#TodayInHistory – October 27
October 27 – Some important events on this day. 312 👉🏼 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Constantine the Great’s […]
#TodayInHistory – October 26
October 26 – Some important events on this day. 740 👉🏼 An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing damage to city walls and buildings 1366 👉🏼 Comet 55P/1366 U1 (Tempel-Tuttle) approaches 0.0229 […]
#TodayInHistory – October 25
October 25 – Some important events on this day. 1415 👉🏼 Battle of Agincourt: Henry V’s forces defeat larger French army and the longbow defeats the armoured knight 1616 👉🏼 […]
#TodayInHistory – October 24
October 24 – Some important events on this day. 1260 👉🏼 Qutuz, Mamluk Sultans of Egypt (1259-60), is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself […]
#TodayInHistory – October 23
October 23 – Some important events on this day. 4004 BC 👉🏼 Archbishop James Ussher, Primate of All Ireland, announced in 1650 that the universe had been created at 8pm […]
#TodayInHistory – October 22
October 22 – Some important events on this day. 362 👉🏼 The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire 1633 👉🏼 Battle of […]
#TodayInHistory – October 21
October 21 – Some important events on this day. 335 👉🏼 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great rules that Jews are not allowed to purchase and circumcise Christian slaves 1520 👉🏼 […]
#TodayInHistory – October 20
October 20 – Some important events on this day. 1097 👉🏼 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch during the First Crusade 1603 👉🏼 Chinese uprising in the Philippines fails after 23,000 […]
#TodayInHistory – October 19
October 19 – Some important events on this day. 202 BC 👉🏼 Battle of Zama: Hannibal Barca and the Carthaginian army are defeated by Roman legions under Scipio Africanus, ending […]
#TodayInHistory – October 18
October 18 – Some important events on this day. 1009 👉🏼 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks […]
#TodayInHistory – October 17
October 17 – Some important events on this day. 733 👉🏼 Battle at Tours (Poitiers): Charles Martel’s Frankish and Burgundian forces beat those of al-Andalus under Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi […]
#TodayInHistory – October 16
October 16 – Some important events on this day. 1384 👉🏼 Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, despite being a woman 1793 👉🏼 Nine months after the execution of her […]
#TodayInHistory – October 15
October 15 – Some important events on this day. 533 👉🏼 Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Vandals 1581 👉🏼 Commissioned by […]
#TodayInHistory – October 14
October 14 – Some important events on this day. 1066 👉🏼 Battle of Hastings: William the Conqueror and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who is […]
#TodayInHistory – October 13
October 13 – Some important events on this day. 54 👉🏼 Nero succeeds Claudius as Roman Emperor 1307 👉🏼 French King Philip IV has Grand Master Jacques de Molay and […]
#TodayInHistory – October 12
October 12 – Some important events on this day. 539 BC 👉🏼 The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon 1160 👉🏼 Maurice de Sully is elected bishop […]
#TodayInHistory – October 11
October 11 – Some important events on this day. 1138 👉🏼 Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000 1634 👉🏼 Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” kills about […]
#TodayInHistory – October 10
October 10 – Some important events on this day. 354 👉🏼 Roman Emperor Constantius gives grand circus and theater shows to mark 30th year of his reign as Caesar in […]
#TodayInHistory – October 9
October 9 – Some important events on this day. 768 👉🏼 Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks 1000 👉🏼 Leif Ericson discovers “Vinland” (possibly […]
#TodayInHistory – October 8
October 8 – Some important events on this day. 314 👉🏼 Battle at Cibalae: Roman emperor in the west Constantine beats emperor in the east Licinius 1480 👉🏼 Great standing […]
#TodayInHistory – October 7
October 7 – Some important events on this day. 3761 BC 👉🏼 The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar). 1571 👉🏼 Battle of Lepanto: Holy League […]
#TodayInHistory – October 6
October 6 – Some important events on this day. 105 BC 👉🏼 Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus. 68 […]
#TodayInHistory – October 5
October 5 – Some important events on this day. 1274 👉🏼 Around 1,000 soldiers of the Mongol army land on the Japanese island of Tsushima, the first attack of Kublai […]
#TodayInHistory – October 4
October 4 – Some important events on this day. 1363 👉🏼 End of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of his rival, […]
#TodayInHistory – October 3
October 3 – Some important events on this day. 2333 BC 👉🏼 State of Gojoseon (Modern-day Korea) founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao 52 […]
#TodayInHistory – October 2
October 2 – Some important events on this day. 939 👉🏼 Battle at Andernach: King Otto & Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France & Giselbert of Lutherans 1187 👉🏼 […]
#TodayInHistory – October 1
October 1 – Some important events on this day. 331 BC 👉🏼 Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela 1688 👉🏼 Prince Willem III […]
#TodayInHistory – September 30
September 30 – Some important events on this day. 1520 👉🏼 Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566) 1659 👉🏼 Peter Stuyvesant of […]
#TodayInHistory – September 29
September 29 – Some important events on this day. 522 BC 👉🏼 Darius I of Persia kills Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire 480 […]