13 events with tag "legend"
421
ID: 5091
March 25, 421
Legendary founding of Venice - refugees fleeing barbarian invasions establish settlement on Rialto islands at noon on Feast of Annunciation
ID: 5091
448
ID: 2811
Merovech fights alongside Romans against Attila - legendary founder of Merovingian dynasty, possibly mythical, said to be born of sea monster
ID: 2811
537
ID: 2540
Battle of Camlann - Arthur and Mordred kill each other (according to later tradition), end of British resistance
ID: 2540
567
ID: 4807
Narses allegedly invites Lombards - sends message to Alboin: 'Italy is rich, come take it' (disputed by historians)
ID: 4807
600
ID: 5926
Byzantines believe Palladium protects Constantinople - city considered unconquerable while possessing sacred statue, falls only after Fourth Crusade (1204)
ID: 5926
778
ID: 2895
August 15, 778
Battle of Roncesvalles Pass - Basques ambush Frankish rearguard, Roland killed, becomes legend of Song of Roland
ID: 2895
850
ID: 5686
Coffee discovered in Ethiopia - legend says goat herder Kaldi notices energized goats eating coffee berries
ID: 5686
855
ID: 3938
Benedict III becomes hundred-fourth pope - reign gives rise to false Pope Joan legend
ID: 3938
878
ID: 2554
Alfred hides at Athelney - burns the cakes (legend), organizes resistance from marsh fortress
ID: 2554
1028
ID: 2640
Cnut and the tide (legend) - demonstrates limits of royal power by commanding tide to stop, throne gets wet
ID: 2640
1147
ID: 5269
Jaufre Rudel creates 'amor de lonh' (distant love) - falls in love with Countess of Tripoli without meeting her, dies in her arms on crusade
ID: 5269
1190
ID: 5279
Richard Lionheart as troubadour - English king composes songs in Occitan and French, legend of troubadour Blondel finding him
ID: 5279
1589
ID: 5672
Sir Walter Raleigh allegedly introduces potatoes to Ireland - plants them at his estate in Cork (story possibly apocryphal)
ID: 5672