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Nov 12, 1035
Canute the Great died
Canute won the English crown and then became king of the Danes, and he united England and Denmark. -
Nov 27, 1095
Pope Urban calls for the First Crusade
Pope Urban starts the First Crusaders to go to win back the Holy Land from the Muslims -
Nov 19, 1302
Pope Boniface dcreees the Unam Sanctum
Pope Boniface dcreees the Unam Sanctum, which explains the powers that the pope has as head of the Church -
Nov 29, 1314
Philip IV of France dies in a hunting accident
Philip IV of france died of a stroke, which he suffered while he was hunting. He died a few weeks after. -
Dec 3, 1368
Charles VI of France is born
Charles the sixth of France was born today -
Nov 15, 1492
Columbus notes tobacco
When he arrives in America, Columbus is introduced to tobacco. -
Nov 28, 1520
Magellan sets sail
Magellan leaves Portugal to sail the Pacific ocean -
King James kearns of gunpowder plot
James, king of England, learned of the plot to assassinate him -
16000 die in Venice of plague
This month in 1630, 16000 inhabitants of Venice died of the black plague -
First blood transfusion
The first blood transfusion was done between dogs. -
King Tut's tomb is discovered
Howard Carter accidentally discovers King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings -
Stock Market crashes
In 1929, the stock market crashed. THis day, also called Black Tuesday, startd the Great Depression in the U.S. -
Nazis launch Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht is German for Crystal night, also called Night of the Broken Glass. The Nazis persecuted the Jews. -
FDR is elected to fourth term
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to his fourth term as president. He died a few months later. -
U.N. condemns Apartheid
The United Nations put an end to the segragation and unlawful treatment of people in South Africa -
Emperor Theodosius banned all pagan worship
Emperor Theodosius made Chrisitanity the official religion. When he banned pagan relgions, they had to cancel the olympics. -
Charles, Eldest son of CHarlemagne, dies
Charlemagne's eldest son by his wife Hildegard was Charles II. He's also known as Charles the Younger. He died 1 years after being crowned King of the Franks.
