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

Byzantine Emperor Zeno's Turbulent Reign and Return (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

9 min • 12 januari 2025

A Daily Dose of History (12 Jan 2025)

Today's historical events:

  • Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
  • Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.
  • Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.
  • The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
  • John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
  • The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
  • The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
  • The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
  • Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
  • The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.

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