History Trivia

June 5, 70 Titus and his Roman legions breached the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem. 1257 Kraków, Poland received city rights. 1294 Saint Celestine V was elected Roman Catholic pope. He was unhappy with the office and abdicated before the year was out. 1798 The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster was defeated.