871: Battle of Ashdown
In this battle
between Viking invaders and the Saxons of Wessex, the future
King Alfred the Great
won a costly victory.
1198: Pope Innocent III elected
WHO WAS BORN
1081: Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
The last of the Salic
or Frankish family of rulers of the Holy
Roman Empire, Henry was crowned in 1111. During his reign he was
constantly at odds with the papacy and was excommunicated no less
than four times. He also made war on Bohemia, Flanders, Hungary and
Poland.
WHO DIED
1324: Marco Polo
1337: Giotto di Bondone
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