- 1408 – The King Sigismund of Hungary, creates The Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric order #
- Happy Birthday 1298 – Albert II of Austria #
- Happy Birthday 1418 – Albert VI of Austria #
- RT @AntiquiTweet: 627: Battle of Nineveh: during Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602-628. Byzantines won, temporarily extending their border #
- 1294 – Pope elestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit #
- R.I.P. 1124 – Pope Callixtus II #
- R.I.P. 1250 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor #
- R.I.P. 1466 – Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor http://twitpic.com/3fhv7u #
- R.I.P. 1126 – Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria #
- sitting down to watch Merlin: The Legend… #
- Merlin's Prophecy… When priory's oak shall tumble down, then will fall Carmarthen town. #
- Merlin is Arthur's father?!? Did George Lucas write this #
- 1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people #
- Happy Birthday 1503 – Michel de Nostredame, aka Nostradamus, French astrologer #
- R.I.P. 1476 – Vlad III the Impaler aka Dracula http://twitpic.com/3fqwzw #
- Tongue could taste like apple pie but I'll never know yuck! RT @BBCHistoryMag Fancy some ox tongue in your mince pies? http://bbc.in/eM5OMr #
- @NLWales @historynetwork @BBCHistoryMag @thehistoryguy @medievalworld An excellent manuscript, thanks! http://ow.ly/3pAu2 #
- 533 – Battle of Ticameron: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats King Gelimer the Vandals #
- 1167 – Stephen du Perche, chancellor of the Kingdom of Sicily, moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion #
- R.I.P. 1025 – Basil II, Byzantine Emperor #
- @tudortutor I've heard both as well, impossible to know, I guess that means two parties! #
- RT @tudortutor: Tete-a-tete! Head of Henri IV identified after 400 years –> http://ow.ly/3pxRh #
- R.I.P. 1263 – King Haakon IV of Norway #
- R.I.P. 999 – Saint Adelaide of Italy #
- R.I.P. 1325 – Charles , Count of Valois, son of Philip III of France #
- R.I.P. 1378 – Otto III of Montferrat #
- R.I.P. 1379 – John Fitzalan, Marshal of England #
- R.I.P. 1470 – John II, Duke of Lorraine #
- 1431 – Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame Catherdral #
- 942 – William I Duke of Normandy is assassinated #
- R.I.P. 1187 – Pope Gregory VIII #
- R.I.P. 1273 – Jalāl ad-Dīn Muammad Rūmī, Persian Mystic and Poet #
- When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men. Rumi's Epitaph #
- You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life? -Rumi #
- “Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.” -Rumi #
- “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Rumi #
- 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of Mongolia and China. #
- R.I.P. 1290 – King Magnus III of Sweden #
- Thanks for the #FF @AaronLSpence @AaronLSpence #
- R.I.P. 1495 – King Alphonso II of Naples #
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