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Emperor - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
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2333 |
The state of Gojoseon (Modern-day Korea) founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao. |
660 |
Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu |
202 |
Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty's rule over China |
141 |
Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han Dynasty of China. Rules for 54 years |
BC AD | |
13-11-16 |
General Tiberius' (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany |
37-03-18 |
The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Caligula emperor. |
37-03-28 |
Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. |
41-01-24 |
Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Roman Emperor after his assassination by Praetorian Guards. |
41-01-25 |
After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate. |
51-03-04 |
Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth). |
54-10-13 |
Nero suceeds Claudius to become Roman Emperor |
55-02-11 |
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor. |
64-07-18 |
Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero |
66-09-22 |
Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. |
68-06-08 |
Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba |
68-06-09 |
Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging. |
69-01-02 |
Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor |
69-01-10 |
Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Caesar |
69-01-15 |
Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide. |
69-07-01 |
Bataafs nobleman Gaius Julius Civilis proclaimed emperor of Syria |
69-12-20 |
General Vespasian's troops occupy Rome after defeating the Emperor Vitellius |
81-09-14 |
Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. |
89-01-01 |
Gov Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome |
96-09-18 |
Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated. |
98-01-27 |
Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. |
138-02-25 |
The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. |
161-03-07 |
Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire. |
185-12-07 |
Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52) |
193-03-28 |
Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus. |
193-04-09 |
Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). |
193-04-14 |
Lucius Septimus Severus crowned Emperor of Rome |
193-06-01 |
Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. |
211-02-04 |
Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta. |
217-04-08 |
Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. |
218-06-08 |
Elagabalus becomes the emperor of Rome |
221-03-15 |
Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty. |
238-03-22 |
Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. |
274-12-25 |
Roman Emperor Aurelian dedicates a temple to Sol Invictus on the supposed day of the winter solstice and day of rebirth of the Sun. |
284-11-20 |
Diocletian is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his soldiers in the army of the east |
293-03-01 |
Roman emperor Maximianus introduces tetrarchy |
303-02-23 |
Emperor Diocletian begins policy of persecution of Christians razing church at Nicomedia |
303-02-24 |
1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian |
305-05-01 |
Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. |
306-07-25 |
Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. |
306-10-28 |
Mark Aurelius Valerius Maxentius proclaimed emperor of Rome |
311-04-30 |
Roman Emperor Galerius isssues Edict of Toleration, ending persercution of Christians in the Roman Empire |
312-10-28 |
Emperor Constantine the Great beats rival Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge |
314-10-08 |
Battle at Cibalae: Roman emperor in the west Constantine beats emperor in the eas tLicinius |
317-03-01 |
Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares |
321-03-07 |
Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. |
324-07-03 |
Battle of Adrianople Roman Emperor Constantine I defeats Co-Emperor Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. |
324-09-18 |
Chrysopolis Emperor Constantine beats Emperor Licinius |
324-12-19 |
Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. |
335-10-21 |
Roman Emperor Constantine the Great rules laws against Jews |
350-06-03 |
Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. |
351-09-28 |
Battle at Mursa: emperor Constantine II beats emperor Magnentius |
355-08-11 |
Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II. |
355-11-06 |
Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain |
356-02-19 |
Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples |
357-04-28 |
Emperor Constantius II visits Rome |
362-07-29 |
Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws |
363-03-05 |
Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. |
363-05-29 |
Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city. |
363-06-26 |
Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield. |
364-02-26 |
Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. |
364-02-28 |
Valentinian I becomes Roman Emperor. |
364-03-28 |
Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor. |
365-09-28 |
Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor. |
368-09-20 |
Emperor Valentinianus visits Nijmegen |
378-08-09 |
Battle of Adrianople, Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens |
379-01-19 |
Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire |
388-07-28 |
Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis |
390-12-25 |
Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica |
392-08-22 |
Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. |
392-11-08 |
Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion, state religion |
393-01-23 |
Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor. |
421-02-08 |
Flavius Constantine becomes Co-Emperor as Emperor Constantius III of the Western Roman Empire with Honorius |
425-10-23 |
Valentinian III is elevated to Roman Emperor, at the age of 6. |
435-08-03 |
Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, exiled by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. |
455-03-17 |
Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor |
455-07-09 |
Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire. |
456-10-16 |
Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire. |
457-02-07 |
Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. |
467-04-12 |
Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. |
473-11-17 |
The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I. |
474-01-18 |
Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor. |
474-02-09 |
Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire together with his son Leo II. |
475-01-09 |
Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. |
475-01-12 |
Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople. |
475-04-09 |
Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position. |
475-08-28 |
Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. |
476-08-28 |
Orestes, father of Emperor Romulus Augustulus is captured and executed by Odoacer and his followers |
476-09-04 |
Romulus Augustulus, last Western Roman Emperor, abdicates after forces led by Odoacer invade Rome. Traditional end of the Western Roman Empire |
491-04-11 |
Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. |
527-04-01 |
Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne |
529-04-07 |
First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. |
537-12-27 |
The Hagia Sophia is inaugurated by the Emperor Justinian |
618-06-18 |
Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty's rule over China. |
626-07-02 |
In fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate. On September 4, Shimin's father abdicates in his favour and Shimin becomes Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China. |
627-12-12 |
Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen |
630-03-21 |
Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. |
631-06-11 |
Emperor Taizong of Tang of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk to persuade release of Chinese prisoners captured during transition from Sui to Tang from northern frontier; succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women. |
668-09-15 |
Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy. |
681-08-09 |
Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta. |
706-07-02 |
In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife and recently-deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in a new tomb complex outside Chang'an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang. |
794-10-22 |
Emperor Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto). |
794-11-18 |
Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto |
800-12-25 |
Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor |
813-09-11 |
Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor |
816-02-05 |
Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity |
823-04-05 |
Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France |
875-12-25 |
Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome |
896-02-22 |
Pope Formosa crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor |
905-07-21 |
Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured |
920-12-17 |
Romanos I is crowned as co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII. |
960-02-04 |
The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries. |
962-02-02 |
Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor |
962-12-23 |
Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist. |
963-07-02 |
The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea. |
967-12-25 |
John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor |
969-12-25 |
Johannes I Tzimisces crowned emperor of Byzantium |
976-07-21 |
Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria |
989-04-13 |
Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas |
996-05-21 |
Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III as Holy Roman Emperor |
996-06-21 |
Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas |
1014-02-14 |
Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II Roman German Emperor |
1021-08-01 |
Synod of Pavia: emperor Henry II convicts married priest |
1027-03-26 |
John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Salian dynasty |
1028-04-14 |
German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king |
1032-02-02 |
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy, succeeding Rudolf III |
1037-05-28 |
German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis" |
1039-06-04 |
Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor. |
1041-12-10 |
Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, Byzantium Emperor dies of results of dropsy. His wife Empress Zoe elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. |
1046-12-25 |
Pope Clemens VI crowns Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor |
1048-12-25 |
Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX |
1054-07-17 |
Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king |
1061-10-28 |
Emperor disposes of bishop Cadalus & Pope Honorius II |
1071-08-05 |
Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe |
1071-08-12 |
Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, emperor Romanos IV Diogenes |
1076-02-14 |
Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV (for the 1st time) |
1077-01-28 |
German King Henry IV is absolved by Holy Roman Emperor Pope Gregory VII after his penitent Walk to Canossa. |
1077-01-30 |
Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV |
1077-10-30 |
Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV gives the district of Stavoren to the bishop of Utrecht (Conrad, his former tutor) |
1084-03-31 |
Anti-pope Clemens crowns German King Hendrik IV as Holy Roman Emperor |
1087-05-30 |
German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad |
1090-07-03 |
Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II |
1091-04-29 |
Battle at Monte Levunium: Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes |
1111-04-12 |
Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor |
1118-04-07 |
Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor |
1122-09-23 |
Concordat of Worms agreed between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V |
1126-01-18 |
Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong. |
1129-02-18 |
Jerusalem re-taken by Christians in peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ruler Al-Kamil |
1133-06-04 |
Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor |
1152-03-04 |
Frederick I Barbarossa elected Holy Roman Emperor |
1155-06-18 |
Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor |
1156-09-17 |
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa issues the 'Privilegium Minus' decree, which elevated Austria to a duchy. |
1158-11-11 |
Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy |
1165-11-25 |
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) visits Utrecht |
1177-08-01 |
Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I & Pope Alexander III |
1178-07-30 |
Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, crowned King of Burgundy |
1180-08-17 |
Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against Kiyomori Taira who installed his grandson, Emperor Antoku, to the throne |
1180-09-24 |
Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline. |
1183-08-14 |
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei). |
1188-03-21 |
Accession to the throne of Japan by emperor Antoku. |
1189-05-11 |
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade |
1190-06-10 |
Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (now called the Göksu in modern Turkey) while leading an army to Jerusalem. |
1194-11-20 |
Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI. |
1195-04-08 |
Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor |
1204-05-16 |
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. |
1210-11-18 |
Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV |
1212-09-25 |
Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia) |
1212-12-09 |
Frederick II (later also Holy Roman Emperor) crowned King of Germany in Mainz. |
1214-07-27 |
1st battle of Bouvines - King Philips II vs Emperor Otto IV |
1215-06-01 |
Beijing, then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing. |
1220-11-22 |
Frederick II crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III |
1227-09-29 |
Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II |
1229-03-18 |
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II crowns himself King of Jerusalem |
1230-07-27 |
Treaty of San-Germano between Emperor Frederik II & Pope Gregory IX |
1235-01-02 |
Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names |
1237-11-27 |
Battle of Cortenuova: Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II defeated the Second Lombardian League |
1245-07-17 |
Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time |
1247-10-03 |
Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor |
1248-11-01 |
Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor |
1259-01-01 |
Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris. |
1260-05-21 |
Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire sends his envoy Hao Jing and two other advisors to the Song Dynasty court of Emperor Lizong of Song; while attempting to negotiate with the Song in order to resolve their conflict, Hao Jing and his fellow emissaries are imprisoned by order of the high Chancellor of China, Jia Sidao. |
1261-07-25 |
Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for Emperor Michael VIII, re-establishing Byzantine Empire. |
1276-06-14 |
While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song. |
1308-12-28 |
The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins. |
1312-06-29 |
Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII crowned |
1322-08-08 |
Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect |
1328-05-12 |
Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and assembly of priests select P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V |
1332-02-18 |
Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces. |
1335-10-22 |
Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) became a Zen priest |
1346-01-15 |
Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand |
1346-04-13 |
Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy |
1346-04-16 |
The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje at an Easter assembly and Stephen Uroš IV Dušan crowned Emperor over much of the Balkans. |
1346-07-11 |
Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. |
1356-01-10 |
German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree |
1357-07-09 |
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assists laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague. |
1368-01-23 |
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. |
1384-08-16 |
The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong, hears a case of couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them (equal to act of destroying stamped government documents - by law necessitated one hundred floggings). However Hongwu Emperor decides to pardon them. |
1392-12-16 |
Nanboku-chō - Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu. |
1408-12-12 |
Order of the Dragon: The Order of the Dragon was first created on December 12, 1408 by Emperor Sigismund, then King of Hungary, and his wife Queen Barbara of Celje following the battle for possession of Bosnia. |
1436-07-05 |
German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten |
1449-01-06 |
Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI is crowned at Mistra. |
1449-09-08 |
Battle of Tumu Fortress - Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor. |
1452-03-19 |
Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Nicholas V in Rome |
1453-01-06 |
Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria |
1461-08-07 |
Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor. |
1461-08-15 |
The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered. |
1479-08-07 |
Battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI |
1479-12-12 |
Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III |
1485-06-01 |
Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna from Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III |
1488-02-05 |
Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium |
1489-10-30 |
Peace of Tours, between emperor Maximilian I & Flemings |
1493-08-19 |
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I becomes Archduke of Austria |
1495-05-31 |
Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League |
1498-06-21 |
Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian |
1498-07-07 |
Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel |
1498-07-20 |
Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands |
1502-02-25 |
Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine |
1502-06-19 |
Emperor Maximilian I & England sign treaty of Antwerp |
1508-02-06 |
Maximilian I proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor,though 1st Emperor in centuries not to be crowned by the Pope |
1509-03-18 |
Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands |
1509-08-08 |
The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire in Southern India. |
1509-10-12 |
Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy |
1513-09-23 |
King Henry III & Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik |
1519-06-28 |
King Carlos I elected Holy Roman Catholic Emperor Charles V |
1520-10-23 |
King Carlos I crowned German emperor Charles V |
1521-01-28 |
Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms in Worms Germany (until May 25). Produced 'Edit of Worms' dennoucing Martin Luther |
1521-04-21 |
Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards |
1521-04-28 |
Treaty of Worms: Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Netherlands-Austria |
1521-05-28 |
Pope Leo X signs treaty with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V |
1521-08-13 |
Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire |
1521-10-25 |
Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam |
1521-11-19 |
Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France & occupy Milan |
1522-04-29 |
Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-gen of Netherlands |
1522-05-25 |
Emperor Karel I returns to Spain |
1522-10-15 |
Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico |
1523-09-19 |
Emperor Charles I & England sign anti-French covenant |
1524-07-15 |
Emperor Karel I bans German national synode |
1524-08-19 |
Emperor Charles V's troops besiege Marseille, Italy |
1525-02-24 |
Battle of Pavia: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's troops beat the French. French King Francois I captured, 15,000 killed/wounded |
1526-04-21 |
Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - rise of the Mughal Empire |
1527-03-16 |
Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen |
1527-06-07 |
Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's armies |
1527-11-15 |
Treaty of Beautiful garden (emperor-ecclesiastical goods) |
1527-11-26 |
Pope Clemens VII signs treaty with emperor Karel I |
1528-01-22 |
England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V |
1528-02-12 |
Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power |
1528-10-20 |
Treaty of Gorinchem (Emperor & church) |
1529-05-06 |
Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals |
1529-06-29 |
Emperor Karel V & Pope Clemens VII sign Treaty of Barcelona |
1530-08-12 |
Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I |
1530-11-19 |
Augsburg] Emperor Karel I enables Edict of Worms |
1531-10-28 |
Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad's control. |
1532-06-23 |
Henry VIII of England & Francois I of France sign secret treaty against emperor Karel V |
1532-07-23 |
Emperor Charles V and the Schmalkaldic League sign Peace of Nuremberg |
1532-11-16 |
Francisco Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca |
1535-07-14 |
Emperor Charles V conquers Tunis |
1538-06-18 |
Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V & King French I |
1539-02-01 |
Emperor Karel & King Francois I sign anti-English treaty |
1539-02-15 |
Emperor Charles receives Cardinal Pole in Toledo |
1540-02-14 |
Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels |
1540-04-29 |
Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended |
1540-08-29 |
Emperor Karel deprives city Gent of its definitive rights and privileges |
1540-10-11 |
Emperor Karel names his son Philip, Duke of Milan |
1541-07-09 |
Estevão da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother Christovão da Gama, with orders to help the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his Empire. |
1543-08-22 |
Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren |
1543-09-07 |
Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V |
1543-09-12 |
Treaty of Venlo: Duke Willem of Gulik & Emperor Charles V |
1544-05-23 |
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark |
1544-09-18 |
Peace of Crépy: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V & French King Francis I |
1547-04-24 |
Battle of Muhlberg: Emperor Karel V vs ruler Johan F the Brave |
1548-06-30 |
Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans |
1550-04-29 |
Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority |
1551-03-09 |
Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne |
1552-08-02 |
Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion |
1552-10-31 |
Emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege of Metz |
1555-10-21 |
Emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg |
1555-10-25 |
Emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan |
1556-01-16 |
Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain |
1556-09-09 |
Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor |
1556-09-12 |
Emperor Charles abdicates in favour of his brother Ferdinand I |
1556-09-15 |
Vlissingen ex-emperor Charles V returns to Spain |
1556-10-17 |
Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain |
1558-05-03 |
Ferdinand I officially appointed Holy Roman Emperor after his brother Charles abdicated in 1556 |
1558-12-29 |
Charles V, German Emperor, buried |
1561-07-02 |
Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz. |
1562-06-01 |
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I & Sultan Suleiman signs treaty |
1564-07-25 |
Maximilian II succeeds his father Ferdinand I as Holy Roman Emperor |
1568-02-17 |
Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace |
1571-01-11 |
Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion |
1575-03-03 |
Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi. |
1576-10-12 |
Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as Holy Roman Emperor |
1586-12-17 |
Emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan. |
1607-06-25 |
Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary & Moravia |
1608-03-18 |
Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia. |
1609-07-06 |
Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion |
1609-07-09 |
Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion |
1609-07-20 |
Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion |
1611-08-11 |
Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia |
1619-08-08 |
Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen |
1619-08-28 |
Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor |
1620-02-04 |
Prince Bethlen Gabor of Hungary signs peace with Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II |
1621-12-13 |
Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree |
1624-05-08 |
Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor & Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna |
1626-12-20 |
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Prince of Transylvania Gabor Bethlen sign Peace of Pressburg (Bratislava) |
1628-03-06 |
Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict |
1628-08-01 |
Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism |
1629-05-22 |
Emperor Ferdinand II & Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck |
1630-07-03 |
Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament |
1631-06-17 |
Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal. |
1634-01-24 |
Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor |
1634-08-26 |
Battle at Nordlingen Bavarian: emperor Ferdinand II & Spain beat Sweden & German protestants |
1635-05-30 |
The Peace of Prague signed between the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II and the Electorate of Saxony (representing Protestant states of the Holy Roman Empire). It effectively ended the civil war aspect of the Thirty Years' War |
1635-09-18 |
Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France |
1637-02-15 |
Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor |
1641-12-25 |
Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden & France |
1644-03-19 |
200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor |
1644-04-29 |
Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China & flees Peking |
1645-03-05 |
Battle of Jankau in Bohemia: Sweden defeats Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III |
1648-05-17 |
Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria |
1658-07-31 |
Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor |
1664-03-06 |
King Louis XIV & Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant |
1668-01-19 |
King Louis XIV & Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain |
1668-02-23 |
Fire in Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, emperor Leopold I rescued |
1670-02-14 |
Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna |
1670-07-25 |
Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna |
1671-11-01 |
French King Louis XIV & RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty |
1674-10-16 |
Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz |
1677-04-26 |
Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck |
1679-02-05 |
German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France |
1683-03-31 |
Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey |
1684-03-05 |
Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz |
1687-08-12 |
Battle of Mohacs: Ottoman invaders of Hungary routed by forces of Holy Roman Emperor under Charles of Lorraine |
1690-01-06 |
Joseph I, later Holy Roman Emperor and son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans. |
1691-12-04 |
Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania |
1692-03-22 |
Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king |
1702-09-16 |
Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne & Bavaria |
1703-09-12 |
Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage |
1706-04-29 |
Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne and Bavaria |
1711-04-17 |
Charles VI becomes Holy Roman Emperor after the death of his brother Joseph I |
1711-10-12 |
Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor |
1712-05-22 |
Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary |
1713-04-19 |
Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions |
1714-03-06 |
Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg |
1714-09-07 |
Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI & France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine |
1716-06-05 |
England & Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty |
1716-10-13 |
Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar |
1718-08-21 |
Emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty |
1722-06-30 |
Hungarian Parliament condemns Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions |
1723-12-06 |
Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution |
1724-12-23 |
Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth |
1725-04-30 |
Emperor Charles VI & King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna |
1726-08-06 |
Emperor Karel VI & Tsarina Catharine the Great sign military treaty |
1728-12-23 |
Prussian Emperor Karel VI signs Treaty of Berlin |
1733-10-10 |
France declares war on emperor Charles VI |
1735-10-03 |
France & Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord |
1738-08-02 |
France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey |
1739-02-24 |
Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah. |
1739-04-05 |
French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty |
1742-01-24 |
German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor |
1745-09-12 |
Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus |
1764-04-03 |
Austrian Archduke Jozef crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor Josef II |
1781-05-01 |
Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population |
1787-02-18 |
Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor |
1788-12-21 |
Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam |
1797-08-03 |
Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews |
1798-04-23 |
Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution |
1803-01-01 |
Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam. |
1804-05-18 |
Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate |
1804-08-11 |
Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria |
1804-12-02 |
Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris |
1806-08-06 |
Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Francis II renounces the title, becoming Emperor of Austria. |
1806-10-17 |
Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule. |
1806-11-21 |
Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England |
1807-06-14 |
Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Prussia (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition. |
1811-10-06 |
French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte visits Utrecht |
1812-10-23 |
Failed coup against emperor Napoleon |
1822-07-25 |
General Agustin de Iturbide crowned Agustin I, 1st Emperor of Mexico |
1822-12-01 |
Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil |
1831-04-07 |
Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil |
1842-02-07 |
Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien. |
1848-12-02 |
Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary |
1851-12-02 |
French President Charles Louis Bonaparte in a Coup d'etat overthrows the Second Republic establishing himself as Emperor. |
1852-12-02 |
2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor |
1855-02-11 |
Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam. |
1858-01-14 |
French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed |
1859-06-24 |
Battle of Solferino, Northern Italy: a French Army under Napoleon III and Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II overcame the Austrian Army under Emperor Franz Joseph I. |
1859-09-17 |
Joshua Abraham Norton, born in England but a resident of San Francisco, proclaims himself his Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States of America. Eccentric possibly, but 30,000 turned up for his funeral. |
1862-07-01 |
Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books |
1864-04-10 |
Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico |
1864-05-29 |
Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz |
1867-02-03 |
Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912) |
1868-04-13 |
Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor commits suicide |
1870-07-23 |
Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugenie as Regent of France |
1870-09-04 |
The Third French Republic proclaimed as French overthrow Emperor Napoleon III (who ironically was the elected president of the Second French Republic) after his defeat by Prussia at Sedan |
1871-08-29 |
Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871). |
1872-01-12 |
Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. |
1873-05-01 |
Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Exposition in Vienna |
1875-01-12 |
Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. |
1875-11-16 |
Battle of Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians |
1876-03-07 |
Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians |
1887-01-26 |
Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians |
1888-06-15 |
Wilhelm II becomes emperor of Germany |
1889-03-09 |
Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV |
1889-03-12 |
Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated |
1889-05-02 |
Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale |
1889-11-15 |
Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed |
1890-03-20 |
German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck |
1894-10-28 |
German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi & premier Botho zu Eulenburg |
1895-10-11 |
Emperor Menelik II of Addis Ababa draws against Italians |
1895-12-08 |
Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out |
1896-01-03 |
Emperor Wilhelm congratulates Pres Kruger on the Jameson Raid |
1897-03-20 |
France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia |
1897-05-14 |
Great Britain signs treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia |
1897-10-08 |
Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera |
1898-06-11 |
Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking |
1898-06-16 |
China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei |
1898-09-21 |
Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor. |
1901-02-04 |
Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph, gives a speech condemning the demands of national groups and calls for economic and social reform |
1903-01-01 |
In Delhi, a great durbar, or formal reception, marks the coronation of King Edward VII as Emperor of India; the British release some 16,000 prisoners in honor of the occasion |
1905-05-31 |
Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger |
1907-07-19 |
Under pressure from the Japanese, the Emperor of Korea abdicates in favor of his son, a figurehead |
1907-12-13 |
German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam |
1908-05-07 |
Emperor Franz-Joseph celebrates his golden jubilee with festivities throughout the Austro-Hungarian empire |
1908-08-13 |
Kind Edward VII of Great Britain meets with Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria at Ischl; the King tries to persuade the Emperor to advise Germany against aggressive (anti-British) policies |
1908-12-02 |
Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two |
1910-11-04 |
Russian Tsar Nicholas II visits German Emperor Wilhelm II at Potsdam; they force tentative agreements on spheres of influence in the Middle East |
1912-02-12 |
Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates |
1914-01-10 |
Yuan Shih-k'ai, president of the new Chinese republic, dissolves parliament and prepares a constitution of his own design: he will set himself up as dictator, preparatory to an attempt to make himself emperor |
1914-07-31 |
German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize |
1916-09-27 |
Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees |
1916-10-27 |
Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu. |
1918-11-10 |
German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherlands |
1918-11-11 |
Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates |
1918-11-12 |
Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic |
1918-11-28 |
Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia & Germany abdicates |
1920-11-01 |
Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones" premieres in NYC |
1920-11-03 |
"Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater |
1926-12-25 |
Prince-regent Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan (1926-1989) upon the death of his father Yoshihito |
1928-11-10 |
Emperor Hirohito's official coronation as Emperor of Japan |
1930-04-03 |
Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) |
1930-11-02 |
Ras (euqiv. Duke) Tafari Makonnen is crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty in Ethiopia |
1932-03-09 |
Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria |
1932-04-17 |
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery |
1934-01-20 |
Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria |
1934-03-01 |
Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria |
1936-05-01 |
Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades |
1936-05-02 |
Emperor Haile Selassie & family flee Abyssinia |
1937-12-24 |
Dutch government recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia |
1941-05-05 |
Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa |
1941-11-30 |
Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada & Nagano |
1941-12-01 |
Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war |
1945-08-10 |
Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged |
1945-08-11 |
Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito |
1945-08-16 |
Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops. |
1946-01-01 |
Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god |
1946-11-03 |
Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution |
1949-06-14 |
State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor |
1950-02-01 |
USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes |
1966-04-21 |
Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica |
1971-10-09 |
Japanese emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands |
1974-09-12 |
Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) |
1975-10-09 |
Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF |
1979-09-20 |
Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa I |
1987-06-12 |
Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-Bédell Bokassa sentenced to death |
1988-01-23 |
45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas |
1988-04-11 |
60th Academy Awards - "The Last Emperor", Michael Douglas & Cher win |
1989-01-07 |
Akhito becomes emperor of Japan |
1990-11-12 |
Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch. |
1992-07-23 |
Emperor Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen] of Ethiopia's, funeral |
1992-10-23 |
Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil. |
1993-09-02 |
Central African Republic ex-emperor Bokassa freed |
2000-11-05 |
Emperor Haile Selassie I is given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church |
2007-04-25 |
Boris Yeltsin's funeral - the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894. |
2016-08-09 |
Japan's Emperor Akihito hints he will abdicate |
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Emperor - Notable Birthdays
Emperor - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
711 |
Jimmu, Japanese emperor (d. 585 DC) |
63 |
Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (d. 14) |
58 |
Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus |
10 |
Claudius, Lugdunum Gaul, Roman Emperor (41-54) |
BC AD | |
3-12-24 |
Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) |
9-11-17 |
Vespasian, Falacrina, Italy, Roman Emperor (AD 69-79), (d. AD 79) |
12-08-31 |
Caligula, [Gaius Caesar], 3rd Roman emperor (37-41 AD) |
15-09-24 |
Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69) |
30-11-08 |
Nerva, Narni, Roman Emperor (96-98) |
32-04-25 |
Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69) |
37-12-15 |
Nero Claudius Augustus Germanicus, Antium, 5th emperor of Rome (54-68) |
39-12-30 |
Titus, Rome, 10th Roman Emperor (79-81), conqueror of Jerusalem |
51-10-24 |
Domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96) |
53-09-18 |
Trajan, ancient Hispania, XIII Roman Emperor, (Trajan's Forum), (d. 117) |
64-09-17 |
Julia Flavia, daughter of Roman Emperor Titus; lover of Domitian. |
76-01-24 |
Hadrian, Italica, Roman Emperor (117-138, builder of Hadrian's Wall) |
86-09-19 |
Antoninus Pius, Lanuvium, 15th Roman emperor (138-161) |
121-04-26 |
Antonius Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Emperor of Rome (161-180) |
126-08-01 |
Pertinax [Publius Helvius Pertinax], Alba Pompeia, Roman emperor (Year of the Five Emperors) |
133-01-30 |
Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (d. 193) |
146-04-11 |
Lucius Septimius Severus, Leptis Magna Libya, Roman Emperor (193-211) |
161-08-31 |
Commodus, Lanuvium, Roman Emperor (180-92) |
188-04-04 |
Caracalla, Lugdunum Gaul, Roman emperor (198-217) |
189-03-07 |
Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211) |
214-09-09 |
Aurelian, Serdica, Roman Emperor (270-275) |
225-01-20 |
Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244) |
250-03-31 |
Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306) |
270-11-20 |
Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313) |
272-02-27 |
Constantine I, Naissus, Roman emperor (306-337) (adopted Christianity) |
317-08-07 |
Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61) |
331-11-17 |
Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], Emperor |
347-01-11 |
Emperor Theodosius I "The Great" of Rome (d. 395) |
384-09-09 |
Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423) |
401-04-10 |
Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor |
419-07-02 |
Valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55) |
612-05-03 |
Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) |
630-11-07 |
Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668) |
742-04-02 |
Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14) |
749-01-25 |
Leo IV, the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (775-80) |
786-09-07 |
Emperor Saga, 52nd Emperor of Japan (d. 842) |
823-06-13 |
Charles II, the Bald, King of France (843-77)/emperor (875-77) |
866-09-19 |
Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912)/writer (Problematica) |
867-05-05 |
Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) |
885-01-18 |
Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) |
912-11-23 |
Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor (962-73) |
926-06-02 |
Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) |
938-03-15 |
Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) |
973-05-06 |
Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24) |
976-02-05 |
Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) |
1008-10-12 |
Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) |
1009-12-14 |
Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) |
1010-05-30 |
Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) |
1017-10-28 |
Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor (1046-56) |
1025-08-28 |
Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) |
1032-02-16 |
Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) |
1034-09-03 |
Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073) |
1048-05-25 |
Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) |
1050-11-11 |
Henry IV, Goslar, Kaiserpfalz, Holy Roman Emperor (1084—1105) |
1053-07-07 |
Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129) |
1077-01-04 |
Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100) |
1079-08-08 |
Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) |
1081-01-08 |
Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) |
1082-11-02 |
Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135) |
1087-09-13 |
John II Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1143) |
1100-05-23 |
Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) |
1103-02-24 |
Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) |
1107-06-12 |
Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187) |
1118-11-28 |
Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180) |
1119-07-07 |
Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164) |
1127-10-18 |
Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) |
1127-11-27 |
Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194) |
1139-06-16 |
Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) |
1143-07-31 |
Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) |
1161-09-23 |
Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) |
1164-12-28 |
Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) |
1169-09-10 |
Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183) |
1178-12-22 |
Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) |
1180-08-06 |
Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) |
1194-12-26 |
Frederick II, Iesi Italy, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans (Germany), Sicily and Jerusalem |
1196-01-03 |
Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) |
1197-10-22 |
Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242) |
1209-01-05 |
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) |
1212-03-22 |
Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235) |
1218-05-01 |
Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) |
1218-10-30 |
Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234) |
1220-04-01 |
Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) |
1231-03-17 |
Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) |
1250-12-25 |
John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) |
1259-03-25 |
Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332) |
1265-05-10 |
Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) |
1267-12-17 |
Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) |
1278-04-17 |
Michael IX Palaeologus, co-ruling Eastern Roman Emperor (d. 1320) |
1283-04-01 |
Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47) |
1285-03-09 |
Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318) |
1288-04-05 |
Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) |
1288-11-26 |
Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) |
1297-03-25 |
Andronicus III Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341) |
1297-08-14 |
Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) |
1313-08-01 |
Emperor Kogon of Japan (Ashikaga Pretenders) |
1316-05-14 |
Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78) and Holy Roman Emperor (1355-78). Dies 1378 |
1322-01-11 |
Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380) |
1328-09-21 |
Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) |
1334-05-25 |
Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) |
1336-04-14 |
Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374) |
1348-04-02 |
Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385) |
1350-06-27 |
Manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor |
1359-01-11 |
Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393) |
1360-05-02 |
Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) |
1361-02-26 |
Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) |
1367-06-28 |
Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia |
1368-02-15 |
Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) |
1377-08-01 |
Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan, 100th emperor of Japan |
1377-12-05 |
Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) |
1378-08-16 |
Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) |
1397-08-10 |
Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) |
1398-02-25 |
Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) |
1401-05-12 |
Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) |
1404-02-09 |
Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor |
1415-09-21 |
Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493) |
1419-07-10 |
Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471) |
1427-11-29 |
Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464) |
1428-09-21 |
Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457) |
1442-07-03 |
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500) |
1447-12-09 |
Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) |
1457-02-13 |
Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482) |
1459-03-22 |
Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria |
1464-11-19 |
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (d. 1526) |
1471-07-15 |
Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494) |
1472-04-05 |
Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) |
1491-10-26 |
Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) |
1497-01-26 |
Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) |
1500-02-24 |
Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor |
1502-11-17 |
Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) |
1503-03-10 |
Ferdinand I, German emperor (1558-64) |
1507-09-16 |
Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567) |
1517-06-18 |
Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593) |
1527-07-31 |
Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) |
1542-10-14 |
Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India (1556-1605) |
1542-10-15 |
Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, Mughal Emperor in India (1556-1605) |
1552-07-18 |
Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) |
1557-02-24 |
Matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19) |
1563-09-04 |
Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620) |
1566-05-26 |
Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (1595-1603) |
1572-12-31 |
Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) |
1578-07-09 |
Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37) |
1582-08-28 |
Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) |
1590-04-18 |
Ahmed I, 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Emperor (1603-17); constructed the Blue Mosque |
1592-01-05 |
Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal |
1596-06-29 |
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680) |
1598-09-23 |
Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) |
1605-10-03 |
Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor |
1608-07-13 |
Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57) |
1611-02-06 |
Chongzhen Emperor, 16th and last Ming Emperor of China (d. 1644) |
1618-11-03 |
Aurangzeb, [Alamgir], Emperor of India (1658-1707) |
1633-04-20 |
Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) |
1638-01-01 |
Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685) |
1638-03-15 |
Shunzhi Emperor of China |
1640-06-09 |
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705) |
1643-10-14 |
Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1712) |
1654-05-04 |
Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) |
1654-07-09 |
Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732) |
1675-10-21 |
Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710) |
1678-07-26 |
Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) |
1678-12-13 |
Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) |
1685-10-01 |
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-40) (d. 1740) |
1697-08-06 |
Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45) |
1702-01-14 |
Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (d. 1737) |
1708-12-08 |
Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) |
1711-09-25 |
Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799) |
1717-05-13 |
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I) |
1720-02-08 |
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750) |
1740-08-23 |
Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) |
1741-03-13 |
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1764-90) (d. 1790) |
1741-04-14 |
Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762) |
1741-12-31 |
Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763) |
1746-03-27 |
Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney/father of emperor Napoleon |
1747-05-05 |
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) |
1760-11-13 |
Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820) |
1768-02-12 |
Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806) |
1769-08-15 |
Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsica, resident of Elba (emperor of France 1804-13, 1814-15), (d. 1821) |
1771-09-23 |
Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840) |
1782-09-16 |
Daoguang, Emperor of China (d. 1850) |
1783-09-27 |
Agustin I de Iturbide, Valladolid Michoacán, General and 1st Emperor of Mexico (1822-23) |
1793-04-12 |
Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary |
1797-02-22 |
William I, Berlin, King of Prussia (1861-88)/German Emperor (1871-88) |
1797-03-22 |
Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) |
1800-03-16 |
Emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846) |
1808-04-20 |
Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71) |
1819-02-04 |
Joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA |
1825-12-02 |
Pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89) |
1829-09-22 |
Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883) |
1830-08-18 |
Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (d. 1916) |
1830-08-18 |
Emperor Franz Josef, Emperor Franz Josef Opening the Millenial Exhibition |
1831-07-17 |
Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861) |
1837-12-24 |
Sissi, Emperor of Austria |
1852-09-08 |
Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (d. 1919) |
1852-11-03 |
Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912) |
1859-01-27 |
Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) |
1863-03-11 |
Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Our King Emperor and Queen Empress Hold a Durbar in Delhi |
1879-08-31 |
Joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26) |
1881-01-10 |
Zsigmond Gere, Soldiers of the Emperor |
1884-04-28 |
John Goldsworthy, The Emperor Waltz |
1885-05-04 |
Frank H. Wilson, The Emperor Jones |
1885-10-08 |
Emperor Khai Dinh, |
1886-04-06 |
Asaf Jah, Our King Emperor and Queen Empress Hold a Durbar in Delhi |
1886-06-27 |
Aladár Ihász, Soldiers of the Emperor |
1887-08-17 |
Charles I, last emperor of Austria-Hungary (1916-18) |
1887-08-17 |
Emperor Karl, |
1889-01-26 |
Harold Goldman, The Emperor's Candlesticks |
1892-07-23 |
Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen], emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74) |
1894-06-23 |
Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India (1936) |
1895-12-16 |
Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia |
1897-11-29 |
Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Little Emperor) |
1901-04-29 |
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926-89) |
1902-06-25 |
Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, brother of Emperor Showa (d.1953) |
1906-02-07 |
Henry P'u-i, last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo |
1906-07-07 |
John Krimsky, The Emperor Jones |
1906-12-04 |
Gifford Cochran, The Emperor Jones |
1908-02-09 |
Ferdinand Pecenka, The Emperor's Nightingale |
1908-02-20 |
Ruby Elzy, The Emperor Jones |
1910-05-11 |
Howard Hohler, Emperor of the North |
1913-02-12 |
Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Braganca, grandson of emperor Pedro I |
1913-05-01 |
Ygnacio Sepulveda, Emperor of the North |
1913-10-20 |
Bao Dai, emperor of Annam/Indochina/head of South Vietnam (1949-55) |
1913-10-22 |
Bo Dai, Huế, last Emperor of Vietnam (1926-45) and Chief of State of South Vietnam (1949-55) |
1913-9-03 |
Saburo Ienaga, In the Name of the Emperor |
1914-06-11 |
Hendrik Berkhof, Dutch theologist (Church & Emperor) |
1916-07-27 |
Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi |
1921-02-01 |
Kenzo Okuzaki, The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On |
1921-04-23 |
Alan Kass, The Emperor's New Clothes |
1921-10-15 |
Roberta Jonay, The Emperor Waltz |
1922-04-06 |
Suzanne Durrenberger, The Last Emperor |
1927-01-17 |
Eartha Kitt, The Emperor's New Groove |
1927-07-30 |
Victor Wong, The Last Emperor |
1929-07-14 |
Vicomtesse Jacqueline de Ribes, Valentino: The Last Emperor |
1929-10-24 |
Hideo Takamatsu, The Last Emperor |
1931-05-27 |
Alan Bell, The Last Emperor |
1933-12-23 |
Akihito, emperor of Japan (1989- ) |
1935-04-19 |
Teruhiko Kuze, Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana |
1935-9-28 |
Simon Leys, The Emperor's New Clothes |
1939-06-18 |
Jack Herer, Emperor of Hemp |
1940-03-16 |
Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor) |
1941-12-10 |
Nico D'Alessandria, The Emperor of Rome |
1944-05-26 |
Andre Stojka, The Emperor's New Groove |
1945-06-08 |
Kazuo Hara, The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On |
1946-10-14 |
Gene Kidwell, The Emperor's New Clothes |
1948-07-13 |
Enzo Ungari, The Last Emperor |
1949-07-26 |
Jeremy Thomas, The Last Emperor |
1949-9-25 |
David Irving, The Emperor's New Clothes |
1950-01-01 |
David Esch, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb |
1950-01-02 |
Michael E. Polakow, The Emperor's New Groove |
1950-01-08 |
J. Edward Shugrue, The Emperor Jones |
1950-12-13 |
Wendie Malick, The Emperor's New Groove |
1952-10-13 |
John Lone, The Last Emperor |
1954-11-24 |
Akira Ikuta, The Last Emperor |
1955-10-24 |
Robert Clotworthy, The Emperor's New Groove |
1956-02-21 |
Ha Jin, The First Emperor |
1956-07-01 |
Matthew Jacobs, The Emperor's New Groove |
1956-11-24 |
Terry Lewis, The Emperor's New Groove |
1957-06-01 |
Changjiang Pan, The Emperor and the Assassin |
1959-04-10 |
Tian Liang, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1959-06-06 |
Jimmy Jam, The Emperor's New Groove |
1960-01-03 |
Joan Chen, [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress (Last Emperor) |
1960-03-25 |
Peter Hopkins, Party Like a Roman Emperor |
1961-04-26 |
Joan Chen, The Last Emperor |
1964-07-22 |
David Spade, The Emperor's New Groove |
1966-02-05 |
Vivian Wu, The Last Emperor |
1967-06-23 |
Nichita Tanabe, Emperor |
1967-08-17 |
Jessey Meng, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1968-02-05 |
Tim David, The Emperor's New Groove |
1973-03-06 |
Mathieu Cox, The Emperor's New Groove |
1973-08-14 |
Julie Franklin, The Emperor's Quest |
1974-02-08 |
Ryan L. Carlson, The Emperor's New Groove |
1974-04-03 |
Wu Jing, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1974-06-09 |
Samoth, Norwegian guitarist (Emperor, Zyklon) |
1974-06-27 |
Tsou Tijger, The Last Emperor |
1974-11-23 |
Emmet Walsh, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1975-10-15 |
Jennifer L. Yen, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb |
1976-05-27 |
Elza Kephart, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1976-08-06 |
Joyce Shen, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1976-12-01 |
Ryan Vervack, Emperor: Battle for Dune |
1978-08-20 |
Tera Bond, Emperor |
1979-9-10 |
Sean Xiao Liu, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1980-08-17 |
Dmitri Sablin, Gentlemen Officers: Save the Emperor |
1980-08-24 |
Mary Padian, The Emperor of El Monte |
1980-10-27 |
Veronica Carso, Emperor |
1980-9-12 |
Isabelle Bourgeois, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1981-03-26 |
Luke Ford, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1981-10-18 |
Richard Vuu, actor (Last Emperor) |
1981-10-18 |
Richard Vuu, The Last Emperor |
1983-03-14 |
Guillaume Beaudoin-Aubin, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1983-10-31 |
Black Diamond, Emperor |
1984-04-13 |
Jeremy Cox, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1984-9-01 |
Tim Realbuto, The Emperor's Club |
1985-04-18 |
Sean Fredricks, The Emperor's Club |
1988-06-23 |
Isabella Leong, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
1990-11-25 |
Eli Russell Linnetz, The Emperor's New Groove |
Emperor - Notable Weddings
Emperor - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
38 |
Roman Republican Leader Octavian, later Augustus 1st Roman Emperor, marries Livia Drusilla. |
BC AD | |
307-03-31 |
Roman Emperor Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the Emperor Maximian, later murdering her in 326 |
414-01-01 |
King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia |
421-06-07 |
Eudocia A Athenais marries Oostromeins emperor Theodosius II |
437-10-29 |
Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople. This unifies the two branches of the House of Theodosius |
1186-01-27 |
Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, weds Constance of Sicily. |
1382-01-20 |
King Richard II of England marries Anne of Bohemia and daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor at Westminster Abbey. Anne died of plague in 1394. |
1476-05-06 |
Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg & duke Charles the bold arrange marriage of their children |
1477-08-16 |
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, weds Mary of Burgundy, the heiress to the Duchy of Burgundy in Ghent, Belgium |
1526-03-10 |
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V marries Princess Isabella of Portugal, his 1st cousin, in Seville |
1736-02-12 |
Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I) |
1764-08-05 |
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (17) weds queen Maria Luisa of Spain (18) in Innsbruck, Austria |
1853-01-30 |
Emperor and French President Napoleon III marries Eugenie de Montijo, Countess of Teba |
1857-07-27 |
Emperor of Mexico Maximilian I (25) weds princess Charlotte of Belgium (17) in Brussels |
1894-11-26 |
Russian emperor Nicholas II (26) weds Alexandra Feodorovna (22) at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia |
1996-12-30 |
"The Last Emperor" Chinese actress Vivian Wu (30) weds producer-director Oscar Costo (43) in Shanghai, China |
2005-11-15 |
Emperor Akihito's daughter Princess Sayako (36) weds Yoshiki Kuroda (40) at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan |
Emperor - Notable Deaths
Emperor - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
14-08-19 |
Augustus Caesar, first Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC) |
37-03-10 |
Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78 |
41-01-24 |
Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28 by Praetorian Guards. Known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism. |
54-10-13 |
Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies of poison mushrooms at 63 |
59-03-23 |
Agrippina the Younger, Roman Empress, dies at 43 (circumstances of her death vary, but all suggest that she was murdered by her son, the Emperor Nero) |
68-06-09 |
Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31 |
69-01-15 |
Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70 |
69-04-16 |
Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32) |
69-08-15 |
Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered |
69-12-22 |
Aulus Vitellius, Roman Emperor for 8 months, executed by the troops of his successor Vespasian in Rome |
79-06-23 |
Vespasian, Roman Emperor, dies at 69 |
81-09-13 |
Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies of a fever at about 42 |
96-09-18 |
Domitian, Roman emperor, assassinated |
98-01-27 |
Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies of a stroke at about 67 |
117-08-09 |
Trajan, Roman Emperor, dies from edema at 63 |
138-07-10 |
Hadrian, Roman emperor (117-138), dies at 62 |
161-03-07 |
Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74 |
180-03-17 |
Antonius Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 |
192-12-31 |
Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 |
193-03-28 |
Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated |
193-06-01 |
Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61 |
210-09-10 |
Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China |
211-02-04 |
Lucius Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64 |
217-04-08 |
Caracalla, Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 |
218-06-08 |
Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 |
222-03-11 |
Elagabalus, Roman Emperor (218-22), murdered by the Praetorian Guard at 18 |
223-06-21 |
Liu Bei, Emperor of Shu Han (b. 161) |
235-03-18 |
Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered |
238-04-12 |
Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage |
238-04-12 |
Gordian I, Roman Emperor, suicide, after losing battle at Carthage and death of son Gordian I |
238-05-10 |
Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered |
238-07-29 |
Pupienus, Roman Emperor |
238-07-29 |
Balbinus, Roman Emperor |
251-07-01 |
Decius, Roman Emperor (b. 207) |
251-07-01 |
Herennius Etruscus, joint Roman Emperor with father Decius (b. ca. 227) |
276-07-16 |
Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered |
306-07-25 |
Gaius Flavius V Constantius, under-emperor of Rome 297-306, dies |
307-11-11 |
Flavius Valerius Severus, compassionate emperor of Rome (306-07), dies |
311-05-05 |
Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 |
311-12-03 |
Diocletian, Roman Emperor (284-305), dies at 66 |
312-10-28 |
Maxentius, Roman emperor (306-312), drowns at the Battle of Milvian Bridge at 34 |
313-04-30 |
Gaius G V Maximus, [Daia], Emperor of Rome, dies |
337-05-22 |
Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome (306-37), dies at 47 |
361-11-03 |
Flavius Julius Constantius II, 1st Byzantine Emperor, dies at 44 |
363-06-26 |
Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (361-63) |
364-02-17 |
Jovian (Flavius Jovianus), Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 |
375-11-17 |
Valentinian I "The Great", Roman Co-Emperor and Ruler of Western Roman Empire (336-75), dies at 54 |
378-08-09 |
Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 |
383-08-25 |
Gratian (Flavius Gratianus), Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25 |
388-08-28 |
Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed |
392-05-15 |
Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 |
394-09-06 |
Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle |
395-01-17 |
Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49 |
408-05-01 |
Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) |
421-09-02 |
Flavius Constantine III, Emperor of Western Roman Empire, dies at about 51 |
423-08-15 |
Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies |
450-07-28 |
Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies |
450-11-27 |
Galla Placidia, daughter of Byzant emperor Constantius III, dies at 58 |
455-03-16 |
Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) |
455-05-31 |
Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched |
461-08-07 |
Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) |
472-07-11 |
Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire |
472-10-02 |
Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies |
474-01-18 |
Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) |
474-02-03 |
Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies |
474-11-17 |
Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies |
479-08-07 |
Emperor Yūryaku of Japan |
491-04-09 |
Zeno, Byzantine Emperor |
518-07-10 |
Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies |
527-08-01 |
Justin I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies (b. c. 450) |
535-12-17 |
Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) |
565-11-15 |
Justinian I (The Great), Byzantinian Emperor (527-565), dies at 82. Corpus Juris Civilis, civil law code, written during reign. |
578-10-05 |
Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies |
582-08-14 |
Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor |
585-09-14 |
Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538) |
628-04-03 |
Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son |
635-06-25 |
Emperor Gaozu, first emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. 566) |
641-02-11 |
Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65 |
641-11-17 |
Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) |
649-07-10 |
Li Shimin, Emperor of China (b.599) |
654-11-24 |
Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596) |
668-07-15 |
Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37 |
668-09-15 |
Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630) |
711-12-11 |
Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 |
741-06-18 |
Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies |
756-05-02 |
Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) |
775-09-14 |
Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718) |
775-09-23 |
Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies |
780-09-08 |
Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies |
803-08-09 |
Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies |
811-07-26 |
Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle |
811-12-04 |
Charles The Younger, King the of Franks, son of the Emperor Charlemagne, dies at about 39 |
812-01-11 |
Staurakios, Byzantine Emperor |
814-01-28 |
Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 |
820-12-25 |
Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered |
840-06-20 |
Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies |
844-01-11 |
Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor |
855-03-02 |
Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795) |
855-09-29 |
Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies |
875-08-12 |
Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 |
877-10-06 |
Charles II the Bald, King of France/ Holy Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 |
886-08-29 |
Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies |
888-01-13 |
Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies |
898-10-15 |
Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor |
899-12-08 |
Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies |
912-05-12 |
Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 |
924-04-07 |
Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered |
930-10-23 |
Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) |
931-07-19 |
Uda, Emperor of Japan (b. 867) |
948-06-15 |
Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies |
959-11-09 |
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Byzantine Emperor (913-59), dies |
963-03-15 |
Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 |
967-05-25 |
Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) |
969-12-10 |
Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered |
973-05-07 |
Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 |
976-01-10 |
John I Tzimisces/Tzimiskes, Byzantine Emperor (969-76), dies at 51 |
976-11-14 |
T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies |
983-12-07 |
Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 |
991-06-15 |
Theophanu, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Otto II and regent of Otto III, dies (b. 960) |
999-12-16 |
Saint Adelaide, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Emperor Otto I and regent to Otto II, dies at about 68 |
1002-01-23 |
Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21 |
1017-06-05 |
Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976) |
1021-03-16 |
Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III |
1025-12-15 |
Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies |
1028-11-15 |
Constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. 960) |
1034-04-11 |
Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife |
1036-05-15 |
Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) |
1039-06-04 |
Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49 |
1043-02-15 |
Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 |
1045-02-07 |
Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) |
1055-01-11 |
Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies |
1056-10-05 |
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017) |
1063-04-30 |
Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010) |
1067-01-25 |
Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032) |
1068-05-22 |
Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025) |
1073-06-15 |
Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034) |
1077-12-14 |
Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies |
1085-04-01 |
Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) |
1100-02-23 |
Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) |
1106-08-07 |
Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 |
1107-08-09 |
Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) |
1118-08-15 |
Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies |
1125-05-23 |
Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies |
1129-07-07 |
Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76 |
1135-06-04 |
Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082) |
1137-12-03 |
Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 |
1137-12-04 |
Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 |
1143-04-08 |
John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident |
1143-09-24 |
Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072) |
1150-01-09 |
Emperor Xizong of Jin was murdered by Prince Hailing of Jin in a Coup d'état. |
1155-08-22 |
Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139) |
1156-07-20 |
Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103) |
1161-06-14 |
Emperor Qinzong of China (b. 1100) |
1164-09-14 |
Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119) |
1165-09-05 |
Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143) |
1167-09-10 |
Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102) |
1176-08-23 |
Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) |
1180-09-24 |
Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1143-80), dies |
1181-01-30 |
Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161) |
1185-04-24 |
Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns |
1185-09-12 |
Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched |
1187-11-09 |
Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107) |
1190-06-10 |
Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1122) |
1192-04-26 |
Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) |
1194-06-28 |
Emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127) |
1198-11-27 |
Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154) |
1216-06-11 |
Henry of Flanders, Emperor of the Latin Empire |
1231-11-06 |
Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196) |
1234-06-18 |
Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218) |
1234-08-31 |
Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212) |
1237-03-23 |
Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies |
1239-03-28 |
Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180) |
1241-12-01 |
Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) |
1242-02-10 |
Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) |
1250-12-13 |
Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 |
1254-11-03 |
Johannes III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-54)/saint, dies |
1256-01-28 |
Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 |
1258-08-18 |
Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea |
1266-02-26 |
Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies at the Battle of Benevento |
1272-03-17 |
Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220) |
1272-04-02 |
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) |
1278-05-08 |
Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) |
1279-03-19 |
Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271) |
1282-12-11 |
Michael VIII, Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1259-82), dies |
1294-02-18 |
Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) |
1304-08-17 |
Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) |
1305-10-04 |
Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249) |
1308-09-10 |
Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285) |
1313-08-24 |
Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies |
1317-10-08 |
Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) |
1320-10-12 |
Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies |
1324-07-16 |
Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) |
1332-02-13 |
Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies |
1336-05-17 |
Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) |
1339-09-19 |
Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288) |
1341-06-15 |
Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies |
1347-10-11 |
Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies |
1348-12-02 |
Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297) |
1364-08-05 |
Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) |
1368-03-29 |
Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328) |
1374-03-12 |
Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) |
1374-11-25 |
Philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329) |
1378-11-29 |
Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (Univ of Prague), dies |
1380-07-26 |
Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) |
1383-06-15 |
John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor |
1385-06-28 |
Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies |
1391-02-16 |
Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies |
1393-06-06 |
Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359) |
1394-08-27 |
Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343) |
1398-01-31 |
Emperor Sukō (b. 1334) |
1398-06-24 |
Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) |
1402-07-13 |
Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377) |
1408-09-22 |
Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies |
1413-10-06 |
Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) |
1424-05-10 |
Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan |
1424-08-12 |
Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) |
1425-05-29 |
Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378) |
1425-07-21 |
Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies |
1428-08-30 |
Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401) |
1433-12-01 |
Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) |
1435-01-31 |
Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) |
1437-12-09 |
Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 |
1439-10-27 |
Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1397) |
1448-10-31 |
Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies |
1453-05-29 |
Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 |
1457-03-14 |
Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428) |
1464-02-23 |
Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) |
1471-01-18 |
Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) |
1478-11-19 |
Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448) |
1487-09-09 |
Chenghua, Emperor of China (b. 1447) |
1493-08-19 |
Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 |
1500-10-21 |
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) |
1505-06-08 |
Hongzhi, Emperor of China (b. 1470) |
1508-07-31 |
Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) |
1510-12-31 |
Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472) |
1519-01-12 |
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459) |
1520-06-30 |
Moctezuma II, Aztec emperor (1502-20), killed either by the Spanish or stoned by his own people |
1521-04-20 |
Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) |
1525-02-28 |
Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor (1520 - 1521), tortured and killed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés |
1526-05-19 |
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) |
1540-09-02 |
Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501) |
1557-09-27 |
Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497) |
1558-09-21 |
Charles V, King of Spain (Carlos I)/Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 58 |
1559-03-23 |
Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) |
1563-02-01 |
Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) |
1564-07-25 |
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1558-64), dies at 61 |
1567-01-23 |
Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507) |
1576-10-12 |
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1564-76), dies |
1593-02-06 |
Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) |
1597-10-04 |
Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550) |
1597-12-18 |
Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 |
1605-10-27 |
Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Indian Mughal Emperor (born 1542) |
1612-01-20 |
Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59 |
1617-09-25 |
Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (b. 1617) |
1619-03-20 |
Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies |
1620-08-18 |
Wanli, Emperor of China (b. 1563) |
1620-09-26 |
Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582) |
1632-09-07 |
Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia |
1637-02-15 |
Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hun/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58 |
1644-03-19 |
Chongzhen, last Ming Emperor of China, commits suicide |
1650-12-31 |
Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) |
1654-10-30 |
Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (b. 1633) |
1657-04-02 |
Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48 |
1667-10-18 |
Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia |
1680-09-11 |
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596) |
1685-03-22 |
Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638) |
1705-05-05 |
Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64 |
1706-10-13 |
Iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682) |
1707-02-20 |
Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies |
1707-03-03 |
Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88 |
1708-07-01 |
Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706) |
1710-01-16 |
Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) |
1711-04-17 |
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678) dies of smallpox |
1711-10-14 |
Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1708) |
1713-02-11 |
Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor of India (b. 1664) |
1722-12-20 |
Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654) |
1732-09-24 |
Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654) |
1735-10-08 |
Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678) |
1737-05-10 |
Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702) |
1740-10-20 |
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685) |
1745-01-20 |
Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47 |
1750-05-28 |
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720) |
1762-07-17 |
Peter III, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 |
1764-07-16 |
Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23 |
1765-08-18 |
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-65) dies at 56 |
1790-02-20 |
Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48 |
1792-03-01 |
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747) |
1799-02-07 |
Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) |
1806-10-17 |
Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies |
1813-09-13 |
Hezqeyas of Ethiopia, deposed Emperor of Ethiopia |
1817-12-12 |
Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751) |
1817-12-15 |
Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies |
1818-06-12 |
Egwale Seyon, Emperor of Ethiopia |
1820-09-02 |
Jiaqing, Emperor of China (b. 1760) |
1821-05-05 |
French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1815), dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena |
1824-07-19 |
Agustín de Iturbide [crowned Agustin I], Mexican army general, politician and the 1st emperor of Mexico is executed by firing squad at 40 |
1825-05-23 |
Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia |
1834-09-24 |
A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies |
1835-03-02 |
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768) |
1840-12-11 |
Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771) |
1846-02-21 |
Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800) |
1850-02-25 |
Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) |
1861-08-22 |
Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831) |
1867-01-30 |
Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831) |
1868-04-13 |
Tewodros II / Theodorus II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1818) commits suicide |
1873-01-09 |
Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808) |
1875-06-29 |
Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82 |
1880-01-08 |
[Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 |
1888-03-09 |
William I, German Emperor (b. 1797) |
1888-06-15 |
Emperor Friedrich III of Germany (b. 1831) |
1889-03-12 |
Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle |
1890-01-07 |
Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78 |
1891-01-20 |
David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies |
1901-08-05 |
Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 |
1908-11-14 |
Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies |
1912-07-30 |
Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60 |
1913-12-12 |
Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844) |
1914-09-03 |
Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58 |
1916-11-21 |
Emperor Franz Josef, Emperor Franz Josef Opening the Millenial Exhibition |
1919-01-21 |
Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852) |
1920-07-10 |
Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94 |
1921-04-11 |
Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies |
1922-04-01 |
Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies |
1922-04-01 |
Emperor Karl, |
1925-11-06 |
Khải Định, Emperor of Vietnam |
1925-11-06 |
Emperor Khai Dinh, |
1926-08-23 |
Zsigmond Gere, Soldiers of the Emperor |
1926-12-25 |
Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47 |
1935-11-07 |
Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia, dies at 39 |
1939-02-06 |
Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Our King Emperor and Queen Empress Hold a Durbar in Delhi |
1941-06-04 |
Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies |
1943-06-26 |
Ruby Elzy, The Emperor Jones |
1956-01-16 |
Harold Goldman, The Emperor's Candlesticks |
1956-02-16 |
Frank H. Wilson, The Emperor Jones |
1958-07-10 |
John Goldsworthy, The Emperor Waltz |
1959-10-03 |
Ferdinand Pecenka, The Emperor's Nightingale |
1960-07-24 |
Aladár Ihász, Soldiers of the Emperor |
1967-10-17 |
Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 |
1975-08-27 |
Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83 |
1980-10-07 |
John Krimsky, The Emperor Jones |
1982-12-14 |
Howard Hohler, Emperor of the North |
1984-08-03 |
Ygnacio Sepulveda, Emperor of the North |
1985-02-22 |
Enzo Ungari, The Last Emperor |
1989-01-06 |
Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign |
1994-02-28 |
Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86 |
1994-02-28 |
Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87 |
1994-04-30 |
Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53 |
1997-01-17 |
Asfa Wossen, [Amha Selassie], crown emperor of Ethiopia in exile, dies |
1997-07-30 |
Bảo Đại, last Emperor of Vietnam (1926-45) and Chief of State of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies at 85 |
2001-09-12 |
Victor Wong, The Last Emperor |
2002-12-01 |
Saburo Ienaga, In the Name of the Emperor |
2003-12-22 |
Nico D'Alessandria, The Emperor of Rome |
2005-06-16 |
Kenzo Okuzaki, The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On |
2006-03-02 |
Teruhiko Kuze, Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana |
2006-08-05 |
Alan Bell, The Last Emperor |
2007-02-26 |
Hideo Takamatsu, The Last Emperor |
2008-12-25 |
Eartha Kitt, The Emperor's New Groove |
2009-07-25 |
Alan Kass, The Emperor's New Clothes |
2010-04-15 |
Jack Herer, Emperor of Hemp |
2011-06-30 |
Suzanne Durrenberger, The Last Emperor |
2012-09-27 |
J. Edward Shugrue, The Emperor Jones |
2014-08-11 |
Simon Leys, The Emperor's New Clothes |
2014-10-22 |
Dmitri Sablin, Gentlemen Officers: Save the Emperor |
