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

Pope Marcellinus: Faith, Persecution & Controversy (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)

7 min • 30 juni 2023

A Daily Dose of History (30 Jun 2023)

Today's historical events:

  • Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
  • The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.
  • Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
  • King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
  • The Spanish held Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico having been besieged for fifteen days, surrenders to an English force under Sir George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.
  • The University of Tartu was founded.
  • The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
  • Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.

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