2011 Event After 300 years in Sweden, the oldest copy of Codex Holmiensis, dating from 1280, is returned to Denmark 1994 Event Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex" for $30,800,000 1980 Event 106th Preakness: Angel Cordero, Jr. aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2 1971 Event Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland 1651 Death Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern (Codex Maximilianus), dies at 78
