Mongol Invasion: Devastating Attack on Vladimir (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Feb 8, 2024 · 8m

A Daily Dose of History (08 Feb 2024)

Today's historical events:

The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.

Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah.

The Byzantine civil war of 1341-47 ends with a power-sharing agreement between John VI Kantakouzenos and John V Palaiologos.

Leiden University is founded, and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis.

Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I and the…