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

Caligula: Rise and Fall of a Tyrant (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

10 min • 18 mars 2024

A Daily Dose of History (18 Mar 2024)

Today's historical events:

  • Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor.
  • An earthquake in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula leaves up to 20,000 dead.
  • 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 stake.
  • Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of the Romans.
  • Valletta is made the capital city of Malta.
  • Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
  • The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
  • New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
  • American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
  • The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.

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