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1997 Death - Asfa Wossen, Amha Selassie, crown emperor of Ethiopia in exile, dies

1994 Death - Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53

1994 Death - Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86

1994 Death - Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87

1992 Event - Emperor Haile Selassie, Ras Tafari Makonnen, of Ethiopia's, funeral

1989 Event - Akhito becomes emperor of Japan

1989 Death - Hirohito, Japan's emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign

1988 Event - 45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas

1979 Event - Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa I

1975 Event - Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco

1975 Death - Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83

1974 Event - Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day)

1972 Death - Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77

1971 Event - Japans emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands

1967 Death - Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61

1966 Event - Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica

1963 Event - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia

1960 Birthday - Crown Prince Naruhito, heir apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan, eldest son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko

1960 Birthday - Joan Chen, Chen Chung, Shanghai China, actress, Last Emperor

1950 Event - U.S.S.R. demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes

1949 Event - State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor

1946 Event - Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution

1946 Event - Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god

1945 Event - Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito

1945 Event - Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged

1941 Event - Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war

1941 Event - Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada and Nagano

1941 Death - Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies

1941 Event - Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa

1940 Birthday - Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma, Italy, director, 1900, Last Emperor

1937 Event - Dutch government recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia

1936 Event - Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia

1936 Event - Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades

1935 Death - Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia, dies at 39

1934 Event - Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria

1934 Event - Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria

1933 Birthday - Akihito, emperor of Japan, 1989-

1932 Event - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery

1932 Event - Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria

1930 Event - Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty

1930 Event - Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

1928 Event - 1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover

1928 Event - Hirohito ascended throne as Emperor of Japan

1926 Event - Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

1926 Event - Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan 1926-1989

1926 Death - Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47

1922 Death - Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies

1921 Death - Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies

1920 Event - "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater

1920 Event - Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," premieres in New York City

1920 Death - Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94

1918 Event - Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia and Germany, abdicates

1918 Event - Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic

1918 Event - Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates

1918 Event - German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherland

1916 Event - Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland

1916 Event - Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees

1916 Birthday - Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi

1914 Death - Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58

1914 Event - Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I)

1914 Event - German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize

1914 Birthday - Hendrik Berkhof, Dutch theologist, Church and Emperor

1913 Birthday - Bao Dai, emperor of Annam/Indochina/head of South Vietnam, 1949-55

1913 Birthday - Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Braganca, grandson of emperor Pedro I

1912 Death - Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60

1912 Event - Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates

1908 Event - Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3

1908 Death - Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies

1907 Event - German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam

1905 Event - Treaty of Bjorko: Emperor Wilhelm II/czar Nicholas II

1905 Event - Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger

1905 Event - German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger

1901 Death - Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60

1901 Birthday - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1926-89

1898 Event - China's empress-mother Ci Xi and emperor De Zong arrested

1898 Event - China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei

1898 Event - Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking

1897 Birthday - Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer, Little Emperor

1897 Event - Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera

1897 Event - Great Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia

1897 Event - France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia

1896 Event - Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid

1895 Birthday - Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia

1895 Event - Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out

1895 Event - Emperor Menelik II of Addis Ababa draws against Italians

1894 Event - German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg

1894 Event - German emperor Wilhelm II fires Chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg

1892 Birthday - Haile Selassie, Ras Tafari Makonnen, emperor of Ethiopia, 1930-74

1891 Death - David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies

1890 Event - German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

1890 Death - Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78

1889 Event - Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed

1889 Event - Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale

1889 Event - Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated

1889 Death - Yohannes IV, Kasa, Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle

1889 Event - Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV

1888 Event - Wilhelm II becomes emperor of Germany

1888 Death - Frederik III NK van Hohenzollern, German Emperor/king of Prussia, dies

1887 Birthday - Charles I, last emperor of Austria-Hungary, 1916-18

1887 Event - Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians

1880 Death - [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60

1879 Birthday - Joshihito, emperor of Japan, 1912-26

1876 Event - Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians

1875 Event - Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians

1875 Death - Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82

1873 Event - Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Vienna

1870 Event - Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugenie as Regent of France

1868 Death - Theodorus, Kasa, emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide

1867 Death - Faustin-Elie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies (birth date unknown)

1867 Death - Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, dies

1867 Event - Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912)

1864 Event - Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico

1864 Event - Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz

1864 Event - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico

1862 Event - Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books

1859 Event - Man in San Francisco claims himself Norton I, emperor of America

1859 Birthday - Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor, 1888-1918

1858 Event - French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed

1853 Event - Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugenie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman

1852 Event - 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor

1852 Birthday - Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan, 1867-1912

1848 Event - Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary

1840 Birthday - Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico, 1864-67

1837 Birthday - Sissi, Emperor of Austria

1834 Death - A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies

1832 Birthday - Maximilian F J, archduke of Austria/Emperor of Mexico

1831 Event - Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil

1825 Birthday - JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil, 1831-89

1822 Event - Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil

1822 Event - General Agustin de Iturbide crowned Agustin I, 1st emperor of Mexico

1821 Death - Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor France, dies in St. Helena

1819 Birthday - Joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA

1817 Death - Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies

1812 Event - Failed coup against emperor Napoleon

1811 Event - French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht

1810 Event - Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France

1810 Event - Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise

1808 Birthday - Louis-Napoleon, Napoleon III, emperor of France, 1852-71

1806 Event - Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England

1806 Death - Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies

1804 Event - Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII

1804 Event - Emperor Napoleon marries Josephine of Martinique

1804 Event - Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France

1801 Event - Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia

1798 Event - Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution

1797 Event - Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews

1797 Birthday - Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor, 1871-88

1797 Birthday - William I, Berlin, King of Prussia, 1861-88, German Emperor, 1871-88

1793 Birthday - Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary

1790 Death - Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48

1788 Event - Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam

1787 Event - Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor

1783 Birthday - Agustin I de Iturbide, emperor of Mexico, 1822-23

1781 Event - Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population

1769 Birthday - Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba, emperor 1804 - 1813, 1814 - 1815

1768 Birthday - Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor, 1792-1806

1765 Death - Frans I Stefanus, RC German emperor (1745-65), dies at 56

1764 Death - Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23

1762 Death - Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34

1757 Event - Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army

1746 Birthday - Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney/father of emperor Napoleon

1745 Event - Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus

1745 Death - Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47

1742 Event - Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians

1742 Event - German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor

1741 Birthday - Jozef II, arch duke of Austria/RC German emperor, 1765-90

1740 Death - Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies

1740 Birthday - Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41

1739 Event - French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty

1738 Event - France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey

1736 Event - Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I)

1735 Event - France and Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord

1733 Event - France declares war on emperor Charles VI

1731 Event - Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England and Netherlands

1730 Death - Peter II Alekseyevitch, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14

1728 Event - Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin

1726 Event - Emperor Karel VI and tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty

1725 Event - Emperor Charles VI and King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna

1724 Event - Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands

1723 Event - Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution

1722 Event - Hungarian Parliament condemns emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions

1718 Event - Emperor Karel VI, Turkey and Venice sign peace treaty

1717 Birthday - Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, Wife of emperor Franz I

1716 Event - Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar

1716 Event - England and Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty

1715 Birthday - Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia, 1727-30

1714 Event - Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine

1714 Event - Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg

1713 Event - Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions

1712 Event - Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary

1711 Event - Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor

1711 Death - Jozef I, Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32

1708 Birthday - Francis I, Holy Roman emperor, 1745-1765

1707 Death - Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88

1707 Death - Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies

1706 Event - Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria

1705 Death - Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64

1703 Event - Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage

1702 Event - Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne and Bavaria

1697 Birthday - Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor, 1742-45

1692 Event - Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king

1691 Event - Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania

1690 Event - Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king

1685 Birthday - Charles VI, German emperor/king of Spain, 1711-40

1684 Event - Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz

1683 Event - Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey

1679 Event - German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France

1678 Birthday - Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor, 1705-11

1677 Event - Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck

1674 Event - Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz

1671 Event - French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty

1670 Event - Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna

1670 Event - Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna

1668 Event - Fire in Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, emperor Leopold I rescued

1668 Event - King Louis XIV and Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain

1664 Event - King Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant

1658 Event - Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor

1657 Death - Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48

1654 Death - Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies

1648 Event - Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria

1645 Event - Battle at Jankov Bohemia: Sweden beats RC emperor Ferdinand III

1644 Event - Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China and flees Peking

1641 Event - Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden and France

1640 Birthday - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1658-1705

1637 Event - Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor

1637 Death - Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hun/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58

1635 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France

1635 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II and Saksen sign Peace of Prague

1634 Event - Battle at Nordlingen Bavarian: emperor Ferdinand II and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants

1634 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor

1630 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament

1629 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck

1628 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism

1628 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict

1626 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg

1624 Event - Hungarian king Bethlen Gabor and emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna

1621 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree

1620 Event - Prince Bethlen Gabor signs peace with emperor Ferdinand II

1619 Event - Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor

1619 Event - Duke Maximilian I and Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen

1619 Death - Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies

1618 Birthday - Aurangzeb, Emperor of India, 1658 - 1707

1612 Death - Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59

1611 Event - Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia

1609 Event - Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion

1609 Event - Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion

1609 Event - Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion

1608 Birthday - Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor, 1637 - 1657

1607 Event - Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia

1605 Birthday - Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor

1597 Death - Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67

1592 Birthday - Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India, 1628-58, built Taj Mahal

1578 Birthday - Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor, 1619-37

1571 Event - Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion

1568 Event - Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace

1564 Event - Maximilian II succeeds his father Ferdinand II as RC emperor

1564 Death - Ferdinand I, German Emperor (1558-64), dies at 61

1562 Event - Emperor Ferdinand and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty

1558 Event - Charles V, German emperor, buried

1558 Death - Charles V, King of Spain (Carlos I)/Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 58

1558 Event - Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor

1557 Birthday - Matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor, 1612-19

1556 Event - Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand van Austria takes over

1556 Event - Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor

1556 Event - Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain

1555 Event - Emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan

1555 Event - Emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg

1552 Event - Emperor Karel and Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz

1552 Event - Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion

1552 Birthday - Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany, 1576-1612

1551 Event - Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne

1550 Event - Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority

1548 Event - Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans

1547 Event - Battle of Muhlberg: Emperor Karel V vs ruler Johan F the Brave

1544 Event - Peace of Crepy: German emperor Charles V and French king Francois I

1544 Event - German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark

1543 Event - Treaty of Venlo: Duke Willem of Gulik and Emperor Charles V

1543 Event - Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V

1543 Event - Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren

1542 Birthday - Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India, 1556-1605

1542 Birthday - Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India, 1556-1605

1540 Event - Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan

1540 Event - Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges

1540 Event - Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended

1540 Event - Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels

1539 Event - Emperor Charles receives Cardinal Pole in Toledo

1539 Event - Emperor Karel and King Francois I sign anti-English treaty

1538 Event - Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I

1535 Event - Emperor Charles V conquerors Tunis

1532 Event - Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca

1532 Event - Henry VIII and Francois I signs secret treaty against emperor Karel V

1530 Death - Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies

1530 Event - Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I

1529 Event - Emperor Karel V and Pope Clemens VII sign Treaty of Barcelona

1529 Event - Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans and Bengals

1528 Event - Treaty of Gorinchem (Emperor and church)

1528 Event - Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor and ecclesiastical power

1528 Event - England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V

1527 Event - Pope Clemens VII signs treaty with emperor Karel I

1527 Birthday - Maximilian II, German King/Emperor, 1564-76

1527 Event - Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's armies

1527 Event - Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen

1526 Event - Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi

1526 Event - Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal

1525 Event - Battle at Pavia: Emperor Karel V's troops beat French king

1524 Event - Emperor Charles V's troops give siege of Marseille

1524 Event - Emperor Charles V's troops besieges Marseille

1524 Event - Emperor Karel I bans German national synode

1523 Event - Emperor Charles I and England sign anti-French covenant

1522 Event - Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico

1522 Event - Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France

1522 Event - Emperor Karel I returns to Spain

1522 Event - Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-general of Netherlands

1521 Event - Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan

1521 Event - Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam

1521 Event - Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V

1521 Event - Treaty of Worms: Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Netherlands-Austria

1521 Event - Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards

1520 Event - King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V

1520 Death - Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed

1519 Event - King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V

1513 Event - King Henry III and Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik

1509 Event - Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy

1509 Event - Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands

1508 Event - Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor

1503 Birthday - Ferdinand I, German emperor, 1558-64

1502 Event - Emperor Maximilian I and England sign treaty of Antwerp

1502 Event - Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine

1500 Birthday - Carlos V, King of Spain, 1516-56, Holy Roman Emperor

1498 Event - Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands

1498 Event - Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel

1498 Event - Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian

1496 Event - Emperor Maximiliaans daughter marries Spanish crown prince Johan of Aragon/Philip de Blank marries Johanna "the Waanzinnige" of Aragon

1495 Event - Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League

1493 Event - Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor

1493 Death - Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77

1489 Event - Peace of Tours, between emperor Maximilian I and Flemings

1488 Event - Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium

1479 Event - Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III

1479 Event - Battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI

1477 Event - Maximilian I, son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, weds Mary of

1476 Event - Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg and duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children

1459 Birthday - Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria

1453 Death - Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49

1453 Event - Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria

1452 Event - Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor

1452 Event - Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor

1448 Death - Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies

1437 Death - Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70

1437 Death - Emperor Sigismund, German Statesman

1436 Event - German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten

1425 Death - Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies

1415 Birthday - Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor, 1440-1493

1408 Death - Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies

1404 Birthday - Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor

1391 Death - Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies

1383 Death - Johannes Cantacuzenus, Byzantium emperor(1341 - 1354) and monk, dies at 90

1378 Death - Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (University of Prague), dies

1368 Birthday - Sigismund, Nurnberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor, 1410-37

1368 Birthday - Emperor Sigismund, German Statesman

1367 Birthday - Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia

1361 Birthday - Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor, 1378-1400

1356 Event - German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree

1347 Death - Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies

1346 Event - Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy

1346 Event - Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand

1341 Death - Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies

1332 Death - Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies

1330 Event - Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire

1322 Event - Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect

1320 Death - Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies

1316 Birthday - Charles IV, King of Bohemia, 1346 - 1378, emperor, 1355 - 1378

1313 Death - Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies

1298 Event - Albert I, son of Rudolf of Habsburg, crowned Holy Roman Emperor

1283 Birthday - Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor, 1314 - 1347

1282 Death - Michael VIII, Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1259-82), dies

1266 Death - Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies

1261 Event - Byzantium Emperor Michael VIII recaptures Constantinople

1256 Death - Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22

1254 Death - Johannes III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-54)/saint, dies

1250 Death - Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55

1248 Event - Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor

1247 Event - Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor

1245 Event - Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time

1237 Event - Battle of Cortenuova: Emperor Frederik II vs Lombardische steden

1237 Death - Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies

1235 Event - Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names

1230 Event - Treaty of San-Germano between Emperor Frederik II and Pope Gregory IX

1229 Event - German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem

1227 Event - Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II

1221 Event - Frederik II Hohenstaufen crowned Roman-German Emperor

1216 Death - Hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies

1214 Event - 1st battle of Bouvines - King Philips II vs Emperor Otto IV

1212 Event - Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia)

1210 Event - Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV

1210 Event - Pope Innocent III excommunicates German emperor Otto IV

1203 Event - Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees

1195 Event - Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor

1194 Birthday - Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor, 1212-1250, King of Sicily

1189 Event - Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg

1185 Death - Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns

1180 Death - Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1143-80), dies

1180 Event - Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira

1178 Event - Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, crowned King of Burgundy

1177 Event - Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I and Pope Alexander III

1165 Event - RC German emperor Frederik I Barbarossa visits Utrecht

1158 Event - Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy

1155 Event - Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor

1143 Death - John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident

1137 Death - Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67

1137 Death - Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Germany emperor (1133-37), dies at 67

1133 Event - Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor

1129 Death - Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76

1129 Event - Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II

1125 Death - Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies

1118 Death - Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies

1118 Event - Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor

1111 Event - Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor

1106 Death - Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54

1091 Event - Battle at Monte Levunium: Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes

1090 Event - Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II

1087 Event - German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad

1084 Event - Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV

1081 Birthday - Henry V, Roman German king/emperor, 1098/1111-25

1077 Death - Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies

1077 Event - Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV

1077 Event - Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV

1071 Event - Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, emperor Romanos IV Diogenes

1071 Event - Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe

1061 Event - Emperor disposes of bishop Cadalus and Pope Honorius II

1055 Death - Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies

1054 Event - Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king

1048 Event - Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX

1046 Event - Pope Clemens VI crowns Henry III RC-German emperor

1043 Death - Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52

1041 Death - Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies

1039 Death - Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49

1037 Event - German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis"

1034 Death - Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife

1028 Event - German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king

1027 Event - John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor

1025 Death - Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies

1021 Event - Synod of Pavia: emperor Henry II convicts married priest

1017 Birthday - Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor, 1046 - 1056

1014 Event - Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor

1002 Death - Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21

996 Event - Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas

996 Event - Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor

991 Death - Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies

989 Event - Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas

983 Death - Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28

976 Death - T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies

976 Event - Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria

973 Death - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60

973 Birthday - Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor, 1002/14-24

969 Event - Johannes I Tzimisces, crowned emperor of Byzantium

967 Event - John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor

963 Death - Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25

962 Event - Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor

959 Death - Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Byzantine Emperor (913-59), dies

948 Death - Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies

924 Death - Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered

912 Birthday - Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor, 962-73

912 Death - Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45

905 Event - Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured

899 Death - Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies

896 Event - Pope Formosa crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor

888 Death - Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies

886 Death - Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies

877 Death - Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54

875 Event - Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome

875 Death - Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50

866 Birthday - Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor, 886-912, writer, Problematica

855 Death - Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies

840 Death - Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies

823 Birthday - Charles II, the Bald, King of France, 843-77, emperor, 875-77

820 Death - Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered

816 Event - Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity

814 Death - Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71

813 Event - Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor

811 Death - Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39

811 Death - Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle

803 Death - Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies

800 Event - Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor

794 Event - Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto

780 Death - Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies

775 Death - Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies

749 Birthday - Leo IV, the Khazar, Byzantine emperor, 775-80

742 Birthday - Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor, 800-14

741 Death - Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies

711 Death - Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42

668 Death - Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37

641 Death - Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65

628 Death - Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son

627 Event - Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen

578 Death - Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies

565 Death - Justitianus I, Petrus Sabbatius, Byzantine emperor (527-65), dies

527 Death - Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies

527 Event - Justinianus becomes compassionate emperor of Byzantium

518 Death - Anastasius I Dikoros, Dyrrhachium/Durazzo, Byzantine emperor, dies

476 Event - Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed

476 Event - West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted

474 Death - Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies

474 Death - Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies

472 Death - Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies

455 Event - Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor

450 Death - Galla Placidia, daughter of Byzant emperor Constantius III, dies at 58

450 Death - Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies

423 Death - Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies

421 Death - Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51

421 Event - Eudocia A Athenais marries Oostromeins emperor Theodosius II

421 Event - Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp

419 Birthday - Valentinian III, Roman emperor, 425-55

414 Event - King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia

401 Birthday - Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor

395 Death - Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49

394 Death - Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle

392 Event - Emperor Theodosius declares christian religion, state religion

392 Death - Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21

390 Event - Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica

388 Death - Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed

388 Event - Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis

384 Birthday - Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic, 395-423

383 Death - Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25

378 Death - Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50

368 Event - Emperor Valentinianus visits Nijmegen

364 Death - Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32

363 Death - Flavius C Julianus, Apostata, emperor of Rome (361-63), dies

362 Event - Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws

361 Death - Flavius Julius Constantius II, 1st Byzantine Emperor, dies at 44

357 Event - Emperor Constantius II visits Rome

356 Event - Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples

355 Event - Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain

351 Event - Constantine II beats emperor Maxentius

350 Event - General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans

337 Death - Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies

337 Death - Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47

335 Event - Constantinople emperor Constantine the Great rules laws against Jews

331 Birthday - Flavius Claudius Julianus, Julian the Apostate, emperor

324 Event - Chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius

323 Event - Battle at Adrianopolis: Flavius Julius Crispus' beats emperor Licinius

317 Birthday - Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome, 337-61

314 Event - Battle at Cibalae: emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius

313 Death - Gaius G V Maximus, Daia, Emperor of Rome, dies

312 Event - Emperor Constantine the Great beats rivaal Maxentius

311 Death - Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50

311 Event - Emperor Galerius legal recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire

307 Death - Flavius Valerius Severus, compassionate emperor of Rome (306-07), dies

306 Event - Mark Aurelius Valerius Maxentius proclaimed emperor of Rome

303 Event - Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians

284 Event - General Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes emperor of Rome

276 Death - Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered

274 Birthday - Constantine I, Great Roman emperor, 306-337, adopted Christianity

238 Death - Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered

235 Death - Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered

222 Death - Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18?

218 Death - Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54

217 Death - Caracalla, Marcus Antoniius, Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29

211 Death - Lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64

193 Death - Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61

193 Event - Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome

193 Death - Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated

192 Death - Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31

188 Birthday - Caracalla, Marcus Aureiius Antoniius, Roman emperor, 211-17

185 Event - Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52)

180 Death - Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, dies at 58

161 Birthday - Lucius A. A. Coomodus, emperor of Rome, 180-91

161 Death - Antoninus Pius, Titus Aurelius, emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74

138 Death - Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies

126 Birthday - Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman emperor, 193 AD

121 Birthday - Marcus Aurelius, born in Rome, Emperor of Rome, 161 - 180

117 Event - Hadrianus hears of death of emperor Trajanus of Antioch

117 Death - Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)

117 Death - Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies

98 Death - Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67

96 Death - Domitian, Roman emperor, dies

96 Death - Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45

89 Event - Governor Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome

86 Birthday - Antoninus Pius, 15th Roman emperor, 138-161

81 Death - Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies at about 42

76 Birthday - Hadrian, Roman Emperor, builder of Hadrian's Wall

76 Birthday - Publius A. Hadrianus, 14th Roman Emperor, 117-138

69 Death - Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine and 7th emperor, murdered

69 Death - Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered

69 Event - Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Caesar

69 Event - Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor

68 Death - Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31

68 Event - Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba

54 Death - Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies of poison mushrooms at 63

53 Birthday - Mark U Trajanus, 13th Roman emperor, 98-117, conqueror of Ctesiphon

41 Death - Caligula, G C Germanicus, Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28

39 Birthday - Titus, 10th Roman emperor, 79-81, conqueror of Jerusalem

37 Birthday - Nero Claudius Augustus Germanicus, 5th emperor of Rome, 54-68

37 Death - Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77

37 Death - Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78

37 Birthday - Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar Nero, emperor of Rome, 54-68

12 Birthday - Caligula, Gaius Caesar, 3rd Roman emperor, 37-41 AD













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