1999 Ruth Roman, actress, dies at 75
1996 Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89
1996 Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer, dies at 65
1994 Roman Herzog sworn in as German president
1994 Roman Herzog elected president of Germany
1993 Audrey Hepburn, actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63
1992 Roman Catholic church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years
1991 Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55
1991 Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts
1989 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner
1987 Michael Roman, actor, Al-One Life to Live
1978 Director Roman Polanski skips bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl
1977 Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss)
1975 Lauren E Roman, Wilmington, North Carolina, actress, Laura Kirk-All My Children
1975 James A. Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)
1974 Colin Daynes, Windsor, Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
1974 Roman Hamrlik, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL defenseman, Lightning, Oly-gold-98
1973 George Foreman KOs Jose "King" Roman in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1973 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)
1972 Roman Oben, tackle for the New York Giants
1971 Ainsley Robinson, Oshawa Ontario, 62 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
1971 Colbie Bell, born in Edmonton, Alberta, 100kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
1971 Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76
1971 Roman Cechmanek, NHL goaltender, Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998
1970 Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica), dies at 77
1970 Roman Kontsek, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998
1970 Roman Turek, Strakonice CZE, hockey goalie, Team Czech Rep, 1998 Olympics
1970 Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service
1970 Yogi Johl, Vancouver BC, 130 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
1968 "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 17 performances
1968 "Her 1st Roman" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 17 performances
1968 Roman Phifer, linebacker for the St. Louis Rams
1967 Roman Fortin, NFL center for the Atlanta Falcons
1966 Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US
1964 Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English
1964 Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
1959 Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists
1957 Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78
1957 Doug Cox, Guelph Ontario, 90 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
1952 Roman Codreanu, Romania, wrestler, Olympic-1980
1944 Roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28
1943 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53
1941 Roman Balayan, born in Nerke, Azerbaijan, director, Filer, Biryuk
1934 Roman A Gulyayev, cosmonaut
1933 Roman Polanski, born in Paris, France, director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown
1933 Roman Polanski, Poland, director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates
1931 Xu Zhimo, Roman Poet
1930 Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou, composer
1930 Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer
1928 Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet
1927 Patrick Allen, Malawi, actor, Roman Holiday, Dial "M" for Murder
1925 Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65
1925 Thomas Winning, Roman Catholic archbishop, Glasgow
1923 Ruth Roman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Sylvia-Knots Landing, Dallas
1922 Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop, Hallam
1921 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russ baron/general, dies
1920 John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, Philadelphia, Roman Catholic Archbishop of NY
1919 Roman Vlad, composer
1919 Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political/business views
1919 Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, composer
1918 John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], 264th Roman Catholic pope, 1978-
1915 Roman Padlewski, composer
1912 John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope, 1978
1910 Roman Maciejewski, composer
1907 Roman Palester, Polish composer: The Weichsel
1907 Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Neth), dies at 65
1906 Margaret Rawlings, actress, Roman Holiday
1906 Roman Brandstaetter, writer
1900 James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80
1899 Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist, Italian and Roman art
1897 Pope Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], 262nd Roman Catholic pope, 1963-78
1896 Ruth Etting, U.S. dancer/singer/actress, Roman scandals
1896 Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar, Fundamentals of Language
1895 Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education
1895 Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist
1894 Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium
1894 Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor, Roman Holiday
1893 Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher, Studia philosophica
1893 Xu Zhimo, Roman Poet
1892 Grigore Gafencu, Roman minister of Foreign affairs, 1938-39
1889 Chaplain Ariens founds 1st roman catholic workers group
1889 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher, Roman Britain
1870 Harry Lauder, born in Scotland, comedian/singer, Roman in the Gloamin
1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome
1868 Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies
1864 Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer, Roman law
1859 Roman Statkowski, composer
1850 Papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England
1849 Roman Republic declared
1842 Anton G van Hamel, founder, Roman Philology in Netherlands
1835 Pius X, [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Roman Catholic pope, 1903-14
1830 James Augustine Healy, born in Macon, Georgia, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
1824 Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, Roman
1815 Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73
1810 Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope, 1878-1903
1793 Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st U.S. Roman Catholic priest ordained
1790 Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48
1776 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published
1768 Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor, 1792-1806
1764 Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king
1758 Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64
1758 Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist, dies
1743 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69
1742 Roman Hoffstetter, composer
1739 Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia and threaten Belgrade
1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Empire
1737 Edward Gibson, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Emp
1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire
1714 Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
1711 Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor
1708 Francis I, Holy Roman emperor, 1745-1765
1705 Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64
1697 Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor, 1742-45
1694 Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist
1690 Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland
1690 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king
1678 Roman Catholics banned from English parliament
1678 Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor, 1705-11
1674 Thomas Traherne, English poet/mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies
1670 Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna
1660 Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50
1648 Treaty of Westphalia ends 30 year war and Holy Roman Empire
1640 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1658-1705
1637 Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor
1619 Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor
1619 Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies
1593 France's Protestant King Henri IV converts to Roman Catholic
1585 Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader
1585 Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics
1584 Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire
1581 Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies
1580 French Huguenots and Roman Catholics sign peace treaty
1575 French Roman Catholics and Huguenots signs treaty
1568 Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace
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
1535 Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope, 1590-91
1521 Martin Luther is excommunicated from Roman Catholic Church
1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church
1519 King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V
1515 Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire
1508 Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor
1500 Carlos V, King of Spain, 1516-56, /Holy Roman Emperor
1493 Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor
1488 Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium
1477 Maximilian I, son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, weds Mary of
1452 Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor
1410 Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies
1368 Sigismund, Nurnberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor, 1410-37
1361 Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor, 1378-1400
1352 Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king
1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics
1347 Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo beats nobles
1347 Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle
1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire
1313 Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies
1312 Roman Catholics German King Henry VII crowned
1298 Albert I, son of Rudolf of Habsburg, crowned Holy Roman Emperor
1298 Roman Catholics German King Albrecht I von Habsburg installed
1298 Duke Albrecht von Habsburg chosen Roman Catholic German king
1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire, dies
1283 Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor, 1314-47
1273 Earl Rudolf van Habsburg becomes Roman Catholics-German king
1247 Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor
1242 Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide
1228 Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king, 1237-54
1215 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1212 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1211 Henry VII, Roman catholic German king, 1220-35
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
1198 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germany
1197 Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies
1178 Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, crowned King of Burgundy
1125 Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies
1118 Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
1111 Pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholics-German king Hendrik II
1111 Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor
1106 Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54
1081 Henry V, Roman German king/emperor, 1098/1111-25
1027 John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor
1017 Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor, 1046-56
1014 Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor
996 Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas
973 Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60
973 Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor, 1002/14-24
912 Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor, 962-73
905 Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured
888 Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies
877 Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54
814 Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
800 Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor
742 Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor, 800-14
476 Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed
476 West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted
472 Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
455 Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor
439 Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56
423 Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies
421 Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp
419 Valentinian III, Roman emperor, 425-55
418 Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire
408 Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48
406 Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians
404 Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered
402 Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten
401 Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor
397 Martinus, (St. Maarten), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at about 81
390 Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica
388 Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed
384 Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic, 395-423
379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire
378 Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army
375 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54
354 [Christian] Aurelius Augustine, bp of Hippo in Roman Africa
350 General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans
330 Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes capital of Roman Empire
313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
311 Emperor Galerius legal recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire
303 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued
290 [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated
290 [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed
274 Constantine I, Great Roman emperor, 306-337, adopted Christianity
238 Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
217 Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29
197 D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle
193 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated
188 Caracalla, [Marcus Aureiius Antoniius], Roman emperor, 211-17
138 Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies
126 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman emperor, 193 AD
96 Domitian, Roman emperor, dies
86 Antoninus Pius, 15th Roman emperor, 138-161
79 Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies
76 Hadrian, Roman Emperor, builder of Hadrian's Wall
76 Publius A. Hadrianus, 14th Roman Emperor, 117-138
70 Publius Vergilius Maro, Roman leader/poet, Bucolica, Aeneis
70 Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem
70 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem
69 Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine and 7th emperor, murdered
69 Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Caesar
69 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
69 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising
68 Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31
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
40 Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general; conquered Wales, No England
39 Titus, 10th Roman emperor, 79-81, conqueror of Jerusalem
37 Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78
31 Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed
19 Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33
17 Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies
15 Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant
12 Caligula, [Gaius Caesar], 3rd Roman emperor, 37-41 AD
9 Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59
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