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End of Diocletianic Persecution: Turning Point for Christianity (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (30 Apr 2025)
Today's historical events:
The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers.
Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
Juan de Oñate begins the conquest of Santa…
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