97 – Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor. 306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman…Read more ›

  312 – Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. 710 – Saracen invasion of Sardinia. 939 – Ethelstan, the first…Read more ›

1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor at Didymoteicho. 1520 – Charles V is crowned.…Read more ›

473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the Byzantine Empire.. 1415 – Hundred Years’ War: Henry V of England and his lightly…Read more ›

69 – Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Marcus Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius. 1260 –…Read more ›

  42 BC – Liberators’ civil war: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus’s army. Brutus commits suicide. 425 – Valentinian III is…Read more ›

4004 BC – The world was created at approximately six o’clock in the evening, according to the Ussher chronology. 794 – Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to…Read more ›

1096 – People’s Crusade: The Turkish army successfully fight off the People’s Army of the West. 1097 – First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of…Read more ›

1740 – Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxonyrefuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War of the Austrian Succession begins. 1781…Read more ›

1386 – The Universität Heidelberg held its first lecture, making it the oldest German university. 1781 – At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over…Read more ›