Events 1477: Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; the Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1675: Battle of Colmar: The French army beats Brandenburg. 1757: Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed… Read More
Events 46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. 871: Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1649: English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial. 1717: The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the… Read More
Events 1777: American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. 1815: Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia. 1823: Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico. 1833: The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over… Read More
Events AD 69: The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. 366: The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. 1492: Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. 1680: Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of… Read More
Events 193: The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor. 404: Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. 417: Emperor Honorius forces… Read More
Events 406: Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul. 535: Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year. 870: Battle of Englefield: The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to… Read More
Events 999: Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland. 1419: Hundred Years’ War: Battle of La Rochelle 1460: Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win… Read More
