Yarmouk: Arab-Byzantine Clash & Islamic Rise (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Aug 15, 2023 · 7m

A Daily Dose of History (15 Aug 2023)

Today's historical events:

Arab-Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins.

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army.

Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising

The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.

Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria.

Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending…