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The station began broadcasting in 1994 on the old BBC Radio Manchester medium wave frequency. It was seen as a direct competitor to Piccadilly 1152 as the station focussed on older listeners by broadcasting an easy listening format. Following takeovers, the frequency was the host to several different stations and formats, including Lite 1458 ...
Signature. Alfonso the Magnanimous ( Alfons el Magnànim in Catalan) [a] (1396 – 27 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfonso V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon [b] from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfonso I) from 1442 until his death. He was involved with struggles to the throne of the Kingdom of Naples with Louis III ...
Loveday (1458) King Henry VI, who probably organized the Loveday in an attempt to pacify his nobility, which by 1458, had divided down clear partisan lines into armed camps. The Loveday of 1458 (also known as the Annunciation Loveday) [1] was a ritualistic reconciliation between warring factions of the English nobility that took place at St ...
12 May. Sikh army under Banda Singh Bahadur defeats Mughal Empire in the Battle of Chappar Chiri and establishes Sikh rule from Lahore to Delhi. 1717. Meitei king Pamheipa ( Gharib Nawaz (Manipur)) introduces Hinduism as the state religion and changes the name of the kingdom to the Sanskrit Manipur. 1721.
AD. 1298 The reign of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire, began. 1302: July 27: Battle of Bapheus. The first war between the Ottomans and Byzantines. 1326: Orhan Gazi's accession to the throne. 1326: Siege of Bursa. The Ottomans conquered Bursa. After the conquest the city was the capital. 1329: June 10–11: Battle of Pelekanon.
7 May - 30 August – King Henry IV of France, England and French Huguenots fail to capture Paris from the French Catholic League, aided by Spain. Paris was a staunch supporter of the Catholic cause. 24 April – The English navy defeats Spain. 19–30 May – The Netherlands and England capture Zutphen from Spain.
Limited. The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut ( Egyptian: Ḏsr-ḏsrw meaning "Holy of Holies") is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. [b] Located opposite the city of Luxor, it is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient architecture.
