Leo II: Child Emperor's Short Reign (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Jan 18, 2025 · 8m

A Daily Dose of History (18 Jan 2025)

Today's historical events:

Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.

Nika riots in Constantinople fail.

Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.

King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York.

Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.

Henry Morgan captures Panama.

Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.

James Cook is…