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

Teutoburg Forest: Roman Defeat & Germanic Triumph (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

9 min • 11 september 2024

A Daily Dose of History (11 Sep 2024)

Today's historical events:

  • The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.
  • Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
  • Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
  • Lithuanian Civil War (1389-92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
  • Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.
  • Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.
  • Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.
  • Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
  • Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
  • Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683-1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.
  • Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
  • Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France.

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