A Daily Dose of History (19 Apr 2025)

Today's historical events:

• The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.
• Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Raqqa (northern Syria).
• Empress Irene organizes a conspiracy against her son, the Byzantine emperor Constantine VI. He is deposed and blinded. Shortly after, Constantine dies of his wounds; Irene proclaims herself basileus.
• The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are being slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics.
• Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms.
• In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
• The town of Uusikaupunki (Swedish: Nystad, lit. "New Town") was founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
• The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.
• With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
• Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.

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