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  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,…

1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.…

480 BC – Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I. 904 – The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills…

455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. 1170 – Combined English and Irish forces, under the command of…

1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border-zone in present-day Burgenland. 1066 – Battle of Fulford, Viking…

335 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, emperor Constantine I. 634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs…

  96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor after Domitian is assassinated. 324 – Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis,…

1382 – Louis the Great’s daughter, Mary, is crowned “king” of Hungary. 1462 – The Battle of Świecino (also known as the Battle of Żarnowiec)…

1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought. 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins. 1810 –…

668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy. 921 – At Tetin, Saint Ludmila is murdered at the…

81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. 326 – Helena of Constantinople discovers the True Cross…

533 – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa. 1229 – Ögedei…

490 BC – Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies, defeat the first Persian…

1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English. 1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic…

1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. 1547 – The Battle…

337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti. 533…

617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui Dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang’an and the…

70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope…

3114 BC – According to the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started. (Non-standard interpretation). 394 – Battle of…