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Aachen, East Francia
Jul 2 936
Mon 01:52:00
Henry died in 936, but his descendants, the Liudolfing (or Ottonian) dynasty, would continue to rule the Eastern kingdom for roughly a century. Upon Henry the Fowler's death, Otto, his son and designated successor, was elected King in Aachen in 936. He overcame a series of revolts from a younger brother and from several dukes. After that, the king managed to control the appointment of dukes and often also employed bishops in administrative affairs.
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Vespasian
Mon Jul 1 69
As a result of the Second Battle of Bedriacum, Vespasian became the fourth and last emperor who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Empire for 27 years.
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Battle of Dorylaeum
Thu Jul 1 1097
The first experience of Turkish tactics occurred when a force led by Bohemond and Robert was ambushed at the Battle of Dorylaeum in July 1097. The Normans resisted for hours before the arrival of the main army caused a Turkish withdrawal.
Battle during the Second Crusade
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Siege of Lisbon
Tue Jul 1 1147
In the spring of 1147, Eugene III authorized the expansion of his mission into the Iberian peninsula, equating these campaigns against the Moors with the rest of the Second Crusade. The successful siege of Lisbon was acquired from 1 July to 25 October 1147.
Battle during the Second Crusade
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Napoleon landed at Alexandria
Sun Jul 1 1798
General Bonaparte and his expedition eluded pursuit by the Royal Navy and landed at Alexandria on 1 July.
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Wedding
Sat Jul 1 1916
A November wedding date in Denver was moved up to July 1 due to the pending U.S. entry into World War I. They moved many times during their first 35 years of marriage.
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Battle of Adrianople
Thu Jul 3 324
Then in 324, Constantine, tempted by the "advanced age and unpopular vices" of his colleague, again declared war against him and having defeated his army of 165,000 men at the Battle of Adrianople (3 July 324), succeeded in shutting him up within the walls of Byzantium.
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
Crusades
Battle of Hattin
Fri Jul 3 1187
The news of the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Hattin and the subsequent fall of Jerusalem gradually reached Western Europe.
Battle during the Second Crusade
Mamluks
Al-Said Barakah was the fifth of the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt
Sat Jul 3 1277
Al-Said Barakah was a Mamluk Sultan who ruled from 1277 to 1279 after the death of his father Baibars. His mother was a daughter of Barka Khan, a former Khwarazmian amir.
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George Washington
Headquarters and inspected the new army
Mon Jul 3 1775
Upon arrival on July 2, 1775, two weeks after the Patriot defeat at nearby Bunker Hill, he set up his Cambridge, Massachusetts headquarters and inspected the new army there, only to find an undisciplined and badly outfitted militia.
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The British forces began arriving on Staten Island
Wed Jul 3 1776
The British forces, including more than a hundred ships and thousands of troops, began arriving on Staten Island on July 2 to lay siege to the city.
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Great Fire of Rome
Fri Jul 18 64
He believed himself a god and decided to build an opulent palace for himself. The so-called Domus Aurea, meaning golden house in Latin, was constructed atop the burnt remains of Rome after the Great Fire of Rome (64). Nero was ultimately responsible for the fire. By this time Nero was hugely unpopular despite his attempts to blame the Christians for most of his regime's problems.
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
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Vespasian
Mon Jul 1 69
As a result of the Second Battle of Bedriacum, Vespasian became the fourth and last emperor who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Empire for 27 years.
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
Roman Empire
Hadrian died
Thu Jul 10 138
Hadrian died in the year 138 on 10 July, in his villa at Baiae at the age of 62.
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
Roman Empire
Antoninus Pius
Fri Jul 11 138
Antoninus Pius's reign was comparatively peaceful; there were several military disturbances throughout the Empire in his time, in Mauretania, Judaea, and amongst the Brigantes in Britain, but none of them are considered serious.
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Liang Ji poisoned Zhi
Tue Jul 26 146
Liang Ji poisoned Zhi, killing him.
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
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