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1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought. 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins. 1810 –…

668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy. 921 – At Tetin, Saint Ludmila is murdered at the…

81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. 326 – Helena of Constantinople discovers the True Cross…

533 – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa. 1229 – Ögedei…

490 BC – Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies, defeat the first Persian…

1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English. 1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic…

1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. 1547 – The Battle…

337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti. 533…

70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope…

3114 BC – According to the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started. (Non-standard interpretation). 394 – Battle of…

  476 – Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself “King of Italy”, thus ending the Western…

36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to…

44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his…

462 – Possible start of the first Byzantine indiction cycle. 717 – Siege of Constantinople: The Muslim armada with 1,800 ships, is defeated by the…

1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. 1218 – Al-Kamil becomes Sultan…

1363 – Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are…

708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). 1315 – Battle of Montecatini: The army…

663 – Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang. 1189 – Third…

1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England. 1776 – Battle of Long Island:…

1303 – Alauddin Khilji captures Chittorgarh. 1346 – Hundred Years’ War: The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and…