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August 27. August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 126 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 27. August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 126 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 410 ??? The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. 1172 ??? Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England. 1232 ??? Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code governing the samurai class. 1557 ??? The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy. 1593 ??? Pierre Barri??re failed an attempt to assassinate Henry IV of France. 1597 ??? Jeongyu War: Battle of Chilcheollyang: A Japanese fleet of 500 ships destroys Joseon commander Won Gyun's fleet of 200 ships at Chilcheollyang. 1600 ??? Ishida Mitsunari's Western Army commences the Siege of...
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August 26. August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 127 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 25. August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 128 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 26. August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 127 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 683 ??? Yazid I's army kills 11,000 people of Medina including notable Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah. 1071 ??? The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia. 1278 ??? Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near D??rnkrut in (then) Moravia. 1303 ??? Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate. 1346 ??? At the Battle of Cr??cy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size. 1444 ??? Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel. 1542 ??? Francisco...
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August 25. August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 128 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 766 ??? Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios. 1248 ??? The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht. 1258 ??? Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under Michael VIII Palaiologos, paving the way for its leader to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea. 1270 ??? Philip III, although suffering from dysentery, becomes King of France following the death of his father Louis IX, during the Eighth Crusade. His uncle, Charles I of Naples, is forced...
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August 24. August 24 is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 129 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 24. August 24 is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 129 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 367 ??? Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father. 394 ??? The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is written. 410 ??? The Visigoths under King Alaric I begin to pillage Rome. 1185 ??? Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans. 1200 ??? King John of England, signer of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angoul??me in Angoul??me Cathedral. 1215 ??? Pope Innocent III issues a bull declaring Magna Carta invalid. 1349 ??? Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague. 1482 ??? The town and castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army....
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August 23. August 23 is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 130 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 30 BC ??? After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. 79 ??? Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. 476 ??? Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic ??? Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops. 1244 ??? Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to the Khwarazmiyya. 1268 ??? The Battle of Tagliacozzo marks the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter...
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August 23. August 23 is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 130 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 22. August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 131 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 22. August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 131 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 392 ??? Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. 851 ??? Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. 1138 ??? Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England. 1153 ??? Crusader???Fatimid wars: The fortress of Ascalon was surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem. 1485 ??? The Battle of Bosworth Field occurs; King Richard III of England's death in battle marks the end of the reigning Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudors under Henry VII. 1559 ??? Spanish archbishop Bartolom?? Carranza is arrested for heresy....
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August 21. August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 132 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 21. August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 132 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 959 ??? Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Li??ge. 1140 ??? Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin???Song Wars. 1169 ??? Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against Saladin. 1192 ??? Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Sei-i Taish??gun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: the 12th day of the seventh month in the third year of the Kenky?? (??????) era). 1331 ??? King Stefan Uro?? III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Du??an, who succeeds as King of Serbia. 1415 ??? Henry the Navigator...
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August 20. August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 133 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 20. August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 133 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 AD 14 ??? Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile. 636 ??? Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of the Levant away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia. 917 ??? Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army. 1083 ??? Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric celebrated as a National Day in Hungary. 1191 ??? Richard I of England initiates the Massacre at Ayyadieh, leaving 2,600???3,000 Muslim hostages dead. 1308 ??? Pope Clement V pardons...
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August 19. August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 134 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 19. August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 134 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 295 BC ??? The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. 43 BC ??? Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. 947 ??? Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces. 1153 ??? Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon. 1458 ??? Pope Pius II is elected the 211th Pope. 1504 ??? In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Cambro-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe. ...
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August 18. August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 135 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 18. August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 135 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 684 ??? Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. 707 ??? Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei. 1304 ??? The Battle of Mons-en-P??v??le is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias. 1487 ??? The Siege of M??laga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces. 1492 ??? The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gram??tica de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I. 1572 ??? The Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre marries the Catholic Margaret of Valois, ostensibly to reconcile the feuding Protestants and Catholics of France. 1590 ??? John...
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August 17. August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 17. August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 310 ??? Pope Eusebius dies, possibly from a hunger strike, shortly after being banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily. 682 ??? Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. 986 ??? Byzantine???Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping. 1186 ??? Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria and Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided. 1386 ??? Karl Topia, the ruler of Princedom of Albania forges an alliance with...
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August 16. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year.
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August 16. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1 BC ??? Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. 942 ??? Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad. 963 ??? Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1328 ??? The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708. 1513 ??? Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat. 1570 ??? The Principality of Transylvania is established after John II Z??polya renounces his claim...
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