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

Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones

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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10:48

Viking Raid on Paris: Ragnar Lodbrok's Siege (+ 13...

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2025/03/29

A Daily Dose of History (29 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses. Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father

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9:15

Caligula's Rise to Power and Fall (+ 11 more...

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2025/03/28

A Daily Dose of History (28 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus. Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor. The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Juan

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8:10

Pope Clement V Excommunicates Venice Over Ferrara...

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2025/03/27

A Daily Dose of History (27 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida. Charles I becomes King of England,

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10:15

Emperor Maurice's Succession Crisis in Byzantium (+...

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2025/03/26

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 feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah. On the same day, al-Hakim's designated heir, Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas, is arrested in Damascus and brought to Egypt. Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy

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8:51

Venice's Founding: Rise of a Maritime Republic (+ 10...

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2025/03/25

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 Rialto on the islet of Rialto. Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967. Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy. Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.

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10:12

Death of King Richard I: The Lionheart's Legacy (+ 12...

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2025/03/24

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 his death on April 6. Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.[full citation needed] James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I. Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan. The Province of Carolina

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10:48

Fall of Trần Dynasty: Rise of Hồ Dynasty (+ 13 more...

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2025/03/23

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 Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion. American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me

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8:15

Bostran Era: New Calendar in Arabia Petraea (+ 9 more...

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2025/03/22

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 Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. Battle of Yashima: the Japanese forces of the Taira clan are defeated by the Minamoto clan. Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar. Ferdinand

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9:22

Siege of Rome 537 AD: Gothic War's Pivotal Battle (+...

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2025/03/21

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 repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the Vivarium, by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and Peranius. Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem. Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. On the day of his execution in Oxford,

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7:27

Maximinus Thrax: Rise & Fall of Non-Senatorial...

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2025/03/20

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 Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598-1599). The Dutch East India Company is established. Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years

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8:50

1277 Byzantine-Venetian Treaty: Diplomatic Truce &...

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2025/03/19

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 Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China. The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England. Frederick III of Habsburg is the last Holy Roman Emperor crowned by medieval tradition in Rome by Pope Nicholas V The Edict of

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10:25

Caligula: Rise and Fall (+ 12 more historical events...

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2025/03/18

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 Caligula = Little Boots) emperor. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade. First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city. Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the

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11:41

Commodus: Rise and Fall of a Roman Emperor (+ 14 more...

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2025/03/17

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 of his father, Marcus Aurelius. Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire; he forces Licinia Eudoxia, the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III, to marry him. Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England. Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks

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8:52

Rise of Later Shu: China's Political Shift (+ 10 more...

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2025/03/16

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 Later Tang. Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur. Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset." The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new

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10:47

Odoacer's Assassination: Turning Point in Italy's...

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2025/03/15

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 slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together. Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora (wife of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine nobility. Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya enters Sa'dah and founds the Zaydi Imamate of Yemen.

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9:37

Battle of Mogyoród: Turning Point in Hungarian...

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2025/03/14

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, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion. Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. According to his own account, Otto von Guericke

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8:57

Badr: Turning Point in Islamic History (+ 10 more...

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2025/03/13

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 Tondibi in Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty, led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one. Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard. Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of

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10:46

Rome's Siege: Vitiges Retreat & Belisarius' Triumph...

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2025/03/12

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 city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Catholic Church. He is best known for initiating the Crusades. German city Munich (München) is first mentioned as forum apud Munichen in the Augsburg arbitration by Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I. Start of the Siege of Maastricht, part of

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8:55

Fall of Elagabalus: Rise of Severus Alexander (+ 10...

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2025/03/11

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 his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire. Battle of Castagnaro: Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona. Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal

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8:13

Founding of Later Han Dynasty by Liu Zhiyuan (+ 9...

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2025/03/10

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 city of Santo Domingo, Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command. Spaniard Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the fourth Bishop of Panama, discovers the Galápagos Islands by chance on his way to Peru. Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of

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