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

Muslim Conquest: Aghlabids Capture Taormina, Sicily (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)


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A Daily Dose of History (01 Aug 2023) Today's historical events:
  • Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
  • Isaac II Angelos, restored Byzantine Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.
  • The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
  • Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
  • The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
  • Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
  • Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
  • George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
  • Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.

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