Emperor Hadrian: Reign of Strength and Splendor (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (09 Jul 2024) Today's historical events:

• Hadrian, who became emperor a year ago on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome.
• The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
• Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna.
• A major earthquake strikes Beirut, triggering a devastating tsunami that affected the coastal towns of Byzantine Phoenicia, causing thousands of deaths.
• Korean forces under general Kim Yu-sin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje in the Battle of Hwangsanbeol.
• The Fatimid general Jawhar leads the Friday prayer in Fustat in the name of Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, thereby symbolically completing the Fatimid conquest of Egypt.
• Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
• The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Duchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
• Timur attacks the Jalairid Sultanate and destroys Baghdad.
• King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
• Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
• Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
• A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.

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