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Vespasian's Rise: Year of Four Emperors (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (22 Dec 2024)
Today's historical events:
Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs.
Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed his father in the office.
Damghan earthquake: An earthquake near the Persian city of Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history.
Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
Three weeks after the death of King…
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