Legacy of Máel Coluim: Scottish Monarchy Transition (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (25 Nov 2024)

Today's historical events:

Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.

The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.

A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.

King Minkhaung I becomes king of Ava.

Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen…

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