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Devastating 447 Constantinople Earthquake: Implications & Vulnerabilities (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (06 Nov 2024)
Today's historical events:
A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto.
The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs…
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