Belisarius: Reconquest of North Africa (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (21 Jun 2024)

Today's historical events:

A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date).

Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.

French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.

Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.

Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town…

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