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Senate's Bold Move: Ousting Maximinus Thrax (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (22 Apr 2026)
Today's historical events:
Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.
Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.
Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues (1,250 kilometres (780 mi)) east of the Moluccas.
The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company…
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