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

Feb 04 2025 624 ep. 8 mins 63
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We examine the significant events that occurred on this day in history. Get smarter about our history in less than 10 minutes per day! Presented by Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.

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Pompeii's 62 AD Earthquake: A Grim Reminder (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

Feb 04 2025 7 mins  
A Daily Dose of History (05 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang Dynasty, declares himself emperor and establishes the state of Yan. Idris I reaches Volubilis and founds the Idrisid dynasty, marking the secession of Morocco from the Abbasid caliphate and founding the first Moroccan state. Henry of Na

Brotherly Betrayal: Caracalla's Reign of Cruelty (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)

Feb 03 2025 10 mins  
A Daily Dose of History (04 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling sons, Caracalla and Geta, whom he had instructed to make peace. The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emper

Mehmed II: The Conqueror of Constantinople (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

Feb 02 2025 8 mins  
A Daily Dose of History (03 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat

Viking Victory at Lüneburg Heath (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

Feb 01 2025 7 mins  
A Daily Dose of History (02 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony. Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy. The Battle of

Isabella & Mortimer Regency: Edward III's Puppet Rule (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

Jan 31 2025 9 mins  
A Daily Dose of History (01 Feb 2025) Today's historical events: The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month

Pope Sylvester I: 33rd Pope & Church Influencer (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

Jan 30 2025 8 mins  
A Daily Dose of History (31 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the throne as King Eric X of Sweden. The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern It

Bautzen 1018: Poland-HRE Peace Treaty (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

Jan 29 2025 8 mins  
A Daily Dose of History (30 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resultin

Papal Controversies: Sergius III's Reign (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

Jan 28 2025 10 mins  
A Daily Dose of History (29 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by Al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate. War of the Sixth Coalition: France

Trajan's Ascension: Reign of Prosperity (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)

Jan 27 2025 10 mins  
A Daily Dose of History (28 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire. Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by Willia

Trajan: Roman Empire's Golden Age (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

Jan 26 2025 8 mins  
A Daily Dose of History (27 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy