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

Papal Power Struggle: Excommunicating Henry IV (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)


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A Daily Dose of History (22 Feb 2025) Today's historical events:
  • Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14-20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.
  • Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
  • King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.
  • Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems .
  • War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
  • The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
  • By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
  • Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
  • The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
  • The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.[citation needed]

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