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

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

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

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

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

1989 Akhito becomes emperor of Japan

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

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

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

1975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco

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

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

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

1971 Japans emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands

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

1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica

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

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

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

1949 State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor

1946 Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution

1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god

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

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

1941 Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war

1941 Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada and Nagano

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

1941 Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa

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

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

1936 Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia

1936 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades

1935 Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia, dies at 39

1934 Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria

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

1933 Akihito, emperor of Japan, 1989-

1932 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery

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

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

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

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

1928 Hirohito ascended throne as Emperor of Japan

1926 Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan 1926-1989

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

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

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

1920 "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater

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

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

1918 Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia and Germany, abdicates

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

1918 Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates

1918 German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherland

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

1916 Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees

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

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

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

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

1914 Hendrik Berkhof, Dutch theologist, Church and Emperor

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

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

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

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

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

1908 Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies

1907 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam

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

1905 Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger

1905 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger

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

1901 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1926-89

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

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

1898 Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking

1897 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer, Little Emperor

1897 Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera

1897 Great Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia

1897 France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia

1896 Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid

1895 Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia

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

1895 Emperor Menelik II of Addis Ababa draws against Italians

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

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

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

1891 David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies

1890 German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

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

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

1889 Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale

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

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

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

1888 Wilhelm II becomes emperor of Germany

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

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

1887 Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians

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

1879 Joshihito, emperor of Japan, 1912-26

1876 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians

1875 Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians

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

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

1870 Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugenie as Regent of France

1868 Theodorus, Kasa, emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide

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

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

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

1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico

1864 Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz

1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico

1862 Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books

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

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

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

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

1852 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor

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

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

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

1837 Sissi, Emperor of Austria

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

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

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

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

1822 Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil

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

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

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

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

1812 Failed coup against emperor Napoleon

1811 French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht

1810 Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France

1810 Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise

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

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

1806 Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies

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

1804 Emperor Napoleon marries Josephine of Martinique

1804 Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France

1801 Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia

1798 Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution

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

1797 Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor, 1871-88

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

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

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

1788 Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam

1787 Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor

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

1781 Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population

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

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

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

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

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

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

1746 Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney/father of emperor Napoleon

1745 Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus

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

1742 Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians

1742 German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor

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

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

1740 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41

1739 French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty

1738 France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey

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

1735 France and Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord

1733 France declares war on emperor Charles VI

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

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

1728 Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin

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

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

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

1723 Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution

1722 Hungarian Parliament condemns emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions

1718 Emperor Karel VI, Turkey and Venice sign peace treaty

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

1716 Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar

1716 England and Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty

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

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

1714 Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg

1713 Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions

1712 Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary

1711 Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor

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

1708 Francis I, Holy Roman emperor, 1745-1765

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

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

1706 Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria

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

1703 Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage

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

1697 Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor, 1742-45

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

1691 Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania

1690 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king

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

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

1683 Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey

1679 German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France

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

1677 Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck

1674 Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz

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

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

1670 Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna

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

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

1664 King Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant

1658 Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor

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

1654 Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies

1648 Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria

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

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

1641 Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden and France

1640 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1658-1705

1637 Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor

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

1635 Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France

1635 Emperor Ferdinand II and Saksen sign Peace of Prague

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

1634 Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor

1630 Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament

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

1628 Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism

1628 Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict

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

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

1621 Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree

1620 Prince Bethlen Gabor signs peace with emperor Ferdinand II

1619 Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor

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

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

1618 Aurangzeb, Emperor of India, 1658 - 1707

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

1611 Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia

1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion

1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion

1609 Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion

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

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

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

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

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

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

1571 Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion

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

1564 Maximilian II succeeds his father Ferdinand II as RC emperor

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

1562 Emperor Ferdinand and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty

1558 Charles V, German emperor, buried

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

1558 Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor

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

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

1556 Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor

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

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

1555 Emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg

1552 Emperor Karel and Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz

1552 Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion

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

1551 Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne

1550 Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority

1548 Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans

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

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

1544 German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark

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

1543 Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V

1543 Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren

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

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

1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan

1540 Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges

1540 Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended

1540 Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels

1539 Emperor Charles receives Cardinal Pole in Toledo

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

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

1535 Emperor Charles V conquerors Tunis

1532 Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca

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

1530 Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies

1530 Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I

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

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

1528 Treaty of Gorinchem (Emperor and church)

1528 Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor and ecclesiastical power

1528 England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V

1527 Pope Clemens VII signs treaty with emperor Karel I

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

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

1527 Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen

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

1526 Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal

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

1524 Emperor Charles V's troops give siege of Marseille

1524 Emperor Charles V's troops besieges Marseille

1524 Emperor Karel I bans German national synode

1523 Emperor Charles I and England sign anti-French covenant

1522 Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico

1522 Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France

1522 Emperor Karel I returns to Spain

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

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

1521 Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam

1521 Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V

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

1521 Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards

1520 King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V

1520 Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed

1519 King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V

1513 King Henry III and Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik

1509 Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy

1509 Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands

1508 Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor

1503 Ferdinand I, German emperor, 1558-64

1502 Emperor Maximilian I and England sign treaty of Antwerp

1502 Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine

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

1498 Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands

1498 Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel

1498 Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian

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

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

1493 Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor

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

1489 Peace of Tours, between emperor Maximilian I and Flemings

1488 Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium

1479 Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III

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

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

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

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

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

1453 Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria

1452 Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor

1452 Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor

1448 Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies

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

1437 Emperor Sigismund, German Statesman

1436 German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten

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

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

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

1404 Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor

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

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

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

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

1368 Emperor Sigismund, German Statesman

1367 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia

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

1356 German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1261 Byzantium Emperor Michael VIII recaptures Constantinople

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

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

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

1248 Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor

1247 Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor

1245 Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time

1237 Battle of Cortenuova: Emperor Frederik II vs Lombardische steden

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

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

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

1229 German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem

1227 Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II

1221 Frederik II Hohenstaufen crowned Roman-German Emperor

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

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

1212 Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia)

1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV

1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates German emperor Otto IV

1203 Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees

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

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

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

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

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

1180 Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira

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

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

1165 RC German emperor Frederik I Barbarossa visits Utrecht

1158 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy

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

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

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

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

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

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

1129 Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II

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

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

1118 Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor

1111 Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor

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

1091 Battle at Monte Levunium: Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes

1090 Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II

1087 German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad

1084 Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV

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

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

1077 Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV

1077 Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV

1071 Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, emperor Romanos IV Diogenes

1071 Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe

1061 Emperor disposes of bishop Cadalus and Pope Honorius II

1055 Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies

1054 Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king

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

1046 Pope Clemens VI crowns Henry III RC-German emperor

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

1041 Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies

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

1037 German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis"

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

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

1027 John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor

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

1021 Synod of Pavia: emperor Henry II convicts married priest

1017 Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor, 1046-56

1014 Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor

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

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

996 Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor

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

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

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

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

976 Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria

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

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

969 Johannes I Tzimisces, crowned emperor of Byzantium

967 John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor

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

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

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

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

924 Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered

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

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

905 Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured

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

896 Pope Formosa crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor

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

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

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

875 Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome

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

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

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

840 Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies

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

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

816 Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity

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

813 Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor

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

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

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

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

794 Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto

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

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

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

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

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

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

668 Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37

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

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

627 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen

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

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

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

527 Justinianus becomes compassionate emperor of Byzantium

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

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

476 West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted

474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies

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

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

455 Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor

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

450 Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies

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

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

421 Eudocia A Athenais marries Oostromeins emperor Theodosius II

421 Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp

419 Valentinian III, Roman emperor, 425-55

414 King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia

401 Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor

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

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

392 Emperor Theodosius declares christian religion, state religion

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

390 Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica

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

388 Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis

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

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

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

368 Emperor Valentinianus visits Nijmegen

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

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

362 Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws

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

357 Emperor Constantius II visits Rome

356 Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples

355 Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain

351 Constantine II beats emperor Maxentius

350 General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans

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

337 Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47

335 Constantinople emperor Constantine the Great rules laws against Jews

331 Flavius Claudius Julianus, Julian the Apostate, emperor

324 Chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius

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

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

314 Battle at Cibalae: emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius

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

312 Emperor Constantine the Great beats rivaal Maxentius

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

311 Emperor Galerius legal recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire

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

306 Mark Aurelius Valerius Maxentius proclaimed emperor of Rome

303 Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

193 Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome

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

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

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

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

180 Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, dies at 58

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

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

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

126 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman emperor, 193 AD

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

117 Hadrianus hears of death of emperor Trajanus of Antioch

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

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

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

96 Domitian, Roman emperor, dies

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

89 Governor Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome

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

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

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

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

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

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

69 Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Caesar

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

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

68 Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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