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Today In History 8/5
910 The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led ...
Josh Boyd, Author at The Oxford Eagle
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Today In History 8/2
338 BC Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece ...
by Josh Boyd, Wednesday, August 2, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 8/1
10bce Roman Emperor Claudius I, who extended Roman rule in North Africa and made Britain a province, was born in Lugdunum, Gaul (now Lyon, France). ...
by Josh Boyd, Tuesday, August 1, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/31
30 BCÂ Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves minor victory over Octavian, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to Octavian’s invasion of Egypt. ...
by Josh Boyd, Monday, July 31, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/30
1178 Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, crowned King of Burgundy. 1419 First defenestration of Prague: anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm ...
by Josh Boyd, Sunday, July 30, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/26
1519 Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America. 1533 Francisco Pizarro orders the death of the last Sapa Inca Emperor, ...
by Josh Boyd, Wednesday, July 26, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/25
306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops. 1814 Near Niagara Falls on this day in 1814, British troops commanded by General Phineas ...
by Josh Boyd, Tuesday, July 25, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/23
1215 Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen. 1579 Francis Drake departs San Francisco to cross the Pacific Ocean. ...
by Josh Boyd, Sunday, July 23, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/22
1099 First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. 1456 Hungarian forces led by ...
by Josh Boyd, Saturday, July 22, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/21
356 BC Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. 365 Crete Earthquake followed by ...
by Josh Boyd, Friday, July 21, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/19
1333 Scottish forces were defeated by the English under King Edward III in the Battle of Halidon Hill. 1545 During the Battle of the Solent, ...
by Josh Boyd, Wednesday, July 19, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/18
64 Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero. 1195 The Almohads were victorious over the forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile in ...
by Josh Boyd, Tuesday, July 18, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/17
180 6 inhabitants of Carthage, North Africa executed for being Christians. Earliest record of Christianity in this part of the world. 1203 Siege of Constantinople ...
by Josh Boyd, Monday, July 17, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/16
622 Muslim Era begins – Muhammad begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hijra). 1054 Humbert of Silva Candida, cardinal and papal legate, excommunicated Michael Cerularius, ...
by Josh Boyd, Sunday, July 16, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/14
1099 Jerusalem captured in First Crusade. 1570 Pope Pius V introduces a standardised Roman Missal (text of the Latin mass), a reform of the Council ...
by Josh Boyd, Friday, July 14, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/13
1713 Spain and Britain signed one of the treaties of Utrecht, this one giving Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain. 1772 Captain James Cook begins his ...
by Josh Boyd, Thursday, July 13, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/12
1389 Geoffrey Chaucer is named chief clerk by Richard II. 1679 Britain’s King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners right to be imprisoned ...
by Josh Boyd, Wednesday, July 12, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/11
1302 In the Battle of the Golden Spurs, an untrained Flemish infantry militia defeated a professional force of French and patrician Flemish cavalry, thus halting ...
by Josh Boyd, Tuesday, July 11, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/10
1553 Lady Jane Grey, the 15-year-old great-granddaughter of Henry VII, became queen of England, but her reign lasted only nine days, and she was executed ...
by Josh Boyd, Monday, July 10, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/9
1401 Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane (Timur) destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000. 1540 The marriage of King Henry VIII of England and his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, ...
by Josh Boyd, Sunday, July 9, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/8
1497 Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon with a fleet of four vessels, and he ultimately opened a sea route from western Europe to Asia ...
by Josh Boyd, Saturday, July 8, 2023 4:00 am
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Today In History 7/7
1124 Tyrus surrenders to Crusaders. 1307 King Edward I of England died on his way to subdue the new Scottish king, Robert the Bruce. 1438 ...
by Josh Boyd, Friday, July 7, 2023 4:00 am
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