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Spercheios 997: Byzantine Victory & Bulgarian Defeat (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (16 Jul 2024)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an Papal bull (of doubtful validity) of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East-West Schism.
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls…
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