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41: Claudius affirmed as Roman emperor.On this day in AD 41, Claudius I, who extended Roman rule in North Africa and made Britain a province of Rome, was affirmed as emperor, ascending to the post one day after the murder of his nephew, Gaius Caesar (Caligula).More events on this day1882:British writer Virginia Woolf, who made an original contribution to the form of the novel and was one of the most distinguished critics of her time, was born in London. |
1874:English author W. Somerset Maugham, best known for the novels Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Cakes and Ale (1930), and The Razor's Edge (1944), was born. |
1759:Robert Burns, national poet of Scotland, was born in Alloway in Ayrshire. |
1554:Jesuit missionaries founded the city of São Paulo (now in Brazil) on the anniversary of the conversion of St. Paul. |
1533:Henry VIII, king of England, married his second wife, Anne Boleyn, in a secret ceremony. |
844:A Roman archdeacon named John was elected antipope against the nobility's candidate, Pope Sergius II. |
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