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In Irish mythology, Donn ("the dark one", from Proto-Celtic: *Dhuosnos) [1] [2] is an ancestor of the Gaels and is believed to have been a god of the dead. [2] [3] [4] Donn is said to dwell in Tech Duinn (the "house of Donn" or "house of the dark one"), [5] where the souls of the dead gather. [6] He may have originally been an aspect of the ...
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[2] 1043. 3 April – coronation of Edward the Confessor at Winchester Cathedral. [1] 16 November – Queen Emma accused of treason and her ally Stigand, Bishop of East Anglia, is dismissed. [2] Earl Leofric of Mercia founds Coventry Abbey; according to legend, his wife Godiva rides naked through the town in protest at taxes to fund the abbey ...
The 1040s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1040, and ended on December 31 ... It is the first book in history to include formulas for ...
The Red Lion of Heremon. [1]Érimón [2] (Modern Irish: Éireamhón), commonly Anglicised as Heremon, son of Míl Espáine (and great-grandson of Breoghan, king of Celtic Galicia), according to medieval Irish legends and historical traditions, was one of the chieftains who took part in the Milesian invasion of Ireland, which conquered the island from the Tuatha Dé Danann, and one of the first ...
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
March 17 – Harold Harefoot, king of England [1] May 29 – Renauld I, French nobleman; June 21 – Fulk III, French nobleman (b. 970) August 14 – Duncan I, king of Scotland [2] October 1 – Alan III, duke of Brittany (b. 997) Abu Hashim al-Hasan, Zaidi imam and ruler of Jemen; Abu Nasr Mushkan, Persian statesman (or 1039)
Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC – AD 500, ending with the expansion of Islam in late antiquity. [1] The three-age system periodises ancient history into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, with recorded history generally considered to begin with the Bronze Age. The start and end of ...