Nero's Rise to Power: The Princeps Iuventutis Honor (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Mar 4, 2024 · 9m

A Daily Dose of History (04 Mar 2024)

Today's historical events:

Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).

Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.

Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.

Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.

Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany.

The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol…