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January 28, 2018
Charlemagne died on 28 January 814.

December 10, 2017
10 December: An Important Date in Eleventh-Century Byzantium.

November 12, 2017
On 12 November 1028 Byzantine Empress Zoë Became Empress Consort to Romanos III Argyros.

October 29, 2017
On 29 October 312, Constantine the Great entered Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.

May 7, 2017
A series of earthquakes in 553 and 557 caused significant structural damage to the Hagia Sophia, and during such a tremor on 7 May 558, the dome of the basilica collapsed completely, destroying the ambon, altar, and ciborium.

April 2, 2017
Charlemagne was born 2 April 742 in what was then the Frankish Kingdom and died there in January 814.

March 26, 2017
Eastern Roman Emperor Maurice proclaimed his son, Theodosius, co-emperor on 26 March 590.

July 17, 2016
On 17 July 1204 the Venetian naval fleet broke through the sea wall fortifications of Constantinople, setting the city on fire and marking the conclusion of an episode of the Fourth Crusade .

September 18, 2015
Realist painter Fausto Zonaro was born on this day in 1854.