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

Emperor Constantius II's Death: A Turning Point in Roman History (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

9 min • 3 november 2024

A Daily Dose of History (03 Nov 2024)

Today's historical events:

  • Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.
  • Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina.
  • The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
  • Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
  • Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
  • English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
  • The American Continental Army is disbanded.
  • French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
  • Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.
  • The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal.
  • The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.

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