Edwin's Fall: Battle of Hatfield Chase 633 (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Oct 12, 2024 · 9m

A Daily Dose of History (12 Oct 2024)

Today's historical events:

Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd.

The Nichiren Shōshū branch of Buddhism is founded in Japan.

In the Treaty of Salynas, Lithuania cedes Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights.

Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reaches Seoul after having set out from Java four months before.

Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically on San Salvador Island…