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Nika Riots: Justinian's Reign in Turmoil (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (13 Jan 2025)
Today's historical events:
The Nika riots break out, during the racing season at the Hippodrome in Constantinople, as a result of discontent with the rule of the Emperor Justinian I.
Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the…
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