747 BC – Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy’s Nabonassar Era. 364 – Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 1616 – Galileo Galilei is formally banned by…
747 BC – Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy’s Nabonassar Era. 364 – Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 1616 – Galileo Galilei is formally banned by…
1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery 1613 – Mikhail I is unanimously elected…
1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark 1547 – Edward VI of…
197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. 356 – Emperor Constantius II…
1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements…
364 – Roman Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route…
116 – Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia. 1646 – Battle…
590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in…
1906 – Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy 1906 – The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later…
1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire “Yuan” (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China. 1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent…