A Daily Dose of History (03 Aug 2024)
Today's historical events:
- Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
- Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
- Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
- Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia.
- Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
- Frederik van Lotharingen elected as first Belgian Pope Stephen IX.
- The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
- Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
- The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
- Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
- Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
- Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
- The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
- Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.
- First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
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