The volcanic winter of 536 was the most severe and protracted episode of climatic cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2,000 years. The volcanic winter was caused by at least three simultaneous eruptions […]
Events Byzantine Empire Spring – Emperor Justinian I appoints his cousin Germanus as magister militum to deal with the crisis in Africa. He sends a mobile force of comitatenses (mostly cavalry) and an elite guard. Solomon, the previous magister militum, returns to Constantinople. Summer – Gothic War […]
November 1, 1611: Seven years to the day of the first performance of ‘Othello’ for the court of His Majesty King James I of England, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy ‘The Tempest’ was also presented for the first time, and also at the Palace of Whitehall.