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

Lateran Council 769: Defending Icons in Christianity (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

9 min • 15 april 2025

A Daily Dose of History (15 Apr 2025)

Today's historical events:

  • The Lateran Council condemns the Council of Hieria and anathematizes its iconoclastic rulings.
  • Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.
  • Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde at the Battle of the Terek River. The Golden Horde capital city, Sarai, is razed to the ground and Timur installs a puppet ruler on the throne.
  • Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
  • Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
  • Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
  • The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
  • Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
  • Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, receives its premiere performance in London, England.
  • Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
  • Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.

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