Arab-Byzantine Wars: Turning Point at Antioch (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (30 Oct 2023) Today's historical events:

• Arab-Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.
• Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano, securing his position as duke until his death two years later.
• The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou (replacing his deceased brother King Louis IX of France) and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis, Tunisia.
• Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.
• Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
• War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.
• Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
• Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
• The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
• The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

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