 - Events.
The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio.
March 3 - Bern signs an alliance with the Swiss Confederation.
1353 - Births.
July 15 - Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1413)
Margaret I of Denmark, queen of Haakon VI of Norway (died 1412)
John Purvey, English scholar and Bible translator (died 1428)
1353 - Deaths. Including:
August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining.
August 30 - Events.
711 - K'inich K'an Joy Chitam, king of the Maya city of Palenque, disappears from history. He was probably taken prisoner by a rivalling city state.
1574 - Guru Ram Das became the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master
1590 - Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
1813 - Battle of Kulm: Fr ...
1401 - Events.
The Lollards, a religious sect taught by John Wycliffe, were persecuted for their beliefs. The Archbishop of Canterbury pressured King Henry IV of England to outlaw them as heretics, under the Act De Heretico Comburendo. After travelling to London, William Sawtre was executed by burning for preaching his beliefs.
1401 - Births.
May 12 - Emperor Shoko of Japan (died 1428)
October 27 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry VI of England (d ...
1386 - Events.
Battle of Sempach: Swiss safeguard independence from Habsburg rule
End of reign of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. Jagiello (Vladislav V) unites Lithuania and Poland.
Dan I is succeeded as ruler of Wallachia by Mircea the Old.
The Viking colony of Greenland submits itself to the Norwegian king.
1386 - Births.
March 12 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (died 1428)
June 24 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian s ...
1478 - Events.
February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.
April 26 - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.
December 28 - Battle of Giornico - Swiss troops defeat the Milanese.
Lorenzo de' Medici becomes sole ruler of Florence
Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow conquers Novgorod
Vladisl ...
