August 21 1157: Alfonso the Emperor died. His kingdom was divided between his two sons with Sancho III the receiving Castile and , Ferdinand II, “who granted the Jews special privileges” receiving León. 1165: Birthdate of Philip II Augustus, the Fren... »
December 21 69: The Senate acknowledged Vespasian as emperor. This marked the end of the so-called The Year of the Four Emperors during which four individuals - Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian – held the position of imperial leadership. &nbs... »
September 21 19 BCE: Virgil, the classical Roman poet passes away. Eclogue 4, the so-called Messianic Eclogue, is the best known of Virgil’s Eclogues or “Selected Poems also known as Bucolics or “Pastorals.. Written in 40 B.C., during the consulship o... »