August 22, 1485 — Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England
Born Henry Tudor, Henry became the King of England, inheriting from his cousin, the heirless Richard III. Henry would restore...
March 2, 2022
The Past
October 17, 1483 — Tomás de Torquemada named a Grand Inquisitor
The most notorious of all members of the Holy Inquisition, Tomás de Torquemada’s fervour in punishing heretics and sinners –...
March 4, 2022
October 26, 1440 — Gilles de Rais is executed for his crimes
Gilles de Rais first came to prominence as a wealthy nobleman who was one of Jeanne D’Arc’s greatest allies, fighting...
March 9, 2022
June 15, 1381 – Wat Tyler’s rebellion dies with him
Walter ‘Wat’ Tyler was born in 1341, and little is known of his life before his involvement in the Peasant’s...
March 14, 2022
November 18, 1307 — William Tell shoots an arrow off his son’s head
William Tell – or, in the languages of his native Switzerland: Wilhelm Tell (German); Guillaume Tell (French); Guglielmo Tell (Italian);...
March 19, 2022
June 26, 1284 — The Pied Piper plays Hamelin
The legends are very specific: in the year 1284, the town of Hamelin, in the in Lower Saxony region of...
March 22, 2022
May 15, 1252 — Pope Innocent IV authorizes the Inquisition to torture heretics
The Medieval Inquisition was a series of Inquisitions that slowly merged into a more or less continuous process of arrest...
March 24, 2022
July 24, 1224 — Saint Christina the Astonishing dies
Christina Mirabilis was a Catholic saint and visionary. Born into a poor peasant family, she was orphaned by age 15....
March 29, 2022
July 15, 1215 — The Magna Carta is signed by King John
The foundational document of law throughout the Anglosphere, the Magna Carta was an agreement between King John of England and...
April 2, 2022
1212 — The Children’s Crusade sets out for the Holy Land
The Children’s Crusade is the name given to a variety of fictional and factual events which happened in 1212 that...
April 4, 2022
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