It happened today – this day in history – November 30
1016: Canute, King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund ‘Ironside’. 1523: Amsterdam bans the assembly
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It happened today – this day in history – August 18
1227: Death of Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan (Temüjin Borjigin). 1587: Virginia Dare is the first English child born in the
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It happened today – this day in history – July 11
1274: Birth of Robert the Bruce in Scotland. 1533: Pope Clement VII excommunicates Henry VIII. 1576: Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
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It happened today – this day in history – March 15
44BC: Julius Ceasar is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators in Rome.. 270AD: St Nicholas,
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It happened today – on this day in history -February 25
138: Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. 1570: Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I for heresy
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It happened today – this day in history – December 17
546: The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison. 1398: Turkick conqueror Tamerlane captures and sacks
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