Events Tagged: "imperial"

Traditional date of Japan's founding - Emperor Jimmu ascends throne as first Emperor of Japan

Provincial reorganization - peaceful provinces to Senate, military frontiers to emperor, efficient administration established

St. Benedict II becomes eighty-first pope - emperor ends requirement for imperial confirmation

Otto I develops Rammelsberg mines - imperial control of silver enables strong central government, funds Italian campaigns

Edgar crowned at Bath - first coronation using order still used today, rowed by eight kings on River Dee

Rammelsberg funds Otto III's Roman renovatio - silver wealth enables imperial ambitions, 'renewal of Roman Empire'