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Year 69 AD: Battle of Bedriacum - Turning Point in Roman History (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (14 Apr 2025)
Today's historical events:
Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.
After his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
Co-Emperor Otto II, a son of Otto I (the Great), marries the Byzantine princess Theophanu. She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII at Rome.
Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty…
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