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Majorian's Beheading: End of a Reign (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (07 Aug 2023)
Today's historical events:
Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer.
Pope Stephen III is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the Byzantine Empire is no longer able to help.
Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.
The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
The United States Department of War is established.
American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
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06:1207/08/2023
Pisa's Naval Defeat: Battle of Meloria & Genoa's Rise (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (06 Aug 2023)
Today's historical events:
The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire.
Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
Peruvian War of Independence: The Battle of Junín.
The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.
Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
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09:5806/08/2023
Betar's Fall: Crushing Jewish Rebellion (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (05 Aug 2023)
Today's historical events:
Roman armies enter Betar, slaughtering thousands and ending the Bar Kokhba revolt.
Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Córdoba.
Byzantine-Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America; it is forced to dock in Dartmouth when its companion ship, the Speedwell, springs a leak.
Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
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09:0605/08/2023
Evesham's Battle: Edward's Triumph & Rebellion's End (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (04 Aug 2023)
Today's historical events:
Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people (Tenmei eruption). The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
France: abolition of feudalism by the National Constituent Assembly.
A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
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06:2504/08/2023
Nestorius: The Exiled Patriarch & the Birth of Nestorianism (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (03 Aug 2023)
Today's historical events:
Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
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06:0303/08/2023
Majorian's Arrest: Turning Point in Roman Empire (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (02 Aug 2023)
Today's historical events:
Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor.
After a two-years siege, the city of Toledo, in Spain, surrenders to the forces of the Caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Rahman III, assuming an important victory in his campaign to subjugate the Central March.
Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.
Russian troops are defeated by forces of the Blue Horde Khan Arapsha in the Battle on Pyana River.
During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
The first United States Census is conducted.
French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory.
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06:2902/08/2023
Muslim Conquest: Aghlabids Capture Taormina, Sicily (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (01 Aug 2023)
Today's historical events:
Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
Isaac II Angelos, restored Byzantine Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.
The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
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08:0801/08/2023
Cravant: French Defeat in Hundred Years' War (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (31 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
All remaining Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
Russo-Polish War (1654-67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India.
Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
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07:0931/07/2023
Defenestration of Prague: Radical Rebellion and Religious Upheaval (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (30 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
In Jamestown, Virginia, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the Virginia General Assembly, convenes for the first time.
An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy.
Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
The Battle of Warsaw ends with a Swedish-Brandenburger victory over a larger Polish-Lithuanian force.
Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
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08:0330/07/2023
Rome's Brutal Power Struggle: Praetorian Guard's Palace Storming (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (29 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor, the sixth emperor of the year.
Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned Emperor Berengar I of Italy at Firenzuola (Tuscany).
Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen.
Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The infant James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
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09:1729/07/2023
Tudor Turmoil: Cromwell's Execution & Henry's Fifth Marriage (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (28 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
In the Eighty Years' War, the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
Second Northern War: Battle of Warsaw begins.
on 28 July, the composer, organist and harpsichordist Johann Sebastian Bach dies.
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
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06:4328/07/2023
Queen Tamar's Triumph: Georgian-Seljuk Wars (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (27 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Georgian-Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.
Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.
According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.
The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.
The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.
Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
The Great Northern War: The first significant victory of the Russian Navy in the naval battle of Gangut against the Swedish Navy near the Hanko Peninsula.
Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
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10:0427/07/2023
Battle of Siffin: The First Fitna & Split in Muslim Community (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (26 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded.
Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at the Battle of Valdejunquera.
Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
The Emperor Krishnadevaraya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of Peru.
Francis Drake, the English explorer, discovers a major bay on the coast of California (San Francisco).
Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II.
During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
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10:4626/07/2023
Constantine's Rise: From Commander to Emperor (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (25 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls.
Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux.
Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who is proclaimed King of Portugal.
The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.
The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively.
Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.
The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
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07:1725/07/2023
Battle of Nocera: Roger II vs. Ranulf II - Podcast (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (24 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her one-year-old son James VI.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.
Afro-Chileans are emancipated.
In Maracaibo, Venezuela, the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.
After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
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09:5124/07/2023
Byzantine Emperor's Raid: Turning Point in Empire Conflict (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (23 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios.
Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
Scanian War: Denmark-Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Asia Minor's coasts.
In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
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07:1423/07/2023
Battle of Anzen: Byzantine Defeat & Ongoing Struggle (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (22 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.
Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.
St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.
Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War.
Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire.
Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
The Dutch city of Groningen defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under Maurice of Orange, capitulates.
William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice, is entered on the Stationers’ Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers’ Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.
Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.
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10:4022/07/2023
Pope Pontian: Resilience & Adversity in Early Christianity (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (21 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope.
Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.
The 365 Crete earthquake affected the Greek island of Crete with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing a destructive tsunami that affects the coasts of Libya and Egypt, especially Alexandria. Many thousands were killed.
Battle of Taillebourg: Louis IX of France puts an end to the revolt of his vassals Henry III of England and Hugh X of Lusignan.
Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England.
Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
Russo-Turkish War (1768-74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
French campaign in Egypt and Syria: Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman-Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids.
Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
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09:4221/07/2023
Siege of Jerusalem: Roman Army vs. Zealots (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (20 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.
Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy.
The Battle of Kellistown was fought on this day between the forces of the English led by Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March against the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles under the command of Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach, the most powerful Chieftain in Leinster.
Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
A fire in Oulu, Finland almost completely destroyed the fourth district, which covered the southern part of the city and was by far the largest of the city districts.
Seventh Ottoman-Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea.
Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of six reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia.
Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.
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09:5620/07/2023
Leontius: The Eastern Emperor's Crowning & Roman Empire's Fate (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (19 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.
Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas.
Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots.
Italian War of 1542-46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins.
The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
The attempt to install Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England collapses after only nine days.
Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
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07:1019/07/2023
Battle of Alarcos: Almohads Triumph, Castilian Retreat (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (18 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Alarcos: Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to Toledo.
King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.
The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a 13-year peace, the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War.
Tokhtamysh-Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present-day southeast Russia.
In Brussels, Prince Charles I is crowned Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, a year after inheriting the title.
The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.
A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people.
Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.
Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
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08:3218/07/2023
Christianity Emerges: Early North African Persecution (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (17 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
Damasus II is elected pope, and dies 23 days later.
The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.
Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China.
Hundred Years' War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc.
Battle of Castillon: The last battle of Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony.
King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
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08:2817/07/2023
Battle of Spercheios: Byzantine Triumph in Greece (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (16 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an Papal bull (of doubtful validity) of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East-West Schism.
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain.
The canonization of Saint Francis of Assisi
Celebrated by the Carmelite Order-but doubted by modern historians-as the day when Saint Simon Stock had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
Jacques Cartier, navigator and explorer, returns home to St. Malo after claiming Stadacona (Quebec), Hochelaga (Montereal) and the River of Canada (St. Lawrence River) region for France.
The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
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08:4616/07/2023
Turning Point: Roman Siege & Destruction of Jerusalem (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (15 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
First Jewish-Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.
The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem.
King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton.
Swedish-Novgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.
John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England.
Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War: Battle of Grunwald: The allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order.
The first university of Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku, was inaugurated in Turku.
Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
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08:3015/07/2023
Battle of Cape Colonna: Otto II's Defeat & Muslim Triumph (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (14 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
King Otto II and his Frankish army were defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
Battle of Vítkov Hill, decisive victory of Czech Hussite forces commanded by Jan Žižka against Crusade army led by Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor.
Anglo-Spanish War: English and Dutch troops sack the Spanish city of Cádiz before leaving the next day.
An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the widespread discontent into the French Revolution. Bastille Day is still celebrated annually in France.
Inaugural Fête de la Fédération is held to celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation.
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07:2114/07/2023
William the Lion's Capture: A Turning Point in Scottish Rebellion (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (13 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.
Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.
The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
Anglo-Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company manage to repel a fleet of eleven Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria.
English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria begins.
The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.
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09:2113/07/2023
Siege of Jerusalem: Roman Victory & Second Temple's Destruction (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (12 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
The Ottomans capture Euboea.
Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya.
The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
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07:5912/07/2023
Fall of Western Roman Emperor: Trapped, Executed (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (11 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor.
Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.
Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans.
Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Ottoman capital, Edirne.
Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
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09:0911/07/2023
Emperor Hadrian: End of an Era (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (10 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Emperor Hadrian dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta.
Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
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06:1710/07/2023
Hadrian's Grand Entrance: A New Era in Rome (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (09 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Hadrian, who became emperor a year ago on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome.
The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
Korean forces under general Kim Yu-sin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje in the Battle of Hwangsanbeol.
The Fatimid general Jawhar leads the Friday prayer in Fustat in the name of Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, thereby symbolically completing the Fatimid conquest of Egypt.
The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Duchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
Timur attacks the Jalairid Sultanate and destroys Baghdad.
King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
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08:2909/07/2023
Crusaders' Siege of Jerusalem: A Pivotal Moment in History (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (08 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta.
Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
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09:1108/07/2023
Battle of Otumba: Spanish Triumph in Aztec Empire (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (07 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition.
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06:3207/07/2023
Heliopolis Battle: Muslim Conquest of Egypt (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (06 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
Jan Hus is condemned by the assembly of the council in the Konstanz Cathedral as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake. (See Deaths section.)
Richard III is crowned King of England.
Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
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06:2906/07/2023
John Guy's Historic Voyage: Founding Newfoundland (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (05 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
In Buenos Aires the local militias repel the British soldiers within the Second English Invasion.
The Battle of Wagram between the French and Austrian Empires begins.
The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence is adopted by a congress of the provinces.
War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa: American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
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06:4705/07/2023
Saladin's Victory at Battle of Hattin: Turning Point in Crusades (+ 2 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (04 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
Ottoman-Hungarian wars: The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins.
The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
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03:4604/07/2023
Battle of Adrianople: Constantine's Triumph & Rise of Byzantium (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (03 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
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08:0203/07/2023
Valentinian III: Troubled Reign & Fall of Western Rome (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (02 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome.
Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an.
King Henry the Fowler dies in his royal palace in Memleben. He is succeeded by his son Otto I, who becomes the ruler of East Francia.
The Byzantine army proclaims Nikephoros II Phokas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia.
Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
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07:4702/07/2023
Dorylaeum: First Crusade's Decisive Triumph (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (01 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I.
Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan after nightfall.
Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.
Union of Lublin: The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Republic of Both Nations.
First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.
Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
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06:2401/07/2023
Pope Marcellinus: Faith, Persecution & Controversy (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (30 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.
Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
The Spanish held Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico having been besieged for fifteen days, surrenders to an English force under Sir George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.
The University of Tartu was founded.
The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
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07:2230/06/2023
Emperor Cao Rui: The Rise of Wei Dynasty (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (29 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.
Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire
Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground.
Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
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10:0729/06/2023
Crusaders' Triumph: Defeating Kerbogha, 1098 (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (28 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
Edward, Earl of March, is crowned King Edward IV of England.
Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Sengoku period of Japan: The combined forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu are victorious in the Battle of Nagashino.
Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
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08:1528/06/2023
Rise & Fall of Republic of Ragusa (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (27 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
The Republic of Ragusa is founded.
Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
Americo Vespucci, on Spanish financed trip, sights coast south of Cape Cassipore.
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
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10:1627/06/2023
Elagabalus Adopts Alexander Severus as Heir (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (26 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.
Pope Benedict II is chosen.
En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.
Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
Richard III becomes King of England.
Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
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10:1426/06/2023
Battle of Vézeronce: Franks vs Burgundians (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (25 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.
Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
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09:4225/06/2023
Aqua Traiana: Ancient Rome's Water Triumph (+ 14 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (24 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Rome.
Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.
The Vikings sack French city of Nantes.
Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba.
The Siege of Jaén begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.
First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce.
Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
English King Henry VIII commands his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court.
Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
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12:0924/06/2023
Sun Quan: Emperor of Eastern Wu (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (23 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
The Spanish Reconquista: In the Battle of Moclín the Emirate of Granada ambush a superior pursuing force, killing most of them in a military disaster for the Kingdom of Castile.
A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.
First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins.
Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France sign the "Treaty of Closer Amity With France" (also known as the Pommeraye treaty), pledging mutual aid against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta.
The Action of Faial, Azores. The Portuguese carrack Cinco Chagas, loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 700 on board.
The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.
William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
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08:2923/06/2023
The Battle of Versinikia: Rise of the Bulgars (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (22 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars led by Krum defeat the Byzantine army near Edirne. Emperor Michael I is forced to abdicate in favor of Leo V the Armenian.
The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army near the Rednitz River, killing its leader Gebhard, Duke of Lotharingia (Lorraine).
Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.
Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Ottomans.
The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
In the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
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08:4622/06/2023
Belisarius' African Expedition: Byzantine Victory (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (21 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date).
Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
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08:5421/06/2023
Chalons: Roman vs Huns - Battle of 451 (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (20 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
King Louis XVI, disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution.
The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
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10:4320/06/2023
First Council of Nicaea: Shaping Christianity (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (19 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.
The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
At least 73,000 people died in the 1718 Tongwei-Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty.
New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reigns. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.
Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired.
Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.
The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary was officially celebrated in Texas and other states as Juneteenth. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States.
Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
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11:2719/06/2023