Code of Justinian: Legal Consolidation in Byzantium (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (30 Dec 2024) Today's historical events:

• The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
• Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland.
• Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
• Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.
• Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.
• Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
• War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
• The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
• The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
• Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
• Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
• Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

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