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

Piacenza Battle: Ricimer's Triumph & Western Roman Empire's Turning Point (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)

7 min • 16 oktober 2023

A Daily Dose of History (16 Oct 2023)

Today's historical events:

  • Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
  • Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
  • Abd ar-Rahman III becomes the eighth Emir of Córdoba.
  • King Otto I defeats a Slavic revolt in what is now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
  • The Council of Vienne convenes for the first time.
  • Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.[citation needed]
  • Prince Gesualdo of Venosa murders his wife and her lover.[citation needed]
  • The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.

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