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May 7, 2024 · On April 9, 1204, the Crusader and Venetian forces launched an assault on the Golden Horn fortifications by crossing the waterway to the northwest wall of the city. However, bad weather conditions and heavy archery fire from the city’s defenders forced the assault forces to retreat.
May 7, 2024 · In April 1204, the combined forces of the Crusaders and the Venetians launched an all-out attack on Constantinople. The city, famed for its formidable walls and strong defenses, was taken by surprise. After several days of intense fighting, the Crusaders breached the city’s defenses and entered Constantinople.
1 day ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of ...
- 9 April 1137 – 1 April 1204
- Aénor de Châtellerault
5 days ago · 1204 Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople 1220 English King Henry III lays the foundation stone for a new Lady Chapel, start of the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey, in London
May 4, 2024 · What happened on May 31, 1204. Browse historical events, famous birthdays and notable deaths from May 31, 1204 or search by date, day or keyword.
Apr 26, 2024 · From CNN's Aditi Sangal. What happened in the courtroom on Thursday was "breathtaking," former President Donald Trump said after court wrapped for the day. He also described former tabloid boss ...
May 3, 2024 · After a series of skirmishes, engagements, and battles stretching gradually farther and farther west from Petersburg toward Lynchburg, the Appomattox Campaign ended on Palm Sunday, April 9, 1865, about eighty-five miles from where it started, when Confederate general John B. Gordon’s Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia and Fitzhugh ...
