Historical Events In July - 15
Sunday, 22 February 2026
0410 Poland and Lithuania defeat Teutonic Knights at Tannenberg 

0668 Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37 

1085 The Norman Robert Guiscard dies of fever at age 60 after regaining Corfu and Kephalonia, which his son Bohemund had lost. 

1085 Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, dies at 70. 

1099 Jerusalem falls to the Crusaders after a siege of just over one month The streets of the city run with blood as the Crusaders slaughter 40000 and set fire to mosques and synagogues, and the inaugural Crusade comes to an end. 

1099 1st Crusaders capture, plunder Jerusalem. 

1205 Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitudea and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus. 

1207 John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton. 

1240 A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva. 

1274 John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies. 

1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire, dies. 

1307 Duke Henrik van Karinthi chosen king of Bohemia. 

1353 Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410) is born. 

1381 John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England 

1381 John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged. 

1410 Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights vs King Ladislas II of Poland 

1411 Johannes Parvus, [Jean Petit], French theologist, dies. 

1416 John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies 

1417 Willem J Eggert, financier (W E Center, Purmerend), dies 

1500 Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion 

1501 Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon. 

1524 Emperor Karel I bans German national synode 

1538 Peace talks between Karel and King Francois I. 

1573 Inigo Jones, London, architect (restored St Paul's Cathedral) 

1606 Rembrandt, Dutch artist and etcher is born 

1606 Rembrandt van Rijn, Leiden Netherlands, painter (Night Watch) 

1609 Annibale Carracci, painter, dies 

1638 Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, composer. 

1662 Charles II grants charter to establish Royal Society in London 

1662 King Charles II charters Royal Society in London. 

1685 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, executed. 

1700 Johann Christoph Richter, composer 

1701 Pierre Joubert, became oldest known Canadian (113 y 124 d at death) 

1704 August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in N America 

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