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A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
We examine the significant events that occurred on this day in history. Get smarter about our history in less than 10 minutes per day! Presented by Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.
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- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Emperor Maurice's Succession Crisis in Byzantium (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (26 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. On the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Venice's Founding: Rise of a Maritime Republic (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (25 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Death of King Richard I: The Lionheart's Legacy (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (24 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Fall of Trần Dynasty: Rise of Hồ Dynasty (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (23 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Bostran Era: New Calendar in Arabia Petraea (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (22 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. Roman emperor…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Siege of Rome 537 AD: Gothic War's Pivotal Battle (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (21 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Maximinus Thrax: Rise & Fall of Non-Senatorial Emperor (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (20 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Maximinus Thrax is proclaimed Roman emperor. Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
1277 Byzantine-Venetian Treaty: Diplomatic Truce & Trade (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (19 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: The Byzantine-Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Caligula: Rise and Fall (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (18 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Commodus: Rise and Fall of a Roman Emperor (+ 14 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (17 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Rise of Later Shu: China's Political Shift (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (16 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Odoacer's Assassination: Turning Point in Italy's History (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (15 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Battle of Mogyoród: Turning Point in Hungarian History (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (14 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Badr: Turning Point in Islamic History (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (13 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. At the Battle of…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Rome's Siege: Vitiges Retreat & Belisarius' Triumph (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (12 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Fall of Elagabalus: Rise of Severus Alexander (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (11 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Founding of Later Han Dynasty by Liu Zhiyuan (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (10 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: The Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan. He declares himself emperor. After establishing the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Earliest Mention of Lithuania in European History (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (09 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. Khwarazmian…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Shahnameh: Ferdowsi's Epic Poem of Persian History (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (08 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh. Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Emperors Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus: Joint Rule in Rome (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (07 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Farewell Sermon: Muhammad's Last Message (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (06 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The 42 Martyrs…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Julian's Fatal Campaign: Roman-Sasanian Conflict (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (05 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Nero: Rise to Power in Ancient Rome (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (04 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Decline of Western Roman Empire: Puppet Emperor Glycerius (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (03 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Siege of Rome: Belisarius vs Ostrogoths (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (02 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Power Struggle: Vetranio's Rise and Fall (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (01 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Vetranio proclaims himself Caesar after being encouraged to do so by Constantina, sister of…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Icon Veneration: Triumph of Orthodoxy 869-870 (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (28 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
The Edict of Thessalonica: Roman Empire's Religious Shift (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (27 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Valentinian I: Restoring Roman Stability (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (26 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman emperor. Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Emperor Hadrian Adopts Antoninus Pius (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (25 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Religious Shift in Vandal Kingdom: King Huneric's Move (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (24 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Hagia Sophia: Iconic Byzantine Architecture (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (23 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Papal Power Struggle: Excommunicating Henry IV (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (22 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14-20 February demanding that he abdicate…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Severianus: Martyr of Faith and Courage (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (21 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. Thomas, the first known Bishop of…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Parabiago 1339: Milan vs. St. George's Mercenaries (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (20 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Battle of Lugdunum: Severus vs. Albinus (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (19 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Frederick II's Peaceful Crusade: A Diplomatic Triumph (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (18 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Rise & Fall: Sultan Musa Çelebi of Ottoman Empire (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (17 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Diplomatic Mission to Mongol Empire: Louis IX's Ambassadors (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (16 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
The Codex Theodosianus: Unifying Roman Laws (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (15 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus Khosrau II is crowned…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Abbasid Revolution: Rise to Power (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (14 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII: Diploma Ottonianum (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (13 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Renaissance Autopsy: Medical Advancements in 1404 (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (12 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Guo Wei: Rise to Power in Later Zhou Dynasty (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (11 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Fall of Baghdad: Mongol Invasion 1258 (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (10 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. In…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Zeno: Isaurian Emperor of Byzantium (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (09 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Boleslaus III is restored to authority…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Constantius III: Co-Emperor of Western Rome (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (08 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The Mongols burn the Russian…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Leo I: Eastern Roman Emperor & Empire Builder (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (07 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Founding of Manila Archdiocese: Bishop Domingo de Salazar (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (06 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Pompeii's 62 AD Earthquake: A Grim Reminder (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (05 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang Dynasty, declares…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Brotherly Betrayal: Caracalla's Reign of Cruelty (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (04 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England)…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Mehmed II: The Conqueror of Constantinople (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (03 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Viking Victory at Lüneburg Heath (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (02 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Isabella & Mortimer Regency: Edward III's Puppet Rule (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (01 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Pope Sylvester I: 33rd Pope & Church Influencer (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (31 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. The Battle of Lena…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Bautzen 1018: Poland-HRE Peace Treaty (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (30 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. King Wareru founds the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Papal Controversies: Sergius III's Reign (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (29 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Trajan's Ascension: Reign of Prosperity (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (28 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Trajan: Roman Empire's Golden Age (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (27 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire…
- A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
Ali's Assassination: End of Rashidun Era (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (26 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph…