A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

A Daily Dose of History (22 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England. The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet. Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arr...

A Daily Dose of History (21 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin-Song Wars. Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against Saladin. The uprising...

A Daily Dose of History (20 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is executed by his guards under mysterious circumstances while in exile. Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of the Levant away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of...

A Daily Dose of History (19 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces. Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon. Pope Pius II is elected the 211th Pope. Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland...

A Daily Dose of History (18 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias. The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces. The first grammar of the Spanish...

A Daily Dose of History (17 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, perhaps from a hunger strike. Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. Byzantine-Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil&nbs...

A Daily Dose of History (16 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad. Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are t...

A Daily Dose of History (15 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Arab-Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins. Arab-Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. Arab-Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. Carloman, mayor of the palace of A...

A Daily Dose of History (14 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. After tricking the Venetian galley fleet into sa...

A Daily Dose of History (13 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy. Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Sus...

A Daily Dose of History (12 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. Battle of Harim:...

A Daily Dose of History (11 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia. Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II. The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra. Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of...

A Daily Dose of History (10 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex. The Battle of Azaz ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, Roma...

A Daily Dose of History (09 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete. Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop. Sources cite biggest caravan trade between Podvisoki and Repu...

A Daily Dose of History (08 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions. Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces took the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garris...

A Daily Dose of History (07 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer. The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople. Coronation of King Otto I of Germany. The Ming dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor....

A Daily Dose of History (06 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

A Daily Dose of History (05 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished. Roman armies enter Betar, slaughtering thousands and ending the Bar Kokhba revolt. Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria. The last major Danish army to raid England for nearly a century is defeated at the B...

A Daily Dose of History (04 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Goguryeo-Sui War: Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo (Korea) during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy. Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forc...

A Daily Dose of History (03 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the...

A Daily Dose of History (02 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor. After a two-years siege, the city of Toledo, in Spain, surrenders to the forces of the Caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Rahman III, assuming an important victory in his campaign to subjugate the Central March. Edward I of England...

A Daily Dose of History (01 Aug 2026) Today's historical events: Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis. Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily. Isaac II Angelos, restored...

A Daily Dose of History (31 Jul 2026) Today's historical events: The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: Sixth day of the seventh month of the first year of the Ten'o (天応) era). Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII. Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos. Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravan...

A Daily Dose of History (29 Jul 2026) Today's historical events: The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor, the sixth emperor of the year. Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12. Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripo...

A Daily Dose of History (29 Jul 2026) Today's historical events: The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor, the sixth emperor of the year. Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12. Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripo...