17 events with tag "legacy"
597
ID: 2848
Death of Fredegund - dies naturally in bed, Chlothar II still child, Brunhilda dominates as grandmother of two kings
ID: 2848
741
ID: 2874
October 22, 741
Death of Charles Martel - divides realm between sons Carloman and Pepin the Short, buried at Saint-Denis like a king
ID: 2874
751
ID: 2885
Merovingian legacy - established Francia, made it Catholic, created basis for France and Holy Roman Empire, legendary long-haired kings
ID: 2885
803
ID: 4094
Alcuin's students spread learning - Rabanus Maurus becomes 'Teacher of Germany', legacy continues
ID: 4094
804
ID: 2916
Death of Alcuin - Charlemagne's chief scholar dies at Tours, leaves legacy of Carolingian Renaissance
ID: 2916
804
ID: 4095
Alcuin dies at Tours on May 19 - buried at St. Martin's, called 'most learned man of his age'
ID: 4095
804
ID: 4097
Alcuin's impact assessed - saved classical learning, created educational system for medieval Europe
ID: 4097
893
ID: 5045
Death of Photius - architect of Greek schism dies in Armenian monastery, split continues
ID: 5045
899
ID: 2558
October 26, 899
Death of Alfred the Great - only English king called 'Great', saved England, promoted learning and law
ID: 2558
1223
ID: 5207
July 14, 1223
Death of Philip Augustus - dies at Mantes, tripled royal domain, created administrative monarchy, Louis VIII succeeds
ID: 5207
1250
ID: 5292
Troubadour legacy transforms Europe - concept of romantic love, women's elevation, individual emotion becomes permanent in Western culture
ID: 5292
1324
ID: 5090
Death of Marco Polo - on deathbed refuses to recant stories, says 'I have not told half of what I saw'
ID: 5090
1743
ID: 5175
February 18, 1743
Death of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici - last Medici, leaves art collection to Florence 'in perpetuity'
ID: 5175
1783
ID: 615
Leonhard Euler dies - over 800 papers and books - 'calculated as men breathe'
ID: 615
1845
ID: 5786
March 1845
Johnny Appleseed dies in Fort Wayne - planted estimated 100,000 square miles of apple trees across frontier
ID: 5786
1929
ID: 4233
November 17, 1929
Herman Hollerith dies at age 69 - his punch card technology foundation for modern computing industry
ID: 4233
2005
ID: 3126
April 2, 2005
Pope St. John Paul II dies - 'Totus Tuus' - Youth cry 'Santo subito!' - Defeated Communism
ID: 3126