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Emperor Gaozu: Rise of Tang Dynasty (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (18 Jun 2024)
Today's historical events:
Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
Byzantine-Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.
Battle of Civitate: Three thousand Norman horsemen of Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
Five Canterbury monks see an event believed to have been the formation of the Giordano Bruno crater on the moon. It is believed that…
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