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

Fatimid Triumph at Orontes: 994 Battle (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

8 min • 15 september 2024

A Daily Dose of History (15 Sep 2024)

Today's historical events:

  • Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
  • Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes.
  • Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
  • The so-called "Invincible Armada" sent by Catholic King Philip II of Spain to overthrow Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England has been handed a crushing defeat in the English Channel.
  • Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
  • American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
  • French Revolutionary Wars: Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign.
  • Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic.
  • War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
  • HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar.

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