#TodayInHistory – December 25

#TodayInHistory – December 24

December 24 – Some important events on this day 563 👉🏼 The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes. 1565 […]

#TodayInHistory – December 23

December 23 – Some important events on this day 962 👉🏼 Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic […]

#TodayInHistory – December 22

December 22 – Some important events on this day 1596 👉🏼 Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die 1666 👉🏼 The French Academy of Sciences, founded by Louis XIV with […]

#TodayInHistory – December 21

December 21 – Some important events on this day 1163 👉🏼 Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods 1582 👉🏼 Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583 1620 […]

#TodayInHistory – December 20

December 20 – Some important events on this day. 1046 👉🏼 Pope Gregory VI abdicates at the Council of Sutri, ending a conflict between himself, Benedict IX and Sylvester III; […]

#TodayInHistory – December 19

December 19 – Some important events on this day. 1642 👉🏼 4 of explorer and seafarer Abel Tasman’s crew killed at Wharewharangi (Murderers) Bay by Māori; Tasman’s ships depart without […]

#TodayInHistory – December 18

December 18 – Some important events on this day. 218 BC 👉🏼 Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia – Hannibal’s Carthaginian army heavily defeat Roman forces on Italian soil […]

#TodayInHistory – December 17

December 17 – Some important events on this day. 546 👉🏼 Gothic War (535-554): The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison. 1398 👉🏼 Tamerlane captures […]

#TodayInHistory – December 16

December 16 – Some important events on this day. 755 👉🏼 An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during Chinese Tang Dynasty 1497 […]

#TodayInHistory – December 15

December 15 – Some important events on this day. 533 👉🏼 Byzantine General Belisarius defeats the Vandals, under King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron 1256 👉🏼 Hulagu Khan captures […]

#TodayInHistory – December 14

December 14 – Some important events on this day. 557 👉🏼 Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, is significantly damaged by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake 644 👉🏼 Uthman ibn […]

#TodayInHistory – December 13

December 13 – Some important events on this day. 1294 👉🏼 Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as […]

#TodayInHistory – December 12

December 12 – Some important events on this day. 627 👉🏼 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius beats Sassanid forces during Byzantine-Sassanid War 1694 👉🏼 The Royal Society censures Edmond […]

#TodayInHistory – December 11

December 11 – Some important events on this day. 1282 👉🏼 Llywelyn ab Gruffydd/Llywelyn the Last, last native Prince of Wales is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales. […]

#TodayInHistory – December 10

December 10 – Some important events on this day. 1510 👉🏼 Muslim ruler of Goa, Yusuf Adil Shah and his Ottoman allies surrender to Portuguese forces led by Afonso de […]

#TodayInHistory – December 9

December 9 – Some important events on this day. 536 👉🏼 Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its […]

#TodayInHistory – December 8

December 8 – Some important events on this day. 1326 👉🏼 Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi 1609 👉🏼 Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan opens its reading […]

#TodayInHistory – December 7

December 7 – Some important events on this day. 43 BC 👉🏼 Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator and politician is assassinated in Formiae 1696 👉🏼 Connecticut Route 108, one of […]

#TodayInHistory – December 6

December 6 – Some important events on this day. 1196 👉🏼 Northern Dutch coast flooded, “Saint-Nicolas Flood” 1240 👉🏼 Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev; out of 50,000 […]

#TodayInHistory – December 5

December 5 – Some important events on this day. 771 👉🏼 Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman 1349 👉🏼 500 Jews […]

#TodayInHistory – December 4

December 4 – Some important events on this day. 1154 👉🏼 Adrian IV elected Pope. The only Englishman to become pontiff, Nicholas Breakspear was a member of the family which […]

#TodayInHistory – December 3

December 3 – Some important events on this day. 1586 👉🏼 Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia 1676 👉🏼 Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of […]

#TodayInHistory – December 2

December 2 – Some important events on this day. 1409 👉🏼 The University of Leipzig opens 1620 👉🏼 English language newspaper “Namloos” begins publishing in Amsterdam 1682 👉🏼 Anthony Ashley […]

#TodayInHistory – December 1

December 1 – Some important events on this day. 1135 👉🏼 England’s King Henry I died aged 66 after eating what was described at the time as “a surfeit of […]