It’s long time,since we published the frist in the series “Best of Samhita” (പരിഹാരമില്ലാത്ത പ്രശ്നമുണ്ടോ?) . Now we post the 2nd article in the series “The spirit of politics” by Akhil J. As we know the election heat is still fuming,this article is good to read at this time.

The Spirit of Politics

-Akhil J of EC(2008-2012) Read more »

Events

• 41 – Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. Claudius succeeds his nephew.
• 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
• 1679 – King Charles II of England disbands Parliament.

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Events

• 393 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor.
• 971 – In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops.
• 1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.
• 1510 – Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity.
• 1533 – Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant.

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Events

• 565 – Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
• 1506 – The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
• 1521 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms.
• 1771 – Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to the United Kingdom.

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Events

• 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz’s mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
• 1643 – Abel Tasman becomes the first European to reach Tonga.
• 1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.

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Events

• 250 – Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
• 1265 – In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the “Houses of Parliament”.
• 1320 – Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
• 1356 – Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland.

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Events

• 1419 – Hundred Years’ War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.
• 1511 – Mirandola surrenders to the French.
• 1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
• 1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
• 1764 – John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.

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Events

• 350 – Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
• 474 – Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor.
• 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.

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Events

• 38 BC – Octavian marries Livia Drusilla.
• 1287 – King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca.
• 1377 – Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
• 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.

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