A Daily Dose of History (13 Sep 2026)

Today's historical events:

• Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa.
• Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia.
• Battle of Tangier: a Portuguese expeditionary force initiates a failed attempt to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier.
• Italian Renaissance: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
• Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
• After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
• San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.
• Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
• Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the Battle of Philiphaugh.
• Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.

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