A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

Anastasius I: Byzantine Empire's Reformer (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)


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A Daily Dose of History (11 Apr 2025) Today's historical events:
  • Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
  • Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
  • War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrarese forces led by Gaston de Foix and Alfonso I d'Este win the Battle of Ravenna against the Papal-Spanish forces.
  • Italian War of 1542-46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, but fails to exploit its victory.
  • William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
  • War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
  • Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
  • An incomplete British victory over the French fleet at the Battle of the Basque Roads results in the court-martial of James, Lord Gambier.
  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
  • Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
  • Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.

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