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138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.[1] 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.[2] 1336 – Four thousand defenders of Pilenai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights.[3] 1836 – Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.[4] 1843 – Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name […]

484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.[1] 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.[2] 1386 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.[3] 1525 – A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.[4] 1527 – Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague.[5] 1538 – Treaty of […]