August
25
357 Julian Caesar defeated the Alamanni (alliance of German tribes) at
Strousbourg in Gaul.
1346 Edward III of England defeated Philip VI's army at the
Battle of Crecy in France.
1549 Kett's Rebellion was a revolt in Norfolk,
England during the reign of Edward VI. The rebellion was in response to the
enclosure of land. It began in July 1549 but was eventually crushed by forces
loyal to the English crown when the Earl of Warwick attacked and entered
Norwich on August 25.
December 31
192 The Roman emperor Commodus, whose
brutal reign ended 90 years of peaceful prosperity, was assassinated.
406
Van
dals, Alans and Suebians crossed the Rhine, which began an invasion of Gaul.
535 Byzantine General Belisarius completed the conquest of Sicily, defeating
the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.
870 Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beat the Danish invasion army.
September 28
48 BC Pompey the Great was murdered on the
orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt.
351 Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor
Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnentius in one of the bloodiest battles
in Roman military history.
365 Roman usurper Procopius proclaimed himself Roman
emperor.
855 The Emperor Lothar died in Gaul (present day France, Luxembourg
and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well
as parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine), and his
kingdom was divided between his three sons.
1066 William the Conqueror and his
Norman army arrived in England, landing at Pevensey, beginning the Norman
Conquest.
1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai: Henry I of England defeated his
brother, Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy. Henry's knights won a decisive
victory, capturing Robert and imprisoning him in England and then Wales until
Robert's death in Cardiff Castle. England and Normandy remained under a single
ruler until 1204.
1322 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeated Frederick I of
Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
July 18
390 BC Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army
was defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
64
Great fire of Rome: a fire started in the merchant area of Rome near Circus
Maximus and much of the city was destroyed while Emperor Nero allegedly
fiddled.
1290 King Edward I of England issued the Edict of Expulsion, banishing
all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England.
1334 The bishop of Florence
blessed the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the
Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
1389 Kingdom of
France and Kingdom of England agreed to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a
13 year peace; the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years
War.
