Events 1144: The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo. 1500: A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia. 1737: The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab… Read More

Events 484: Following the death of Huneric, his nephew Gunthamund becomes king of the Vandals, effectively ending the campaign against Christianity. 558: Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks. 962: Arab–Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo. 1598: Arauco War: Governor of Chile Martín García Óñez… Read More

Events AD 69: Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome. 880: Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong. 1135: Stephen of Blois becomes King of England 1769:– Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce. 1790:… Read More

Events AD 69: The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors. 1140: Conrad III of Germany besieges Weinsberg. 1237: The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan. 1361: The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista… Read More

Events AD 69 – Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. 1192: Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade. 1808: Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins. 1832: HMS Clio under the… 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 Philip’s War, gives… Read More

Events 546: Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison. 920: Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII. 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… Read More