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Pompeii's 62 AD Earthquake: A Grim Reminder (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (05 Feb 2025)
Today's historical events:
Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang Dynasty, declares himself emperor and establishes the state of Yan.
Idris I reaches Volubilis and founds the Idrisid dynasty, marking the secession of Morocco from the Abbasid caliphate and founding the first Moroccan state.
Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese…
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