Events AD 69 – Priscus enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor for Nero’s former general Vespasian. 1192 – Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade. 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New… Read More

Events 1562 – The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion. 1606 – The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States. 1675 – The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King… Read More

Events 218 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia: Hannibal’s Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic. 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire “Yuan” (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China. 1499 – A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced… Read More

Events 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison. 942 – Assassination of William I of Normandy. 1398 – Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud’s armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur. 1583 – Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von… Read More

Events 755 – An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China. 1431 – Hundred Years’ War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. 1497 – Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River, where Bartolomeu Dias… Read More

Events 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. 1025 – Constantine VIII becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire, 63 years after being crowned co-emperor. 1161 – Jin–Song wars: Military officers conspire against the emperor Wanyan Liang of the Jin dynasty after a… Read More

Events 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled. 1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. 1782 – The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it… Read More