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1178 BC A solar eclipse
may mark the return of Odysseus, legendary King
of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War. He discovers a number of suitors competing to marry his wife Penelope, whom they believe to be a widow, in order to succeed him on the throne. He organizes their slaying and re-establishes himself on the throne.
1154 BC Death of King
Menelaus of Sparta
(estimated date).
1079 BC Death of Zhou cheng wang, King
of the Zhou Dynasty
of China
.
1078 BC Zhou kang wang becomes King
of the Zhou Dynasty
of China
.
1068 BC Codrus, legendary King of Athens, dies in battle against Dorian invaders after a reign of 21 years. Athenian tradition considers him the last King
to have held absolute power. Modern historians consider him the last King whose life account is part of Greek mythology. He is succeeded by his son Medon.
1053 BC Death of Zhou kang wang, King
of the Zhou Dynasty of China
.
1039 BC Neferkare Amenemnisu, king
of Egypt
, dies.
1020 BC Saul the King becomes the first king
of the Israelites.
984 BC Osorkon the Elder succeeds Amenemope as king
of Egypt
.
647 BC King
Assurbanipal of Assyria
sacks Susa
.
547 BC Croesus, Lydia
n king
, is defeated by Cyrus
of Persia
near the River Halys.
519 BC Zhou Jing Wang becomes King
of the Zhou Dynasty
of China
.
516 BC Indian subcontinent - Occupation of Punjab
is completed by the Persian
King
Gustasp.
510 BC Hippias, son of Pisistratus and tyrant
of Athens
, is expelled by a popular revolt supported by Cleomenes I, King
of Sparta
and his forces.
477 Huneric becomes king
of Vandals
552 Battle of Taginae: General Narses
defeats and kills Totila
, king of the Ostrogoths. Teia succeeds the deceased Monarch but Narses manages to recapture Rome
by the end of the year.
604 Saebert succeeds Sledda
as King
of Essex
.
875 Charles the Bald
, king
of west Francia, crowned emperor.
931 Ramiro II of Leon becomes king
of León
936 Otto I is the first German
king
to be crowned in Aachen
.
959 Edwy, king
of England
dies and is succeeded by his brother Edgar.
973 Edgar of England
is crowned king
by Saint Dunstan
975 Coronation of King
Edward the Martyr
1012 King
Aethelred of England
pays Danegeld
.
1028 Henry III
, son of Conrad, was elected king
of the Germans
.
1215 King
John of England
makes an oath to the Pope
as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III.
1234 King
Andrew II of Hungary
proclaimed herzeg ''Coloman'' as Ban of Bosnia
, who passed it on to Prijezda, a cousin of Ban Matej Ninoslav ('''1234''' to 1239) despite Matej being the legitimate Ban of Bosnia
1263 Mindaugas
, the only Christian
king
of Lithuania
, is assassinated by his cousin Treniota.
1300 Wardrobe accounts of King
Edward I of England
(aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called ''creag'' being played at the town of '''Newenden''' in '''Kent
'''. It is generally agreed that ''creag'' was an early form of cricket
.
''See also'': History of cricket to 1696.
1328 King Philip VI of France
is crowned. Philip VI of France
founds the Valois Dynasty after the death of King
Charles IV of France
has no sons to inherit.
1364 Charles V
becomes King
of France
.
1460 King
Christian I of Denmark
declares the unity of the two provinces of Schleswig
and Holstein, who have been treated as one ever since (albeit under different national affiliations).
1529 Aylesbury is granted the county town of Buckinghamshire in England
by King
Henry VIII
.
1574 On the death of King
Charles IX
of France
, he is succeeded by his brother King Henry of Poland
, who becomes King Henry III of France
. His mother, Catherine de Medici, acts as Regent
until Henry arrives from Poland
.
1632 King
Ladislaus IV of Poland
forbids Anti-Semitic books and printings.
1708 Queen Anne
withholds Royal Assent
from a militia Bill, the last time a British
monarch vetoes legislation.
1782 Rama I succeeded King
Taksin of Thailand
who was overthrown in an coup d'etat
.
1813 Through a newspaper, the Prussian
king
Frederick William III of Prussia
calls for resistance against the Napoleonic
occupation
ew
1844 King
Oscar I
ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1954 Queen Elizabeth II
is the first reigning monarch to visit Australia
2000 Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah, Sultan
of Selangor
, dies after a reign of 55 years. He was the longest reigning monarch in the world since the death of Prince Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein.
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