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54 – Emperor Claudius is poisoned to death under mysterious circumstances. His 17-year-old stepson Nero succeeds him. 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees…

539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated…

  1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria. 1142 – A peace treaty between the Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty is formally ratified…

680 – Battle of Karbala: Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is…

  768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. 1238 – James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom…

Indian Air Force celebrates its birthday 314 – Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses…

3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar). 1406 – French troops comprising 1,000 men at…

105 BC – Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus. 69 BC – Battle of…

  610 – Coronation of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Stephen…

23 – Rebels capture and sack the Chinese capital Chang’an during a peasant rebellion. They kill and decapitate the emperor, Wang Mang, two days later.…

52 BC – Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia. 42 BC –…

India celebrates Birthday of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor. 1187 – Siege…

331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all…

489 – Battle of Verona: The Ostrogoths under king Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time at Verona (Northern Italy).…

522 BC – Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumata, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. 61 BC – Pompey…

48 BC – Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. 235 – Pope Pontian resigns.…

1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the River Somme, beginning the Norman conquest of England. 1331 –…

46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of…

  275 – In Rome, (after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Emperor. 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the…

1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline. 1645 – Battle of Rowton Heath,…