Founding of San Marino: Enduring Democratic Ideals (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (03 Sep 2023) Today's historical events:

• San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
• King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne.
• Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
• Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
• The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
• At the congress of Visegrád Charles I of Hungary mediates a reconciliation between two neighboring monarchs, John of Bohemia and Casimir III of Poland.
• The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
• Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War.
• The Battle of Worcester is the last significant action in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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