27 May 1444 - Death of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader 27 May 1510-Henry VIII to Ferdinand,King of Aragon Has not written lately, having no news; but takes this occasion, as the Spanish ambassador is returning to Spain, to...
19 July 1415 – Death of Philippa of Lancaster 1543-Death of Mary Boleyn She was the sister of Anne Boleyn and a member of the Boleyn family, which enjoyed considerable influence during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. Some historians claim she...
12 August 1480 – Battle of Otranto: Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam; they are later honored in the Church. 1484 –Death of Pope Sixtus IV 1499 – First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman...
05 August 1100 – Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. 1278 – The Siege of Algeciras ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in...
12 July 1536 – Death of Desiderius Erasmus, known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian. 1537 - Execution of Robert Aske.He was an English lawyer who became...
1 December 1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris. 1541-Thomas Culpepper was arrested 1577 – Francis Walsingham is knighted. 5 December 1560 –Death of Francis II of France.He was a monarch of the House of Valois-Angoulême who was King of France from 1559...
08 July 1528 – Birth of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy 1545 – Birth of Carlos, Prince of Asturias.He was the eldest son and heir-apparent of King Philip II of Spain and Maria Manuela of Portugal 1553 - Mary Tudor declared herself Queen of England
