AncientPages.com – The city of Rome had not been sacked for several centuries, but on May 6, 1527, it suffered the worst assault it had ever known, far worse than anything at the barbarian migrations. Spanish successes led to the sack

AncientPages.com – On May 5, 1821 – Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte – whose empire covered all of Europe – died in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Bonaparte, born in Corsica, served in the French Revolutionary

AncientPages.com – One of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses took place on May 4, 1471. It was the Battle of Tewkesbury, a historic riverside town in Gloucestershire. The prize for which they were fighting was the Throne of England. Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire.

AncientPages.com – On May 3, 752, Bird Jaguar IV (also called Yaxun B’alam IV), a Mayan king from Yaxchilan (modern-day Chiapas), located on the banks of the river Usumacinta, in the west-east of Mexico, assumed the throne. Since 1882 there have been

AncientPages.com – On May 2, 1611, the King James Bible was published for the first time. It was England’s authorized version of the Bible, translated from the original Greek and Hebrew languages into English at the request of King James

AncientPages.com – When the object we now call SN 1006 first appeared on May 1, 1006 AD, it was far brighter than Venus and visible during the daytime for weeks. Chandra’s image of SN 1006. Credits: Chandra/Smithsonian Institute This supernova appeared in

AncientPages.com – Walpurgis Night is a traditional holiday celebrated on April 30 in northern Europe and Scandinavia. This holiday symbolizes spring and has very ancient roots. It came to Sweden from Germany in the Middle Ages. In Sweden, typical holiday activities

AncientPages.com – On April 29, 1429, Joan of Arc, the 17-year-old French peasant, entered Orleans, the city besieged by the English. This most unusual historical event occurred during the Hundred Years’ War, a long struggle between England and France over

AncientPages.com – Two pilots Vladimir Kokkinaki and Mikhail Gordienko took off on a mission to fly between Moscow and America in the shortest possible time. The plane developed for the flight was the red bomber, a twin-engined monoplane, the TSKB-30, named

AncientPages.com – On April 27, 1124, following the death of his brother Alexander, David I (Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim) made himself king of Scotland with the backing of Henry I of England. David I (born between 1083 and 1085) was

AncientPages.com – On April 26, 1900, seismologist Charles Richter was born near Hamilton, Ohio, USA. Richter became involved in earthquake engineering by promoting good earthquake building codes and proper training for people who live in earthquake zones. Charles Richter & his

AncientPages.com – On April 25, 1507, Martin Waldseemüller (ca. 1470-ca. 1518) was the first to suggest that the newly discovered landmass in the New World should be called America. It was, in fact, in South America. The last known copy of

AncientPages.com – On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Hubble Space Telescope. The following day, Hubble was released into space and began its great work of reshaping our perception

AncientPages.com – The great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare was probably born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon. Very little is known about his life, yet his literary legacy has influenced many worldwide. Statue of Shakespeare (1872) in Central Park, New

AncientPages.com – On April 22, 1509, Henry VIII took the crown as the ruler of all England. Henry VIII is best known for his six wives, whose fate is described in the famous rhyme: “Divorced, Beheaded, Died: Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.”

AncientPages.com – April 21, 753 BC, is a mythological date when Rome is founded by Romulus, one of the twin brothers. In Roman mythology, Romulus and his twin brother Remus were the children of Rhea Silvia and Mars (or, in some variations,