Manzikert: Turning Point in Byzantine History (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (26 Aug 2023) Today's historical events:

• The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.
• Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.
• Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate, after which thirty thousand Hindu inhabitants are killed.
• At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size.
• Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel.
• Francisco de Orellana crosses South America from Guayaquil on the Pacific coast to the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast.
• Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
• Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
• The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
• John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.

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