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

Elagabalus Adopts Alexander Severus as Heir (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

10 min • 26 juni 2023

A Daily Dose of History (26 Jun 2023)

Today's historical events:

  • Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
  • Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.
  • Pope Benedict II is chosen.
  • En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.
  • Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
  • Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
  • Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
  • Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
  • Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
  • Richard III becomes King of England.
  • Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
  • Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.

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