Peter III of Aragon - Article Index

Encyclopedia - 1282: Encyclopedia - 1282
For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century. 1282 - Events. 1282 - War and politics. March 30 - The Sicilian rebellion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1284: Encyclopedia - 1284
1284 - War and politics. King Charles II of Naples is captured in a naval battle off Naples by Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles I Of Sicily: Encyclopedia - Charles I Of Sicily
Charles of Anjou (1227–1285), also Charles I of Sicily. He was King of Sicily 1262–1282 (and under that title, King of Naples 1282–...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1280s: Encyclopedia - 1280s
1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s 1280 1281 1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 The 1280s is the decade starting January ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1239: Encyclopedia - 1239
1239 - Births. June 17 - King Edward I of England (died 1307) December 17 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (died 1256) Peter III of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Ii Of Naples: Encyclopedia - Charles Ii Of Naples
Charles II, known as the Lame (Fr. le Boiteux) (born c. 1248, died 5 May 1309, Naples) was the King of Naples and Sicily, titular king of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1285: Encyclopedia - 1285
For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century. 1285 - Events. January 6 - Archbishop Jakub Świnka orders all priests sub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1284: Encyclopedia Ii - 1284 - Events
1284 - War and politics. King Charles II of Naples is captured in a naval battle off Naples by Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1282: Encyclopedia Ii - 1282 - Events
1282 - War and politics. March 30 - The Sicilian rebellion known as the Sicilian Vespers begins against the rule of Angevin King Charl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counts Of Foix: Encyclopedia Ii - Counts Of Foix - House Of Foix
The counts of Foix flourished from the 11th to the 15th century. They were at first feudatories of the counts of Toulouse, but soon succe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mountaineering: Encyclopedia Ii - Mountaineering - Hazards
The craft of climbing has been developed to avoid two main types of danger: the danger of things falling on the traveller and the danger ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles I Of Sicily: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles I Of Sicily - Biography
Charles I of Sicily - Early Life. Charles was born in 1227, shortly after the death of his father, King Louis VIII. In his will, his fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1280s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1280s - War And Politics
1280s - Europe. 1282 - March - Dafydd ap Gruffydd, brother to Prince of Wales Llywelyn the Last, attacks an English castle; his brot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kings Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kings Of Jerusalem - Lines Of Succession In Several Claims
Italics indicate individuals who did not themselves use the title of "King of Jerusalem". Kings of Jerusalem - Cypriot claimants. Henr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Catalonia Aragon And Castile
History of Catalonia - Union with Aragon. Until the middle of the 12th century, the successive counts of Barcelona tried to expand thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Viii Palaeologus: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Viii Palaeologus - Reign
In 1261, Michael captured Constantinople from its last Latin monarch, Baldwin II. He had himself crowned, with his infant son Andronicus ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - The Carlist Wars
The reign of Ferdinand VII (reigned 1808–1833) saw several Catalan uprisings and after his death the conflict over the succession betwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - The Napoleonic Wars
In the 1790s, new conflicts arose on the French border, due to the French Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1808, during t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kings Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kings Of Jerusalem - Claimants To The Throne Of Jerusalem
Count Hugh of Brienne claimed the regency of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (and, indirectly, his place in the succession) in 1264 as senior he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Catalan Nationalism And The Workers Movement
In 1874, a coup by General Martínez Campos in Sagunto led to a restoration of the Bourbon dynasty in the person of Alfonso XII. A period...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Republic And Civil War
After the fall of Primo de Rivera, the Catalan left made great efforts to create a united front under Francesc Macià. The Esquerra Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Franco's Dictatorship
As in the rest of Spain, the Franco era (1939–1975) in Catalonia saw the annulment of democratic liberties, the prohibition and persecu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kings Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Kings Of Jerusalem - Kings Of Jerusalem 1099-1291
The Kingdom of Jerusalem had its origins in the First Crusade, when Godfrey of Bouillon took the title Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri, "Prote...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - War Of The Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession (1705–1714) resulted in the revocation of Catalonia's traditional autonomy and privileges. Afterwards...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counts Of Foix: Encyclopedia Ii - Counts Of Foix - House Of Foix-grailly
Archambault's eldest son, John (ca 1382 - 1436), who succeeded to his father's lands and titles in 1412, had married Jeanne in 1402, daug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Viii Palaeologus: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Viii Palaeologus - Family
In 1253, Michael VIII married Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina, a grandniece of John III Ducas Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea. Orphaned in child...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Viii Palaeologus: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Viii Palaeologus - Way To The Throne
Michael VIII was the son of the megas domestikos Andronicus Doukas Comnenus Palaeologus by Theodora Angelina Palaeologina, the granddaugh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1280s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1280s - Culture
1280s - Natural events. 1280 - The Wolf minimum of solar activity begins (approximate date). 1282 - The most recent eruption of Larder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counts Of Foix: Encyclopedia Ii - Counts Of Foix - House Of Foix-béarn
The quarrel was continued under Roger Bernard's son and successor, Gaston I, who became count in 1302, inheriting both Foix and Béarn. B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Prehistory In Catalonia
The first known human settlements in what is now Catalonia were at the beginning of the Middle Palaeolithic. The oldest known traces of h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - From Late Antiquity To Feudalism
History of Catalonia - Visigothic and Muslim rule. The Crisis of the Third Century affected the whole Roman Empire, and gravely affecte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Roman Times
Romanization brought a second, distinct stage in the ancient history of Catalonia. Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus arrived in Ampurias, wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - The Rise Of Iberian Culture
During the period of Iberian civilization, the Catalan territory was home to several distinct tribes: The Indiketes in Empordà, the Cere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - The Reapers' War
The Reapers' War or Guerra dels Segadors (1640–1652), also known as the War for Catalan Independence, started as an uprising of peasant...   » Read the article