2014 Event Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu announces his retirement today; he won the Emperor's Cup in 2008 and achieved the second-highest rank of ozeki during his career 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
