AncientPages.com – On May 7, 1697, the fatal fire broke out in Tre Kronor “Three Crowns”) castle located in Stockholm, Sweden, on the site where Stockholm Palace is today. The fire started at two o’clock in the afternoon of May 7, 1697, and completely demolished the majority of the then more-than-400-year-old castle. Castle Tre Kronor – […]
AncientPages.com – On February 29, 1576 – Antonio Neri , a Florentine priest, was born in Florence, Italy. Neri was a glass maker, who conducted experiments with colored glass and imitations of precious stones. His results were published in 1612 in “L’arte vetraria,” or “The Art of Glass” – one of the first glass-making textbooks. Specola,
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AncientPages.com – On 30 October 1485, Henry VII’s coronation was held in Westminster Abbey, and he became the first Tudor monarch. The date of 30 October was chosen in part because he wished to be crowned king before the next sitting of Parliament, which took place on 7 November. Portrait of Henry VII of England (dated
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AncientPages.com – On October 19, 1216, John, King of England, died of dysentery at Newark Castle in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. He was the youngest son of Henrik II of England and Eleonora of Akvitania, brother of Richard the Lionheart, father of Henrik III of England, Plantagenet. He was King of England from 1199. Sometimes he was
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AncientPages.com – The Classic Maya revered their divine rulers and treated them as living souls after death. In northern Guatemala, archaeologists have now unearthed an ancient tomb belonging to a Maya ruler. Located at El Perú-Waka, about 40 miles west of the famous Maya site of Tikal near the San Pedro Martir River in Laguna del
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AncientPages.com – On September 11, 1297, the Battle of Stirling Bridge took place near Stirling, at River Forth. It was the first Scottish Freedom War when Andrew Moray and William Wallace’s forces met John de Warenne, the 7th earl of Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham’s combined English forces. The forces of Andrew Moray and William
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AncientPages.com – On August 29, 1475, the Treaty of Picquigny ended a brief war between England and France. It was a significant historical peace treaty that followed the invasion of France by Edward IV of England, in alliance with Burgundy and Brittany. Alliance between the King of England and the King of France, most likely a
AncientPages.com – On Aug 24, 1185, the Sack of Thessalonica by Normans of the Kingdom of Sicily took place and was one of the worst disasters to befall the Byzantine Empire in the 12th century. The city’s governor, David Komnenos, had neglected to make sufficient preparations for the siege and even forbade sallies by the defenders to disrupt the Norman siege works.
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AncientPages.com – On August 12, 1099, shortly after the capture of Jerusalem, the Battle of Ascalon was fought, and it is considered the last action of the First Crusade. The Crusader army, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, defeated and drove off a Fatimid army, thereby securing the safety of Jerusalem. The Crusaders completed their primary objective
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AncientPages.com – On June 21, 1798, there was a military encounter between the Irish Rebellion and more than 13,000 British soldiers. They launched an attack on Vinegar Hill outside Enniscorthy, County Wexford, the largest camp and headquarters of the Wexford United Irish rebels. The event is known as the Battle of Vinegar Hill (Irish: Cath Chnoc
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