* 1261 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.

* 1258 – Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under, paving the way for its leader, Michael VIII Palaiologos, to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea.

* Eirene Angelina, who married ( 1 ) Andronikos Kontostephanos, and ( 2 ) Alexios Palaiologos, by whom she was the grandmother of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

He was the last Byzantine Emperor to reign in Constantinople before the establishment of the Latin Empire, which controlled the city for the next 57 years, until it was recovered by the Nicaean Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Andronikos III was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia ( renamed Maria ).

* Michael Palaiologos, despotes

He was the eldest surviving son of Michael VIII Palaiologos and Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina, grandniece of John III Doukas Vatatzes.

Andronikos II also attempted to marry off his son and co-emperor Michael IX Palaiologos to the Latin Empress Catherine I of Courtenay, thus seeking to eliminate Western agitation for a restoration of the Latin Empire.

The dissolute behavior of Michael IX's son Andronikos III Palaiologos led to a rift in the family, and after Michael IX's death in 1320, Andronikos II disowned his grandson, prompting a civil war that raged, with interruptions, until 1328.

* Michael IX Palaiologos ( 17 April 1277 – 12 October 1320 ).

Byzantine Emperor Michael VII Palaiologos succeeded in recapturing Constantinople in 1261.

The Latin Empire of Constantinople came to an end with the capture of the city by the Greeks ( led by their Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos ) a fortnight before Urban IV's election.

* October 12 – Michael IX Palaiologos, Byzantine co-emperor ( b. 1277 )

He sent Michael Palaiologos and John Doukas, both of whom held the high imperial rank of sebastos, with Byzantine troops, 10 Byzantine ships, and large quantities of gold to invade Apulia ( 1155 ).

His regent was originally the bureaucrat George Mouzalon, but that position was usurped by the aristocrat Michael Palaiologos, who later made himself co-emperor as Michael VIII on January 1, 1259.

This action caused the excommunication of Michael VIII Palaiologos by the Patriarch Arsenius Autoreianus, and a later revolt led by a Pseudo-John IV near Nicaea.

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Michael Palaiologos

Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (; 1223 – 11 December 1282 ) reigned as Byzantine Emperor 1259 – 1282.

Michael VIII Palaiologos was the son of the megas domestikos Andronikos Doukas Komnenos Palaiologos by Theodora Angelina, the granddaughter of Emperor Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina.

On the way they tried to discover all they could about Burma, and they were disturbed to find that Michael Symes's book had not presented an altogether true picture.

But Michael Sept had unmasked him, revealing he had never been a bishop, but was an Anabaptist, afraid to state his faith, because he knew John Calvin had written a book against their belief that the soul slept after death.

Capt. Michael A. Musmanno, Military governor of the Sorrentine Peninsula, had also seen and felt the `` rain ''.

Arnold Lodley and Michael Perse were like the rest -- lukewarm, ready to swing against Hudson in a crisis.

Michael Butt and Adame Moore were thrown off the capstan and badly injured.

It included the top O'Banion men and Chief of Detectives Michael Hughes.

Council president Frank SanAntonio said yesterday he may ask the council to formally request Town Solicitor Michael A. Abatuno to draft the ordinance.

In its ruling, the state Board of Education upheld Dr. Michael F. Walsh, state commissioner of education, who had ruled previously that the Warwick board erred when it named Maurice F. Tougas as coordinator of audio-visual education without first finding that the school superintendent's candidate was not suitable.

Demonstrating the primitive African rhythmic backgrounds of the Blues was Michael Babatunde Olatunji, who plays such native drums as the konga and even does a resounding job slapping his own chest.

Several of these double entries have been collected by Ben Bagley and Michael McWhinney, along with Rodgers and Hart songs that disappeared permanently en route to New York and others that reached Broadway but have not become part of the constantly heard Rodgers and Hart repertory, in a delightfully refreshing album, Rodgers And Hart Revisited ( Spruce Records, 505 Fifth Avenue, New York ).

* Frede, Michael.

* Loux, Michael J.

A literature review by Michael McCullough and Camile Farah, published in the Australian Dental Journal in 2008, focused on a possible connection between mouthwashes that contain alcohol, and an increased risk of oral cancer.

Michael and Mary was adapted to cinema in 1931.

* Allaby, Michael et al.

He appeared on the West End in 1928 in the play Alibi which had been adapted by Michael Morton from the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

When Michael Morton adapted Roger Ackroyd for the stage, he removed the character of Caroline replacing her with a young girl.

* 1945 – Michael J. Smith, American astronaut ( d. 1986 )

* 1648 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer ( d. 1694 )

* 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva.

* 1943 – Michael Willetts, English soldier, George Cross recipient ( d. 1971 )

Australia, captained by Michael Clarke, batted first on a cloudy day after winning the toss and were bowled out for 280.

* Gomes, Michael.

Abbot Francis Michael and Prior Anthony Delisi ( on the left ) of Monastery of the Holy Spirit, a Trappist monastery in Conyers, Georgia, USA.