A Daily Dose of History (28 Aug 2024)

Today's historical events:

• The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
• Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
• Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims.
• Silla-Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
• Ottoman wars in Europe: The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
• The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
• Turkish-Portuguese War: Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
• Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
• Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
• Second English Civil War: The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil War.
• Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
• William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.

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