680 – Battle of Karbala: Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is…
680 – Battle of Karbala: Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is…
768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. 1238 – James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom…
Indian Air Force celebrates its birthday 314 – Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses…
3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar). 1406 – French troops comprising 1,000 men at…
105 BC – Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus. 69 BC – Battle of…
610 – Coronation of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Stephen…
23 – Rebels capture and sack the Chinese capital Chang’an during a peasant rebellion. They kill and decapitate the emperor, Wang Mang, two days later.…
335 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, emperor Constantine I. 634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs…
96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor after Domitian is assassinated. 324 – Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis,…
1382 – Louis the Great’s daughter, Mary, is crowned “king” of Hungary. 1462 – The Battle of Świecino (also known as the Battle of Żarnowiec)…