Pope Alexander IV Establishes Augustinian Order (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (04 May 2024)

Today's historical events:

The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.

Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.

Assassination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson

Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.

Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan…

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