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

Pope Leo II: Strengthening the Papacy & Church (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)

7 min • 17 augusti 2023

A Daily Dose of History (17 Aug 2023)

Today's historical events:

  • Pope Leo II begins his pontificate.
  • Byzantine-Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
  • Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas.
  • Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois.
  • Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England.
  • The Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
  • Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
  • A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.

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