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August 15. August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 138 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 15. August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 138 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 636 ??? Arab???Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. 717 ??? Arab???Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. 718 ??? Arab???Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. 747 ??? Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother, Pepin the Short, becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom. 778 ??? The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army. 805 ??? Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town...
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August 14. August 14 is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 139 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 14. August 14 is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 139 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 74 BC ??? A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. 29 BC ??? Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. 1040 ??? King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. 1183 ??? Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. 1264 ??? After tricking the Venetian galley fleet into sailing east to the Levant, the Genoese capture...
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August 13. August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 140 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 13. August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 140 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 29 BC ??? Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. 523 ??? John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. 554 ??? Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy. 582 ??? Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 871 ??? Emperor Louis II of Italy and Empress Engelberga are captured by Prince Adelchis of Benevento. 900 ??? Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren. 1099 ??? Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II, who would become deeply entangled in the Investiture Controversy...
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August 12. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 141 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 12. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 141 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1099 ??? First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. 1121 ??? Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. 1164 ??? Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch. 1323 ??? The Treaty of N??teborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time. 1492 ??? Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World. 1499...
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August 11. August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 142 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 11. August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 142 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 3114 BC ??? The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. 2492 BC ??? Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation. 106 ??? The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia. 117 ??? Hadrian is proclaimed Roman emperor, two days after Trajan's death. 355 ??? Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II. 490 ??? Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan. 923 ??? The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage...
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August 10. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 143 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 10. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 143 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 654 ??? Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I. 955 ??? Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. 991 ??? Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex. 1030 ??? The Battle of Azaz ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, Romanos III Argyros, against the Mirdasid rulers of Aleppo. The retreat degenerates into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escapes capture. 1270 ??? Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum. 1316 ??? The Second Battle...
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August 9. August 9 is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 144 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 9. August 9 is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 144 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 48 BC ??? Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 378 ??? Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army. 1173 ??? Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete. 1329 ??? Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop. 1428 ??? Sources cite biggest caravan trade between Podvisoki and Republic of Ragusa. Vlachs committed to Ragusan lord Tomo Buni??, that they...
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August 8. August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 145 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 685 BC ??? Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi ??? but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu's brother and rival claimant, the newly inaugurated Duke Huan of Qi. 870 ??? Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions. 1220 ??? Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. 1264 ??? Mud??jar revolt: Muslim rebel forces took the Alc??zar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison. 1503 ??? King James IV...
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August 8. August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 145 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 7. August 7 is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 146 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 7. August 7 is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 146 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 461 ??? Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer. 626 ??? The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople. 768 ??? Pope Stephen III is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the Byzantine Empire is no longer able to help. 936 ??? Coronation of King Otto I of Germany. 1461 ??? The Ming dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor. 1479 ??? Battle of Guinegate: French troops of King Louis XI were defeated by the Burgundians led by Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg....
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August 6. August 6 is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 147 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 6. August 6 is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 147 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1284 ??? The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. 1538 ??? Bogot??, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jim??nez de Quesada. 1601???1900 1661 ??? The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic. 1777 ??? American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix. 1787 ??? Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1806 ??? Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the...
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August 5. August 5 is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 148 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 5. August 5 is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 148 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 AD 25 ??? Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. 70 ??? Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished. 642 ??? Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria. 910 ??? The last major Danish army to raid England for nearly a century is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and ??thelred, Lord of the Mercians. 939 ??? The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of Le??n and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate...
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August 4. August 4 is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 149 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 4. August 4 is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 149 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 598 ??? Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor W??ndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy. 1265 ??? Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies. 1327 ??? First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England. 1578 ??? Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian...
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