History Trivia

July 30, 579 Benedict I ended his reign as Catholic Pope. 657 St Vitalian began his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I. 1178 Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, was crowned King of Burgundy. 1419 First Defenestration of Prague: Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormed the town hall in Prague and threw Catholic councilors out the windows. 1629 An earthquake in Naples, Italy, killed about 10,000 people.