1234:

Edmund Rich becomes Archibishop of Canterbury

Raised to the Archbishopric by Pope Gregory IX, Edmund was an outspoken figure who clashed with King Henry III of England and preached for the Sixth Crusade.

1285:

Honorius IV elected pope

Honorius was old and crippled when elected but in his brief two years as pope he worked toward reuniting the Western and Eastern churches and supported the mendicant orders.

742:

Charlemagne