It happened today – this day in history – April 5
456AD: Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop. 1424: Scottish king James I returns to Scotland after 18
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It happened today – this day in history – January 21
1276: Pierre de Tarantaise is elected Pope Innocence V. 1542: English Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard,
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It happened today – this day in history – December 28
1065: Westminster Abbey is consecrated. 1612: Galileo observes and makes the first recording of a “fixed star” without realising it
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It happened today – this day in history – December 23
1620: French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII. 1672: Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn. 1688: King
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