September 4, 476 CE — The Roman Empire falls
The Roman Empire had been in decline for centuries by the time Odoacer deposed the child emperor Romulus Augustus in...
May 24, 2022
We Didn’t Start the Fire (Bardcore | Medieval/Renaissance Style Cover)
October 13, 787 — The Second Council of Nicea concludes
The Second Council of Nicea was held 442 years after the first one, and was the last of the first...
May 17, 2022
June 8, 793 — Vikings raid Lindisfarne Abbey
The Abbey at Lindisfarne Island in Northumbria was founded in 635 CE by St Aidan. In the years that followed,...
May 14, 2022
May 27, 1199 — John Lackland is crowned King of England
John, fourth and youngest son of Henry II, first (and only) of his name, was crowned King of England only...
April 7, 2022
April 12, 1205 — Constantinople sacked by warriors from the Fourth Crusade
The original intention of the Fourth Crusade was to reconquer Jerusalem, lost by the crusaders to Saladin’s forces in 1187....
April 5, 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
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
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
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