Category: What Happened on this DAY?

571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. 1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.[1] 1177 – Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.[2] 1343 – A tsunami, caused by […]

380 – Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.[1] 1190 – Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem.[2] 1227 – Gąsawa massacre: At an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa, Polish Prince Leszek the White, Duke Henry the Bearded and others are attacked by assassins while bathing.[3] 1248 – An overnight landslide on the north side of Mont Granier, one of the largest historical rockslope […]

498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.[1] 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.[2] 1307 – Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.[3] 1574 – Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands […]

164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. 235 – Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred. 1009 – Lý Công Uẩn is enthroned as emperor of Đại Cồ Việt, founding the Lý dynasty. 1386 – Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive. […]

284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor.[1] 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels. 1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.[2] 1407 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, agree to a truce, but Burgundy would kill Orléans three days later. 1441 – The Peace of Cremona ends the war […]

461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer.[1] 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in Iraq. 1493 – Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island called Borinquen he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed again Puerto Rico).[2] 1620 – The Mayflower, which brought the Pilgrims from […]

326 – The old St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.[1] 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.[2] 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.[3] 1105 – Maginulfo is elected the Antipope as Sylvester IV. 1180 – Phillip II becomes king of France. 1210 – Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. 1282 – Pope Martin IV excommunicates […]

887 – Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt. His nephew Arnulf of Carinthia is elected as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.[citation needed] 1183 – Genpei War: The Battle of Mizushima takes place off the Japanese coast, where Minamoto no Yoshinaka‘s invasion force is intercepted and defeated by the Taira clan.[1] 1292 – John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.[2] 1405 – Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of […]

951 – Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom. 1272 – While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England‘s death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume […]

655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.[1] 1315 – Battle of Morgarten: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I.[2] 1532 – Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Inca Empire leader Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging a meeting on the city plaza the following day. 1533 – Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire. 1705 – Battle of Zsibó: Austrian–Danish victory over the Kurucs (Hungarians). […]