December 13
December 13, 1545: On this day, the Council of Trent was opened. The concerns at stake were addressed forcefully by the Council of Trent, which also established the official Roman Catholic response to the […]
May 18
May 18, 1152: This day marks the union of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Duchy of Aquitaine's heir, and Henry Plantagenet, who would later become king of England, was the next key development in the […]
October 14
October 14, 1066: On this day, the Norman Conquest of England began with the Battle of Hastings, a conflict between an English force led by Harold Godwinson and a Norman-French army led by William, […]
