Assassination of Caracalla: Rise and Fall of Macrinus (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (08 Apr 2025) Today's historical events:

• Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
• The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
• Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated by Innocent II for supporting Anacletus II as pope for seven years, even though Roger had already publicly recognized Innocent's claim to the papacy.
• Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
• Mongol-Jin War: The Mongols begin their siege on Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty.
• Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.
• In Syria, sultan Baibars conquers the Krak des Chevaliers.
• Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
• Czar Alexander I, the Russian Emperor and the Grand Duke of Finland, officially announces the transfer of the status of the Finnish capital from Turku to Helsinki.
• The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
• Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
• Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.

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