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58 Ming-Ti, new emperor of China
, introduces Buddhism
to China
and the West Indus Valley.
68 The year of the four emperors: Galba
(68), Otho
(69
) and Vitellius
(69
) all govern a very short time before Vespasian
becomes emperor.
70 Prince
and later Emperor Domitian
marries Domitia Longina.
190 A part of Rome
burns, and emperor Commodus
orders the city to be rebuilt under the name ''Colonia Commodiana''.
220 Cao Pi
succeeds his father Cao Cao as ruler of the Kingdom of Wei, and proclaims himself Emperor Wen of Wei
268 Victorinus
becomes the fourth Emperor of the Gallic Empire
, following the murders of his predecessors.
271 Victorinus
, Emperor of the Gallic Empire
is assassinated by Attitianus, reportedly for reasons of personal revenge. Domitianus presumably serves as Emperor for a few days before replaced by Tetricus I.
323 Jin Ming Di succeeds Jin Yuan Di as emperor of China
.
410 Alaric I
deposes Priscus Attalus
as Emperor.
410 Emperor Honorius
tells Britain
to look to its own defences, effectively ending Roman
rule in Britain
.
527 Justin I
of the Eastern Roman Empire dies and Justinian I
remains the sole Emperor.
668 Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II
is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy
.
685 Justinian II
succeeds Constantine IV as emperor of the Byzantine Empire
.
721 Died
781 Emperor Kammu
succeeds Emperor Konin
as emperor of Japan
.
1000 Emperor Otto III makes pilgrimage from Rome
to Aachen
and Gniezno
(Gnesen), stopping at Regensburg
, Meissen, Magdeburg
, and Gniezno
. Congress of Gniezno (with Boleslaw I Chrobry) was part of pilgrimage
. In Rome
, he builds the basilica of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, to host the relics of St. Bartholomew.
1002 All-out war breaks out between Byzantine
Emperor Basil II
and Bulgaria
n tsar
Samuil.
1028 Dying Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire marries his daughter Zoe of Byzantium to his chosen heir Romanus Argyrus.
1084 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
crowned Emperor
1194 Richard I of England
is ransomed from Henry VI
, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
.
1195 Alexius III Angelus overthrows Isaac II and becomes emperor of Byzantium
.
1214 The Emperor of Jin China
surrenders to the Mongols
under Ghengis Khan who have been besieging Beijing
for a year. He pays a huge ransom and then abandons Northern China, heading for Kaifeng
.
1356 Emperor Charles IV.
promulgates the Golden Bull, a sort of medieval constitution
for the Holy Roman Empire
1502 Aztec
ruler Auitzotl
dies; Moctezuma II
elected emperor.
1514 Louis XII of France
makes peace with Emperor Maximilian
.
1521 Outbreak of war between Emperor Charles
and the King of France
.
1542 War resumes between Francis I of France
and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England
is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland
and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.
1604 Za Dengel
deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia
by Za Sellase, who restores his cousin Yaqob
.
1607 Yaqob is defeated in battle and deposed by his cousin Susenyos
, who then becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
.
1608 Susenyos
formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia
.
1632 Fasilides succeeds his father Susenyos as Emperor of Ethiopia
1806 Louis Bonaparte is appointed as king of Holland by his brother emperor Napoleon.
1808 Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire
from Mustafa IV (1807-1808) to Mahmud II (1808-1839)
1814 French
army of Emperor Napoleon I
wins the Battle of Brienne.
1814 Emperor Napoleon
abdicates.
1822 Peter I of Brazil declared constitutional emperor of the Brazilian Empire.
1822 Peter I is crowned as Emperor of Brazil
(see The reign of Pedro I, 1822-31.)
1824 Simón Bolívar
proclaimed Emperor of Peru
.
1831 Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as emperor of Brazil
in favor of his son Pedro II of Brazil
.
1847 Faustin Soulouque declares himself Emperor of Haiti
1848 Ferdinand I
, Emperor of Austria
, abdicates in favor of his nephew, Franz Josef I.
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