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Assault on Tang Dynasty: Nomadic Threat (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (19 May 2026)
Today's historical events:
Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
Pope Gregory II is elected.
John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.
French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc…
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