Today In History #3

By aruger
  • Canute the Great
    Nov 12, 1035

    Canute the Great

    Canute the Great of England dies at around the age of forty.
  • The First Crusade
    Nov 27, 1095

    The First Crusade

    Pope Urban Calls for the First Crusade in 1095.
  • Pope Boniface
    Nov 19, 1302

    Pope Boniface

    Pope Boniface decrees the Unam Sanctam.
  • King Philip IV Dies
    Nov 29, 1314

    King Philip IV Dies

    King Philip IV dies in a hunting accident.
  • Charles IV of France
    Dec 3, 1368

    Charles IV of France

    Charles IV of France, or Charles the Fair, was born.
  • Columbus Notes Tobacco
    Nov 15, 1492

    Columbus Notes Tobacco

    Columbus notes tobacco on San Salvador Island in the Bahamas.
  • Magellan
    Nov 28, 1520

    Magellan

    Magellan Sets Sail across the Pacific.
  • Gunpowder Plot

    Gunpowder Plot

    King James hears of the gunpowder plot.
  • Venice and the Black Plague

    Venice and the Black Plague

    16,000 inhabitants of Venice died from the Black Plague throughout November in 1630.
  • First Blood Transfusion

    First Blood Transfusion

    Samuel Pepys reports the first blood trasfusion between dogs.
  • Tomb of King Tut

    Tomb of King Tut

    Archaeologists enter into the tomb of King Tut.
  • Stock Market

    Stock Market

    The Stock Market crashes in the United States.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    The Nazis launch Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass".
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term, but died a year later in 1945.
  • U.N. Condemns Apartheid

    U.N. Condemns Apartheid

    The United Nations condemns apartheid in South Africa.
  • Emperor Theodosius

    Emperor Theodosius

    Emperor Theodosius bans all pagan worship throughout Rome.
  • Son of Charles the Great Dies

    Son of Charles the Great Dies

    Charles, the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Great, dies at around 39 years old.