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9889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%2010 | April 10 |
Events
Up to 1900
428 - Nestorius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
837 - Closest approach between Halley's Comet and Earth.
879 - Louis III and Carloman II become joint Kings of the West Franks.
1500 - Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara.
1606 - The Virginia Company of London is estab... |
9890 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%2011 | April 11 |
Events
Up to 1900
672 – Adeodatus II is elected Pope.
1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint monarchs of Scotland, England and Ireland.
1713 - War of the Spanish Succession - Treaty of Utrecht.
1775 – Germany's last witchcraft execution takes place.
1814 – Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates as Emperor o... |
9891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%2012 | April 12 |
Events
Up to 1900
238 - Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against Numidian forces loyal to Maximus Thrax and is killed. His father, Gordian I, commits suicide.
240 - Shapur I is crowned as King of the Sasanian Empire.
467 – Anthemius becomes Emperor of the West Roman Empire.
627 - King Edwin of Northumbri... |
9892 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%2013 | April 13 |
Events
Up to 1900
1111 – Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned.
1204 – Constantinople falls to the crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1598 – Henry V of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing religious freedom for Huguenots. The edict is repealed in 1685.
1742 - Georg... |
9893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%209 | May 9 |
Events
Up to 1900
1092 – Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
1671 – Thomas Blood attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels.
1763 - The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
1864 - Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of ... |
9894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%207 | May 7 |
Events
Up to 1900
558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt.
973 - Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor takes sole charge of the Holy Roman Empire after the death of his father and co-Emperor Otto I.
1274 – In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens... |
9895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%206 | May 6 |
Events
Up to 1900
1191 - King Richard I of England lands in Cyprus during the Third Crusade.
1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome, in what is seen by some to be the end of the Renaissance.
1536 - The Siege of Cuzco starts, in which Incan forces attempt to re-take the city from the Spanish.
1536 - Henry VI... |
9896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%205 | May 5 |
Events
Up to 1900
553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
1215 - Rebel barons renounce (withdraw) their allegiance to King John of England, as part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
1494 – Christopher Columbus lands ... |
9897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%204 | May 4 |
Events
Up to 1900
1415 - Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.
1436 - Assassination of Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson.
1471 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Tewkesbury - Edward IV of England defeats the Lancastrian Army u... |
9898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%202 | May 2 | This day is the first day of the second third of the year, as well as the one third point of a common year because there are 121 days before and 243 days after it in common years. There are 122 days before and 243 after it in leap years. The exact time the second third of the year starts is 4:00 p.m. In countries that ... |
9899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2023 | May 23 |
Events
Up to 1900
1430 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while loading an army to relieve Compiegne.
1498 - Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
1533 - The marriage between King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
1555 - Giovanni Pietro C... |
9900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2022 | May 22 |
Events
Up to 1900
334 BC - The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia.
337 (AD) - Roman Emperor Constantine I dies.
853 - A Byzantine Empire fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
896 - Pope Stephen VII is elected.
1176 - The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murde... |
9901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2031 | May 31 |
Events
Up to 1900
1279 BC – Rameses II (the Great) becomes Pharaoh of Egypt.
455 - Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
526 – Antioch, Turkey is hit by an earthquake kills 250,000 people.
1578 – Henry II of France lays the first stone of the Point Neuf (New Brid... |
9902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2015 | May 15 |
Events
Up to 1900
495 BC - A newly-built temple in honour of the god Mercury is dedicated in Ancient Rome on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine Hills.
392 - Roman Emperor Valentinian II mysteriously dies while advancing into Gaul (present-day France) against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. It is... |
9903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2016 | May 16 |
Events
Up to 1900
218 – Elagabalus is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes a republic.
1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
... |
9904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2010 | May 10 |
Events
Up to 1900
28 BC - A sunspot is observed by Han Dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han.
70 - Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of King... |
9905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2011 | May 11 |
Events
Up to 1900
330 – Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.
868 - A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest-known dated printed book.
1502 – Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the... |
9906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2014 | May 14 |
Events
Up to 1900
1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
1483 – Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l'Affable").
1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
1607 – The settlement... |
9907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2021 | May 21 |
Events
Up to 1900
293 - Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian.
878 - Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim Sultan of Sicily.
879 - Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people.
996 - Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned.
1085 ... |
9908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2027 | May 27 |
Events
Up to 1930
1153 - Malcolm IV of Scotland becomes King.
1199 - King John of England is crowned.
1293 - A massive earthquake hits Kamakura, Japan.
1328 – Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1644 - Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun Dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allo... |
9909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2026 | May 26 |
Events
Up to 1900
17 – Germanicus returns to Rome as a conquering hero following several battle victories over Germanic tribes.
946 – King Edmund I of England is murderered by a thief he personally attacks during mass.
1135 - Alfonso VII of Spain is crowned.
1293 - An earthquake in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, ki... |
9910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2025 | May 25 |
Events
Up to 1950
567 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
240 BC – First-recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors.
1420 - Henry the Navigator is appointed Governor of the Order of ... |
9911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2017 | May 17 |
Events
Up to 1900
1395 - In the Battle of Rovine, Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman Empire army.
1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham is executed for treason.
1536 - George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason in England.
1590 – Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of... |
9912 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%203 | July 3 |
Events
Up to 1900
323 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine the Great defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium
533 – Battle of the Tenth Milestone: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals near Carthage.
987 – Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty which ruled France till ... |
9913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%206 | July 6 |
Events
Up to 1900
1189 - Richard I of England comes to the throne. He is known as "Richard the Lionheart" and spends most of his reign abroad fighting in the Crusades.
1348 - Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
1411 - Ming Dynasty China's Admiral Zhen... |
9914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%207 | July 7 |
Events
Up to 1900
1456 – A retrial verdict clears Joan of Arc of heresy, 25 years after she was burnt to death at the stake.
1534 – The first exchange between Europeans and Native Americans takes place in present-day New Brunswick.
1543 - French troops invade Luxembourg.
1575 - Raid of the Redeswine, the last m... |
9915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%202 | July 2 | In a Common year of the Gregorian calendar, this date marks the half-way point of the year. This would be at 12 noon (or 1 p.m. if Daylight Saving Time is used). In a Leap year, the half-way point is at midnight between the 1 and 2 July (or 1 a.m. on July 2 if Daylight Saving Time is used).
Every year, this date falls ... |
9916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%209 | July 9 |
Events
Up to 1900
455 – Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
660 - Battle of Hwangsanboel: Korean forces under General Kim Yu-shin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje at Nonsan, present-day South Korea.
869 - A magnitude 8.6 earthquake and tsunami strike the area arou... |
9917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%208 | July 8 |
Events
Up to 1900
1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1283 - War of the Sicilian Vespers: Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta in the Ba... |
9918 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%206 | June 6 |
Events
Up to 1900
1508 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated in Friuli by Venetian troops.
1513 - Italian Wars: Battle of Novara: Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored to power.
1523 – Gustav Vasa is elected ... |
9919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%202 | June 2 |
Events
Up to 1950
455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome and plunder the city for two weeks.
1098 – First Crusade: At the end of a siege, Crusade forces take Antioch.
1676 - Franco-Dutch War: France ensures the dominance of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war, with victory at the Battle of Palermo
1692... |
9920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%203 | June 3 |
Events
Up to 1950
350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, ending Rome, leading a group of gladiators.
1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod determines the border between Russia and the Finnmark region of northern Norway.
1539 – Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Sp... |
9921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%209 | June 9 |
Events
Up to 1900
411 BC – The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
AD 53 – The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
AD 68 – Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.
721... |
9922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%208 | June 8 |
Events
Up to 1950
68 – The Roman Senate proclaims Galba Emperor.
218 - Battle of Antioch.
793 – Vikings or raiding tribes from Scandinavia, attack and steal valuable objects from Lindisfarne, a monastery off the coast of Northumbria in England.
1042 - Edward the Confessor becomes King of England.
1191 – Richard I o... |
9923 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%207 | June 7 |
Events
Up to 1900
1099 - First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
1420 - Troops of the Republic of Venice capture the city of Udine.
1494 – The Treaty of Tordesillas splits the "New World" between Spain and Portugal.
1628 - The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted Royal As... |
9924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%207 | November 7 |
Events
Up to 1900
1332 – Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation.
1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite strikes Earth in a wheatfield in the Alsace.
1619 - Elizabeth of Bohemia is crowned.
1659 - France and Spain sign the Treaty of the Pyrenees, agreeing on their border in northern Catalonia.
1665 - The London Gazette,... |
9925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%206 | November 6 |
Events
Up to 1950
355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin, Julian the Apostate, to the rank of Caesar.
1429 – Henry VI becomes King of England.
1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first-known European to set foot in what is now Texas.
1789 - Pope Pius VI... |
9926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%205 | November 5 |
Events
Up to 1900
1138 - Ly Anh Tong becomes Emperor of Vietnam at the age of two years, starting a 37-year reign.
1530 - The St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
1605 – The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament fails. Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators are arrest... |
9927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%202 | November 2 |
Events
Up to 1900
676 – Donus becomes Pope.
1502 - Christopher Columbus reaches present-day Panama.
1721 - Peter I of Russia declares himself Tsar of the Russian Empire.
1772 – American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
1783 – In Rocky Hill, New Jerse... |
9928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%203 | November 3 |
Events
Up to 1900
1333 - Flooding of the River Arno causes damage to the city of Florence, Italy.
1493 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Dominica.
1592 - The city of San Luis Potosí in present-day Mexico is founded.
1783 - The American Continental Army is dissolved.
1793 - French playwright, journa... |
9929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%204 | November 4 |
Events
Up to 1900
1493 - Christopher Columbus lands on Guadeloupe.
1501 - Catherine of Aragon meets Arthur Tudor, the brother of Henry VIII of England.
1576 - Eighty Years' War: Spain captures Antwerp, Flanders.
1677 – Future queen Mary II of England marries future king William III of England.
1783 - Wolfgang ... |
9930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%201 | December 1 |
Events
Up to 1900
800 – Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
1420 - Henry V of England enters Paris.
1640 – Portugal regains its independence from Spain.
1821 – The first constitution of Costa Rica is issued.
1822 – Emperor Pedro I of Brazil is crowned.
1824 - The United Sta... |
9931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%204 | December 4 |
Events
Up to 1900
771 – Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
963 - Pope Leo VIII is elected.
1110 – First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon.
1154 - Nicholas Breakspear is elected to become Pope Adrian IV, and is the only Englishman to have ... |
9932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%205 | December 5 |
Events
Up to 1900
1082 - Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
1484 – Pope Innocent VIII writes a Papal Bull that sets the inquisition into full swing and leads to the deaths hundreds of thousands of people accused of being witches
1492 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot... |
9933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%206 | December 6 |
Events
Up to 1900
1060 - Bela I of Hungary is crowned king.
1240 - Mongol Empire's invasion of the Rus': Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols.
1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers.
1745 - Charles Edward Stuart's army begins its retreat during the Second J... |
9934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%207 | December 7 |
Events
Up to 1900
43 BC - Roman writer, lawyer and statesman Cicero is assassinated.
574 - Roman Emperor Justin II retires.
1703 - The Great Storm of 1703 in Great Britain makes landfall.
1724 – religious troubles were followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polis... |
9935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%208 | December 8 |
Events
Up to 1975
395 - China: Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal of Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope.
757 - China: Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.
1432 - First battle of the Lithuanian Civil Wa... |
9936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%209 | December 9 |
Events
Up to 1950
480 - Odoacer, the first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia in present-day Croatia.
536 - Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed.
1531 - The Virgin of Guadalupe is said to have first appeared to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Br... |
9937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%208 | November 8 |
Events
Up to 1900
1278 - Tran Thanh Tang, second Emperor of Vietnam's Tran Dynasty, decides to pass the throne to crown prince Tran Kham.
1519 – Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning god.
1520 – Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful... |
9938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%209 | November 9 |
Events
Up to 1900
1282 - Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon.
1313 - Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin, Frederick I of Austria, in the Battle of Gamelsdorf.
1456 - Ulrich II of Celje, the last prince of the Celje principality in present-day Slovenia, is murdered in Belgrade.
1492 – Peace ... |
9939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2013 | May 13 |
Events
Up to 1900
1497 – Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
1515 - Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk are officially marry at Greenwich.
1568 – Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under ... |
9940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%209 | October 9 |
Events
Up to 1800
768 - Carloman and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of the Franks.
1000 – Leif Ericson discovers Vinland, becoming the first known European to set foot in North America.
1238 – James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founded the Kingdom of Valencia.
1264 - The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city... |
9941 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%207 | October 7 |
Events
Up to 1800
3761 BC – The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar.
336 – Pope Marcus ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
1428 - Start of the English siege of Orléans in the Hundred Years' War.
1477 - Opening of Uppsala University in Sweden.
1492 – Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes cou... |
9942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%206 | October 6 |
Events
Up to 1900
105 BC – Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict a major defeat on the Roman army of Mallius Maximus.
69 BC - Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.
23 - Rebels kill and behead Xin Dynasty Emperor Wang Mang in... |
9943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%205 | October 5 |
Events
Up to 1900
610 Coronation of Emperor Heraclius of the Byzantine Empire.
1143 King Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a kingdom.
1450 Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria.
1502 Christopher Columbus names Costa Rica.
1550 The city of Concepcion, Chile is ... |
9944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%203 | October 3 |
Events
Up to 1900
2333 BC Famous date of the establishment of the Kingdom of Chosun (Korea).
52 BC Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia.
42 BC First Battle of Philippi: The Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a battle with... |
9945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%201 | October 1 |
Events
Up to 1900
331 BC Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
959 Edgar the Peaceable becomes King of all England.
1553 Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
1787 Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
1791 First session of the French Legisl... |
9946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/September%202 | September 2 |
Events
Up to 1900
44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
31 BC – Roman Civil War: Battle of Actium – Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
1192 - The Third Crusade ends, after a peace agreement Sultan ... |
9947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/September%204 | September 4 |
Events
Up to 1900
476 – Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.
626 - Li Shimin, known after his death as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang Dynasty in China.
1260 – The forces of King Manfred of Sicily, in le... |
9948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/September%205 | September 5 |
Events
Up to 1900
917 Liu Yan declares himself Emperor, establishing the southern Han state in China.
1590 Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the Siege of Paris.
1666 Great Fire of London ended: A large fire in London burns out after three days. 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's C... |
9949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/September%206 | September 6 |
Events
Up to 1900
3761 BC The first day of the Hebrew Calendar.
394 Battle of Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish general Arbogast.
1492 Christopher Columbus leaves La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his last land-stop on the way of hi... |
9950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/September%208 | September 8 |
Events
Up to 1900
70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
1380 - Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
1504 – Michelangelo's David statue is unveiled in Florence.
1514 - Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuania... |
9951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%206 | August 6 |
Events
Up to 1900
1223 - Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile are crowned King and Queen of France.
1284 - The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, therefore losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
1506 - The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Crimean Kha... |
9952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%204 | August 4 |
Events
Up to 1940
70 - Destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by the Romans.
1265 - Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham - an army led by 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 ... |
9953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%203 | August 3 |
Events
Up to 1900
8 - Roman general Tiberius defeats Dalmatae on the River Balthinus.
435 - Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Nestorius, considered the founder of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
881 - Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: King Louis III of Fra... |
9954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%202 | August 2 |
Events
Up to 1940
338 BC Rise of Macedon: Philip II of Macedon crushes Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea.
216 BC Punic Wars: In the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro in what is considered one of the great masterpieces of the tactical... |
9955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%201 | August 1 |
Events
Up to 1900
30 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus Caesar, enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing the city under the control of the Roman Republic. Mark Antony commits suicide on the same day.
69 - Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (present-day Netherlands), revolt under leadership of Ga... |
9956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%207 | August 7 |
Events
Up to 1900
322 BC - Battle of Crammon between Athens and Macedon.
461 - Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in northwestern Italy.
626 - The Avar and Slav armies leave the Siege of Constantinople.
768 - Pope Stephen III is elected.
936 - Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.
1316 - ... |
9957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%209 | August 9 |
Events
Up to 1900
48 BC Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus. Pompey flees to Egypt.
378 Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople - A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed, along with over half of his army.
681 Bulg... |
9958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender | Transgender | Transgender people are people who identify, or feel, different from their assigned sex at birth. It's been considered a gender modality in which gender identity differs from the assigned at birth.
Definitions
The word "transgender" may describe many different people. People with different ideas about their genders ma... |
9959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2028 | August 28 |
Events
Up to 1900
489 - Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into present-day Italy.
663 - Silla-Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
1189 - Third Crusade: The Cru... |
9960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2021 | August 21 |
Events
Up to 1900
1140 China: Song Dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin Dynasty general Wanyan Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin-Song Wars.
1192 Minamoto Yoritomo becomes de facto ruler of Japan.
1526 Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar reaches the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Oce... |
9961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2023 | August 23 |
Events
Up to 1900
30 BC - After a successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian has Marcus Antonius Antyllus and Caesarion executed.
79 - Mount Vesuvius starts to show activity, a day before it erupted, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum.
406 - Gothic king Radagaisus is executed after he is defeated by Roman general Stili... |
9962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2030 | August 30 |
Events
Up to 1900
526 Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great dies of dysentery in Ravenna.
711 K'inich K'an Joy Chitam, king of Palenque, disappears from history. He was probably taken prisoner by a rivalling city state.
1464 Pope Paul II is elected.
1574 Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.
1791 ... |
9963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2031 | August 31 | It is the last day of the second third of the year. The end of this day the second third of a leap year. The end of the second third the year for southern hemisphere DST countries occurs at 11:00 p.m.
Events
Up to 1900
1056 Byzantine Empress Theodora dies suddenly without children to succeed the throne, ending the... |
9964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2024 | August 24 |
Events
Up to 1900
79 – Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae. The modern city of Naples now stands on the edge of the disaster area.
410 - The Visigoths under King Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
455 - The Vandals, led by King Genseric, begin to plunder Rome.
1200 - King John of En... |
9965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2025 | August 25 |
Events
Up to 1900
450 Pulcheria becomes Empress of the Byzantine Empire after her brother Theodosius II is killed during a hunting accident.
1248 The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, Archbishop of Utrecht.
1537 The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviv... |
9966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2026 | August 26 |
Events
Up to 1900
55 BC Julius Caesar attempts to conquer Britannia.
1071 Battle of Manzikert: Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert.
1278 Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar I of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Durnkrut in then-Moravia.
1346 Cannon... |
9967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2027 | August 27 |
Events
Up to 1900
479 BC Battle of Plataea ends the Persian invasion of Greece, Mardonius routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army.
55 BC Julius Caesar Lands in Britain for the first time.
AD 410 Vandal sack of Rome ends after three days.
1172 Henry the Young King and Margaret of France crow... |
9968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2020 | August 20 |
Events
Up to 1900
14 Agrippa Postumus, adopted son of the deceased emperor Augustus, is executed by his guards while in exile under mysterious circumstances.
636 Battle of Yarmuk: Arab forces led by Khalid bin Walid take control of Syria and Palestine away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave... |
9969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2019 | August 19 |
Events
Up to 1900
43 BC Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him as consul.
1153 Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother, Melisende, and also captures Ascalon.
1458 Pope Pius II is elected.
1493 Accession to the throne of Maximilian ... |
9970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2018 | August 18 |
Events
Up to 1900
1201 – The city of Riga in present-day Latvia is founded.
1487 - The Siege of Malaga comes to an end, with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
1572 – Henry IV of France and Margaret of Valois marry.
1587 - Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony ... |
9971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2017 | August 17 |
Events
Up to 1900
310 Pope Eusebius is banished by Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies.
682 Pope Leo II is elected.
986 A Byzantine army is destroyed at the pass of Trajan by Bulgarians.
1386 Karl Topia, ruler of the Princedom of Albania, creates an alliance with the Republic of Venice.
1424 Hundred Yea... |
9972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2015 | August 15 |
Events
Up to 1900
29 BC Octavian is celebrated as conqueror of Egypt and takes over the ruling of the Roman Empire, later changing his name to Augustus.
927 The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
982 Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Cape Colonna, in Calabria.
1040 ... |
9973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2014 | August 14 |
Events
Up to 1900
29 BC Octavian celebrates the second of his three consecutive triumphs in Rome after his victory over the Dalmatians.
1040 Macbeth kills King Duncan I of Scotland, and crowns himself King of Scotland.
1352 War of the Breton Succession: The Anglo-Britons defeat the French in the Battle of Mau... |
9974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2013 | August 13 |
Events
Up to 1900
3113 B.C. Maya Calendar, started on this date (some sources give August 11). It ends either on December 21 or 23, 2012. Although some people thought the world would end in 2012, life continued as normal.
29 BC Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate victory ... |
9975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2011 | August 11 |
Events
Up to 1900
3114 BC The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilisations, notably the Maya, begins, ending either on December 21 or 23, 2012.
106 The Southwestern part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province, Roman Dacia.
117 Hadrian becomes Roman Emp... |
9976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2010 | August 10 |
Events
Up to 1900
612 BC Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh.
654 Eugene I is elected Pope, although his predecessor, Pope Martin I, is still alive at this time.
843 The Treaty of Verdun divides the Frankish Kingdom between Lothair I, Louis the German and Charles the Bald.
... |
9977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2022 | August 22 |
Events
Up to 1900
392 Arbogast is elected Roman Emperor.
476 Odoacer is proclaimed, by West Roman mercenaries, as Rex Italiae, King of Italy.
1138 Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England near Northallerton, Yorkshire.
1485 The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses. Richa... |
9981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1485 | 1485 |
Events
August 22 – Battle of Bosworth Field ends the War of the Roses, Henry VII becomes King of England.
The first appearance of the sweating sickness in England.
Births
16 December – Catherine of Aragon, later first Queen-consort of King Henry VIII of England.
Thomas Cromwell, English statesman (approximatel... |
9984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon | Noon | Noon is the time exactly halfway through the day (12.00-12:00 in the 24-hour clock and 12:00 PM-12:00 PM in the 12-hour clock). Midday also means noon, although this also means around noon, or very early afternoon.
Solar noon is when the sun appears the highest in the sky, compared to its positions during the rest of ... |
9985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour%20clock | 24-hour clock | The 24-hour clock is a way of telling the time in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours, numbered from 0 to 24. It does not use a.m. or p.m. This system is also referred to (only in the US and the English speaking parts of Canada) as military time or (only in the United Kingdom and ... |
9986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth%20Avenue | Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue is a large avenue in New York City (U.S.). Running from Greenwich Village in southern Manhattan to Harlem in the north, the avenue marks the line dividing Manhattan into two parts, called the East Side and the West Side. The nearest avenues, on either side, are Madison Avenue (east) and Sixth Avenue (west)... |
9987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarm | Yarm | Yarm is a small town in North East England, in Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire. It is next to the River Tees and the River Leven. It has a railway station. From 1974 to 1996 it was part of Cleveland, England.
Towns in North Yorkshire |
9990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster%20Volunteer%20Force | Ulster Volunteer Force | The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a loyalist paramilitary (civilians trained as soldiers) group based in Northern Ireland. It was formed in 1966. Its name comes from the UVF of World War I. The Ulster Volunteer Force was started as a Protestant/Unionist militia (citizen military force) in 1912 to oppose the Home Rule... |
9992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%2012 | June 12 |
Events
Up to 1950
1381 – Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.
1418 – An Insurrection delivers Paris to control of the Burgundians.
1429 – Battle of Jargeau: Joan of Arc leads the French army in the capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the... |
9993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1254 | 1254 |
Year 1254 (MCCLIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Births
September 15 – Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324)
Deaths
December 7 – Pope Innocent IV |
9994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1473 | 1473 | Year 1473 (MCDLXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. It was the 473rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd year of the 15th century and the 4th year of the 1470s decade.
Events
February 12 - The first complete edition of Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine (in Latin translation) is publish... |
9995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898 | 1898 | The year of 1898 was a common year (a year that had 365 days), and began on a Saturday.
Events
January
January 1 – New York City creates the City of Greater New York.
February
February 12 – Henry Lindfield dies in England, and is the first person to die from a car accident.
March
March 24 – Robert Allison of ... |
9996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American%20War | Spanish–American War | The Spanish–American War was a war fought between Spain and the United States of America in 1898. The war was fought in part because many people wanted Cuba, one of the last parts of the Spanish Empire, to become independent. Many Americans also wanted their country to get a colonial empire.
Spain lost the sea war and... |
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