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Nov 12, 1035
Canute the Great Dies
King Canute of the Saxons dies at age 40 and is buried in Winchester -
Nov 27, 1095
Poor Urban Calls for the First Crusade
Pope Urban II calls christians together to fight the Muslims for the holy land -
Nov 19, 1302
Pope Boniface decrees the Unam Sanctam
The Bull 'Unam Sanctam', in which Pope Boniface VIII asserted his rights against King Phillip the Fair of France, is issued in 1302 -
Nov 29, 1314
Philip IV of France dies in Hunting Accident
Philip IV dies in a hunting accident, and the French throne goes through chaos under his son, Louis X. -
Dec 3, 1368
Charles VI of France was born
Charles VI was born in 1368 in Paris -
Nov 28, 1520
Magellan Sets Sail Across the Pacific
Magellan set sail with a fleet of five ships and 250 sailors -
King James Learns of Gunpowder Plot
King James finds out about some Catholics' plot to kill him. -
16,000 inhabitants of Venice Dies of Plague
16,000 people living in Venice die of the Black Plague -
Samuel Pepys Reports on 1st Blood Transfusion
Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary of the first blood transfusion, it was between two dogs. -
King Tut's tomb Discovered!
Howard Carter found the tomb of Egypt's most famous king, King Tut. -
Nazis Launh Kristallnacht
Nazis attack the Jews, killing over 90 of them. This is also referred to as the "Night of the Broken Glass" because broken glass covered the bloody streets. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt Wins Unprecedented Fourth Term
FDR, the only President to be in office for more than 2 terms, won his fourth election, even with his declining heatlh and the world war going on. -
UN Condems Apartheid
The UN ends the Apartheid, South Africa's racist segregation to its non-white majority. -
Colombus Notes Tobacco 1492
Christopher Colombus discovers tobacco smoking and took it with him back to Europe. -
Emeror Theodosius Bans all Pagan Worship
Theodosius banned pagan worship, and the christians went on to destroy the temples.
