Elagabalus Adopts Alexander Severus: Roman Succession Drama (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

2024-06-26

A Daily Dose of History (26 Jun 2024) Today's historical events: Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar. Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire. Pope Benedict II is chosen. En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima. Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ. Przemysł II crow...

A Daily Dose of History (26 Jun 2024) Today's historical events:

Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.
Pope Benedict II is chosen.
En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.
Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
Richard III becomes King of England.
Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.