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Pepin of Herstal: Legacy & Power Struggles (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (16 Dec 2024)
Today's historical events:
Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.
An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.
Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.
Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River at the southern tip of Africa, where Bartolomeu Dias had…
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